La Crosse Tribune Local News

Minnesota has ordered a Houston County sand mine to shut down until it obtains a permit to operate near a trout stream.

MADISON — The fight over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's signature policy achievement, a law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public employees, ended Thursday with the state Sup…

La Crosse will move forward on establishing the city’s first “pocket neighborhood” on the now-vacant site of the former Naval Reserve Center.

WINONA, Minn. — A Sunday night session of Russian roulette resulted in the arrest of a Stockton man and brief closure of Hwy. 14 on Wednesday.

MADISON — Brett Hulsey arrives for an interview at a downtown Madison cafe and points to the loafers on his feet.

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.