La Crosse Tribune Local News

MADISON -- In his 21 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s veterinary school, Eric Sandgren has seen a lot of controversies. But UW’s most prominent defender of animal research has ne…

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

Habitat for Humanity La Crosse Area has purchased a new site near the La Crosse County Landfill to expand its ReStore for new and used building materials.

Golfers will again have an opportunity to raise money for La Crosse public schools while honoring one of the district’s greatest champions.

No one was injured when a heater on a La Crosse Municipal Transit bus caught fire early Thursday in the town of Campbell.

The La Crosse Police Department and Wiebke Fur and Trading Co. are offering free firearm safety kits to keep children safe.

Some of the area’s top young jazz musicians are gigging like the pros this weekend, performing Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. in the Piggy’s Restaurant Smokin’ Blues Lounge.

LE MARS, Iowa -- An Akron, Iowa, man has admitted to killing his elderly mother, court documents say.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republicans vying for Minnesota governor tangled Wednesday over whose vision for the state would be achievable while presiding over a government split between parties.

Caregivers and loved ones of people with Alzheimer’s disease or a related memory issue are invited to attend an educational series titled "Reconnection: When Words Alone Are Not Enough" from 3…

MADISON -- A statewide advocacy group has asked Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to investigate allegations that guards at Waupun Correctional Institution have abused inmates in the prison’s segreg…

Sometimes to build a better neighborhood you have to tear a piece of it down.

MINNEAPOLIS — Despite criticism over how the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has handled sex abuse claims involving priests, the archbishop says he will not resign.

Dump trucks are back on the road hauling dredged sand to a land restoration project in rural Nelson, Wis., after the Buffalo County Board of Adjustment approved a conditional-use zoning permit…

The Norma J. Vinger Center for Breast Care at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse is accepting nominations for the annual Paula J. Tower Memorial Award.

Accused

An ex-La Crosse police lieutenant convicted of stealing fake drugs from his department has been jailed for violating terms of his electronic monitoring.

A former Lancaster man faces more than 1,000 years in prison if convicted on 33 charges of sex crimes against children.

A Trempealeau County woman will be tried in September for killing a toddler in her care by giving the girl a combination of the prescription painkiller Oxycodone and the antihistamine Benadryl.

The Onalaska Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding a man who walked away from a group home Tuesday.