La Crosse Tribune Local News

MADISON — Wisconsin's highways are aging, congestion is worsening in Milwaukee, Madison and other urban areas and there is demand for public transit, even in rural areas, that isn't being met.

Riverfront Inc. will host the Seven Rivers Region Community Challenge Summit spread over five days during an eight-week span, beginning Sept. 23, to develop plans for services to people with d…

LA CRESCENT, Minn. — During Obi Christenson’s more than yearlong battle with neuroblastoma, he and his family have been the recipients of countless acts of kindness and support. They’ve also b…

Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy. The phone numbers listed are for local agency contacts, not the person in need.

WHITEWATER, Wis. — Moments after Javonni Butler was busted for selling marijuana in 2011, he says, police officers offered him a deal: Buy drugs to help convict others, and they would “sweep t…

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker’s promises for a second term include cutting property and income taxes for individuals, requiring drug tests for those seeking unemployment and food stamp benefits …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — I’m with Sally Stinson at the Miss America Pageant, and we’re filing some reports for the River Valley Newspaper Group. That gave us the opportunity to attend a news conf…

MADISON — Six Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers have written to the state Department of Corrections demanding action regarding allegations of abuse of inmates by guards at Waupun Correctional Ins…

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JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — If cucumbers had legs, they’d run when they saw Mr. Pickles coming. In fact, no vegetable or fruit is safe around the 86-year-old canning machine.

For the 14th consecutive year, UW-La Crosse is rated among of the best public universities in the Midwest.

MINNEAPOLIS — When Adam Myers and Sloan Braith get married today, they’ll have a special guest present: The man whose bone marrow made their big day possible.

ONALASKA — The rescue dogs and cats may have considered the procedures cruel snips, but the veterinary students at Globe University were helping perform the kindest cuts of all — neutering the…

CHICAGO — In a stunningly quick decision, a federal appeals court in Chicago reinstated Wisconsin’s voter photo identification law on Friday — just hours after three Republican-appointed judge…

Thanks for help after boating mishap

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.-- A Miss America from Holmen? It could happen Sunday night as the Miss America Pageant airs on ABC at 8 p.m.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 13-year-old Racine boy was charged this week with stabbing and injuring an 11-year-old girl, becoming the third Wisconsin juvenile in four months to be charged as an adult i…

Gundersen Health System’s next free educational event for people with multiple sclerosis, their friends and family will take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 22 at Western Technical College’s Lunda Cente…

A La Crosse man accused of molesting and filming a four-year-old was hit Friday with an additional child pornography charge stemming from images discovered on a computer hard drive.

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