La Crosse Tribune Local News

When a judge struck down Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban in June, Ken Riley was among the first in La Crosse County to apply for a marriage license.

WHAT WE KNEW: Jeff Fennie had asked the La Crosse Economic Development Commission for city financial assistance to put up a new three-story building at 709 Rose St. that would have businesses …

One of four arrested in La Crosse as part of an interstate crime spree will return to Minnesota, where he faces a lengthy prison sentence.

A La Crosse woman picked up for violating probation faces new drug charges after jailers discovered she was hiding drugs in a body cavity.

An Onalaska woman suspected of being high on prescription drugs was arrested after an off-duty cop saw her driving recklessly in a rush to get to the pharmacy before it closed.

BLACK RIVER FALLS — Jackson County sheriff’s authorities need the public’s help finding a woman charged with vehicular homicide.

A drunken and reckless driver who injured a La Crosse police officer and reserve officer when he slammed into a squad car will spend 15 days in jail and two years on probation.

La Crosse County will begin accepting same-sex marriage license applications now that the U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal by Wisconsin and four other states to uphold their gay ma…

Tomah police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old Tomah woman.

La Crosse County will begin accepting same-sex marriage license applications now that the U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal by Wisconsin and four other states to uphold their gay ma…

Jackson County sheriff’s authorities need the public’s help finding a woman charged with vehicular homicide.

GREEN BAY — Three Green Bay cats have left a shelter to work as dedicated mice hunters at a 26-acre historical park.

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — St. Croix County authorities say two 22-year-old men have died after their car went off the road and crashed in Hudson.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has received reports of moose sightings in the Chippewa Valley — a rare occurrence in that part of the state.

TOWN OF SPARTA -- One person was killed and another seriously injured Sunday afternoon when a car and a semi collided on Hwy. 27, three-tenths of a mile south of Eagle Avenue.

ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) — Ashland police sergeant Michelle Tutor is a woman who has never been one to give in to adversity or a challenge.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Ellen Rorman is both a pageant queen and a dialysis patient. She wears her scars as proudly as she wears her tiaras and sashes.

HOUSTON, Minn. -- The Moonlight Hoot Scoot nature run will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at Trailhead Park.

SPARTA -- The third annual Star Wars Reads Day will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Deke Slayton Museum gallery. 

THE WAY IT WAS: This postcard view, from a card mailed 55 years ago, in October 1959, shows the old Town House Motel which was located at 122 N. Seventh St., next to Burns Park. The Town House…