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MADISON — Wisconsin’s criminal justice system is doing an average job, at best, at rehabilitating prisoners, according to most voters who responded to a recent Marquette University Law School poll.

You’ve seen him at the Great River Shakespeare Festival. You’ve seen him at Live at the Levee. You have been tempted many a time by the sweet aroma of French pastries at a number of area art f…

La Crosse firefighters responded to a fire in an upstairs apartment at 4:11 a.m. Sunday at 1709 Jackson St. in La Crosse.

Wanted: La Crosse area residents who have been here almost their entire lives. Must have a fair amount of time on their hands. Or patience. Or both.

PLEASANTVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A man trimming branches at his home in southwestern Wisconsin has died after his tractor overturned and pinned him underneath.

PLEASANTVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A man trimming branches at his home in southwestern Wisconsin has died after his tractor overturned and pinned him underneath.

After Danita and Allison Hazel committed to one another, they couldn’t agree on what to do next.

The story goes that when Sandy met Cheryl, she couldn’t get Cheryl to give her the time of day.

WINONA, Minn. — Hundreds of Winona-area residents turned out at Levee Park on Saturday to honor the profound character and legacy of John Latsch — and try to break a world record while doing it.

Years of planning, thousands of volunteer hours and a prolific partnership between the city of La Crosse and community groups came to fruition this summer as a brand new trial opened in Hixon Forest.

WINONA, Minn. -- When Linda Henkelman used to cross the Mississippi River from La Crosse to find the nearest Minnesota convenience store for cheaper cigarettes and gas, she would always joke w…

Improved habitat and cultural shifts in how people fish have left Southwest Wisconsin with an abundance of trout – in some cases too many trout. One former DNR biologist thinks over regulation…

The theme for Saturday’s Miss Onalaska Pageant was “Dancing Teen, Opera Queen,” a nod to last year’s winners, but it works for this year’s winners, too.

La Crosse County officials intend to move quickly on considering Weber Holdings’ plans to buy county-owned Lot C for a $68 million residential, office and retail development in downtown La Crosse.

MADISON — Like many of the best business ideas, the one behind Chefs for Seniors came from the personal experience of Barrett and Nathan Allman, the company's father-son founders from Sun Prairie.

Dollar Tree stores are teaming up with Operation Homefront to provide school supplies for children of military personnel.

Earlier this year, best friends Kelly Gardner and Garrett “Gman” Williamson set a goal to run a 5K together.

MILWAUKEE — Mayflies have begun emerging from the Mississippi River in swarms that show up on radar like thunderstorms, coat roads and leave behind slimy messes. They’ve already been blamed fo…

If you were to pick a person, place or thing that says Coulee Region to you, what would that be?