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Greg Voss has been named executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the 7 Rivers Region. Voss started in his new position in mid-July.

La Crosse police will work 12-hour shifts and bring in state troopers to help staff Oktoberfest as they face the uncertainty of what a consolidated event could bring.

Gundersen Health System and Viterbo University will sponsor free showings of the documentary “The American Nurse” Friday and Saturday at Viterbo.

WHAT WE KNEW: The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has offered La Crosse County $4.1 million in road funds to swap designations on state Hwy. 108 and the more-traveled county Hwy. C betw…

La Crosse residents would see the city’s share of their property tax bill hold steady for 2015 under the mayor’s proposed $70.8 million budget unveiled Wednesday.

There should be zero tolerance for cases of domestic violence such as former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s attack on his fiancée and an alleged rape at the University of Wisconsin-L…

WINONA, Minn. -- The Diocese of Winona's request to move the civil suit over a former priest accused of abuse has been denied.

La Crosse residents would see the city’s share of their property tax bill hold steady for 2015 under the mayor’s proposed $70.8 million budget unveiled today.

There should be zero tolerance for cases of domestic violence such as former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s attack on his fiancée and an alleged rape at the University of Wisconsin-L…

La Crosse’s Hooters restaurant will close at the end of September, management confirmed Tuesday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The haunting cry of the common loon, Minnesota's state bird, could disappear from the state due to climate change, along with more than half of Minnesota's other bird sp…

Jake Leinenkugel announced Tuesday that he is stepping down as president of the brewery started by his great-great-grandfather and will be succeeded by his younger brother Dick Leinenkugel, wh…

Health care diplomacy trumps political tension between the United States and Russia for a delegation of doctors and nurses visiting La Crosse to glean ideas to improve care back home.

Pro-life activist Rebecca Kiessling has a personal connection to the abortion debate.

I never much liked Richard Nixon while he lived in the White House.

CHICAGO (AP) — Wisconsin prosecutors on Tuesday tried to persuade a federal appeals court to let them to resume their investigation of Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election campaign, in a case t…

When it comes to urban redevelopment, the city of La Crosse could have the biggest impact by forgoing the piecemeal approach and targeting entire blocks.

WINONA, Minn. -- The first pieces of the half-century-old Saint Mary's University pedestrian bridge came down Tuesday, a day after a semi hit and damaged the structure.

Representatives of 1,700 Rotary clubs are meeting in La Crosse this week for a training institute.

SHOREWOOD, Minn. (AP) — Scientists are testing a new pesticide to kill off invasive zebra mussels in a small Minneapolis-area lake.