La Crosse Tribune Local News

Lincoln Middle School has been recognized for getting kids active.

The La Crosse County Health Department has something big to celebrate. The department recently learned that it has earned national accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board, a distinction only nine other Wisconsin counties can claim.

A week after the third annual Moon Tunes Woodstock tribute concert drew an estimated 5,000 people to Riverside Park, the summer concert series drew to a close Thursday night, capping its most successful season yet, both in terms of fans…

ONALASKA -- The La Crosse County Library System’s sixth annual Leave a Legacy event will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Onalaska Public Library, 741 Oak Ave. S.

Tonight's meeting of the La Crosse Common Council has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday after an error in posting notice of the meeting.

A La Crosse man who in 2005 almost killed a high school student now faces an attempted homicide charge in connection with a shooting early Wednesday.

Some of the students involved in hanging an offensive banner near the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus played football together at Stevens Point Area Senior High School, and one is a football player at Winona State University.

WARRENS -- Cranberry Fest is looking for volunteers for the event on Oct 1-2.

ONALASKA -- The Coulee Region Humane Society is offering a Find Your Study Buddy promotion Sept. 8-15 in celebration of the start of a new school year.

For a few special dogs, a trip to Fun Fur Pets Dog Daycare means both work and play as they carry on the 30-year mission of Capable Canines of Wisconsin. The daycare, owned by CCW president Eve Zellmer, serves as…

Old Towne North will be revitalized as Uptowne, after La Crosse’s North Side stepped up to donate $22,000 Wednesday to fund a summit to rebrand and reinvest in the Caledonia Street business district.

The neighborhood association behind efforts to protect Memorial Pool on Wednesday launched a fundraising effort to pay a Michigan-based consultant for a second-opinion on the future of the community pool.

A former La Crosse police officer would receive $50,000 in exchange for dismissing a federal discrimination lawsuit against the city, according to the terms of a settlement agreement to go before the La Crosse Common Council on Thursday.

La Crosse County Board members are open to talking about some kind of merger of the county and city library systems, but they will wait to form the commission proposed by county board Chairwoman Tara Johnson.

Respecting Choices, the end-of-life planning program incubated in La Crosse and nurtured into a highly regarded health care staple around the globe, is taking another leap onto the national stage in an alliance with a Washington, D.C.-based group.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

Storms dumped more than 5 inches of rain on parts of the Coulee Region Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, flooding roads, forcing the evacuation of a Vernon County campground and sending boulders tumbling into a home near Brownsville, Minn.

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WAFER, the largest food pantry serving the Coulee Region, is in dire need of egg cartons after being shell-shocked with a donation of 300 dozen eggs today.

Pacesetter Companies for Great Rivers United Way’s 2016-17 campaign set a torrid clip in raising more than half of the agency’s goal of $2.085 million, after toting up supersized checks presented at the campaign kick-off breakfast and ceremony today.