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A La Crosse man with five open cases was arrested again Wednesday after selling drugs to a police informant just hours after leaving court for another drug case.

MADISON, Wis. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday removed one barrier to restarting an investigation into possible illegal coordination between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and mo…

MINNEAPOLIS — At least 18 times in the past three years BNSF Railway freight trains rolled west out of Minneapolis pulling cars filled with hazardous chemicals that were not on the trains’ off…

The carnival is set up at Copeland Park’s North Side grounds, the South Side grounds are ready for today’s Lederhosen Luncheon, and the weather looks as though it’s going to cooperate as Oktob…

A while back, I met a guy with an idiotic claim to fame: He said he was an instigator in the now-infamous dead squirrel-throwing debacle of Oktoberfest 2011.

A long-planned makeover inside the La Crosse Regional Airport terminal and site preparations for a new bandshell in Riverside Park are among the major items funded in La Crosse’s proposed capi…

The local unemployment rate fell below 4 percent in August for the first time in nearly six years.

Anthony Foxx took over the U.S. Department of Transportation just days before an oil train derailed and exploded, killing 47 people and leveling buildings in Lac-Megantic, Canada.

Gundersen Health System will sponsor a free program on how to curb social bullying from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Rasmus Center on its La Crosse campus.

BARRE MILLS – After patiently waiting her turn, Firefly sidles up to the Lely Astronaut.

The Coulee Country Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. will present its annual needlework show at the La Crosse Public Library auditorium, 800 Main St.

It has to be the lutefisk.

Each year, an estimated 2,000 people attempt to through-hike the Appalachian Trail; only about 500 succeed. Far fewer paddle the entire Mississippi River. Jared McCallum is working on doing bo…

Obi Christenson, the 8-year-old La Crescent boy whose battle with cancer warmed even the corporate world’s heart in a national art contest, died at home early Tuesday.

As is tradition, this year’s Mrs. Oktoberfest was tricked into finding out about her selection.

It’s Oktoberfest week in La Crosse, which means the city again is warning prospective Maple Leaf parade-goers against trying to claim a spot on the parade route any earlier than the stroke of …

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke spent part of a visit to a La Crosse fire station Tuesday dousing lingering flames from allegations that parts of her jobs program were plagiarized.

WINONA, Minn. -- A 7-year-old Winona boy treated himself to a joyride in his mother's SUV Monday morning.

Republican attorney general candidate Brad Schimel unveiled a plan to combat violence against women Tuesday afternoon at UW-La Crosse.

Youths get mixed signals about marijuana, which makes it all the more necessary for parents to guard against smoke signals, according to a child and adolescent psychiatrist in La Crosse.