La Crosse Tribune Local News

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.

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VIROQUA — Bethel Home and Services will break ground for a new 14-room Memory Care Home at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at 620 Garfield Ave. in Viroqua.

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.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will visit the area Wednesday to promote federal investments in roads and bridges.

Gays Mills native Ben Logan leaves a legacy of both words and actions.

Registration for the seventh annual Festival Foods Turkey Trot 5-mile and 2-mile runs is now open.