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Group wants fines, fees for damage at soccer fields
The group operating the city-owned Fields for Kids site in north La Crosse wants to begin fining outside teams, including those with the city’s three high schools, for damage done to turf and …
DA: Lepsch doesn't deserve new trial
Prosecutors argue a Minnesota man who murdered a father and son at their downtown La Crosse camera store isn’t entitled to a new trial.
Judge postpones ruling on landlords' suit against city
A judge Monday delayed his decision on a legal challenge to La Crosse’s rental registry and inspection program after learning the city late last week altered its ordinance to remove a disputed…
Trailer crashes into La Crosse restaurant
No one was injured when a trailer detached from a construction truck Monday and crashed into a North Side restaurant.
Three killed in Trempealeau County crash
Three people were killed early today in a head-on crash on Hwy. 95 in the town of Arcadia in Trempealeau County.
Prosecutors move forward with new trial ordered for former La Crosse man
La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke will prosecute for a second time a former La Crosse man awarded a new trial by a state appeals court for attempted sexual assault.
Boat chase ends aground on sandbar
WINONA, Minn. -- The boat was seized and her skipper brought ashore under guard in the wake of a hostile encounter on the main channel of the Mississippi.
Hometown history: Cattle at Swift Creek
THE WAY IT WAS: This 100-year-old photo, dated Aug. 16, 1914, shows a herd of cattle grazing and watering at Bank Slough, a branch of Swift Creek, just west of La Crosse’s old Gund Brewery on …
In the Service for Monday, Aug. 18, 2014
COLLEGE GRADUATION
Wisconsin media, cities compromise on records
MADISON — Wisconsin open records advocates and municipal leaders have brokered a truce in a fight over police record redactions, creating a request form that allows the public to get clean cop…
Chaseburg ‘citizen scientist’ helping catalog dragonflies in region
Here, there be dragons.
Two critically injured in Monroe County crash
TOWN OF LITTLE FALLS -- A one-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon resulted in critical injuries to two men.
Medicaid expansion would save Wisconsin $206 million
MADISON — Wisconsin Democrats are keeping the pressure on Republican Gov. Scott Walker to expand Medicaid eligibility with a new report that shows the move would save the state hundreds of mil…
Minority enrollment dips slightly in La Crosse
In La Crosse County, 86 people, or 11 percent, of the 818 people arrested for drug crimes in 2011 were black, according to the state Office of Justice Assistance. African Americans accounted f…
Wisconsin drug courts grow, but racial disparities persist
MADISON — Even before Dane County Circuit Judge Sarah O’Brien crunched the numbers, she knew something was amiss. Her strongest evidence: “The courtroom didn’t look right when I walked in.”
Giving military gear to police gets second look
WASHINGTON — After a decade of sending military equipment to civilian police departments across the country, federal officials are reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, …
Goal Africa gives Ugandan children joy
TOMAH -- Jake Parker began Goal Africa, a soccer ball drive for children in Uganda, to give the Tomah community a chance to do something small that would have a positive impact.
On Wisconsin: Pelicans making a home in Wisconsin
BEAVER DAM — Chris Stavropolus is in the know.
