La Crosse Tribune Local News

BLACK RIVER FALLS – A jury has found the former owner of the Rustic Mill guilty of asking his son to hire another to burn down the historic Jackson County restaurant.

LYNXVILLE — Authorities today resumed a search for a fisherman missing since early Saturday afternoon.

Rep. Jill Billings, D-La Crosse, will hold a legislative listening session Wednesday at Myrick Park.

CALEDONIA, Minn. — A motorcyclist was injured after going into a ditch and striking a culvert on Saturday afternoon near Caledonia.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Two people are dead, six are injured and a suspected drunken driver has been arrested after a car crashed into a van near Eau Claire.

Winning the “State Cow of the Year” award at the 2014 World Dairy Expo on Oct. 3 was only the second biggest thing that happened while the Peterson family of Cashton was in Madison that week.

With the race between Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Mary Burke expected to come down to the wire, every vote will matter on Nov. 4 — but some votes might matter more t…

Compassion. It’s a complex word with complex meanings. In its Latin roots, it means empathy for those enduring suffering, but today that word means different things for different people.

Pumpkin is a 1-year-old spayed domestic short-hair Torbie cat who is current on her vaccinations. She is also micro-chipped and ready to go home. She is a pretty cat who would love to show you…

The latest favorability rating for members of Congress is 13 percent. What would you do to improve the functioning of the body?

To hear them talk, the candidates on the ballot for Wisconsin’s 3rd District seat in the House of Representatives are of the same mind: both are practical minded deficit hawks who say hyper-pa…

When you look at Judy Bouffleur’s volunteer resume, it’s impossible to think she could be humble about everything she’s contributed to the Coulee Region.

Last week’s three-day design charrette produced a grand vision for the Great River Landing, which is the name chosen years ago for Onalaska’s Black River waterfront.

Results of a recent online survey conducted by the West Salem School District show residents voted down the April referendum to build a new middle school due to the expense and objections to p…

Chili lovers are invited to sample the recipes of area chefs competing today at the 23rd annual chili cookoff to benefit area DARE and GREAT programs.

A La Crosse firefighter targeted for termination earlier this year has resigned, with her former attorney contending her work with the fire department led to her being physically unable to per…

Steve Cottrell’s customer database when he was a car salesman was a shoebox full of index cards arranged by month and in alphabetical order.

While growing up, Melissa Klein remembers music being an integral part of her father’s life.

In the wake of shipping backlogs that have stranded grain in northern Minnesota and choked coal supplies at Midwestern power plants, U.S. senators from Minnesota and Wisconsin are calling on f…

A Chicago man who shot a woman in the lower back was convicted Friday of attempted homicide after reaching an agreement with prosecutors.