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To say that Greg Balfany is embedded in the La Crosse music scene is an understatement. The director of the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra, Balfany plays saxophone with that group as well as with the La Crosse Jazz Quartet and…

A person was struck and killed Friday night by a train on the east end of Winona.

Gwen Schroeder has been jonesing to participate in the Ride to Cure Diabetes for five years, but today will be the first time she has been old enough to join 350 bicyclists from around the country on the trek, which…

Donald Trump plans to return to La Crosse next week for a high-rolling fundraiser, and once again the state’s top Republican leaders won’t be there.

ONALASKA — John Halvorsen, who has walked the length of the Mississippi River and crossed the United States on foot, will speak at 10 a.m. Sunday at Connect Church in Onalaska. Halvorsen, a pastor in Duluth, Minn., also will share…

A proposed agreement filed with the city of La Crosse suggests Optum Services Inc. has met the 2,000 job goal outlined in its development agreement with the city of La Crosse, as well as paid $2.74 million in damages after…

The Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market St., will offer two opportunities each month for anyone in need of friendship, support and healing due to divorce or separation, starting in September.

ONALASKA — Chuck Crain will present a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, at at Christ Is Lord Lutheran Church in Onalaska. The church is at 1269 County Hwy. PH.

LEWISTON — St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lewiston will celebrate the Rev. Michael Lindemann's 25 years in the ministry with a service of thanksgiving at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14.

Prices on Friday for a gallon of regular gas:

Buffalo and Trempealeau counties were spared additional flooding Thursday night when an incoming thunderstorm drifted south toward Iowa, giving them a badly needed reprieve to work on cleaning their homes and fixing their roads.

MADISON -- The anguish of faraway parents and their desire to forgive led to probation Thursday for a former UW-Madison student whose friend plunged from an apartment building last year under the influence of LSD.

Sue (Sullivan) Lee and Peggy Koresh didn’t give a fiddle about the sheets of rain as they practiced “Danny Boy” on their violins Friday under the shelter of the gazebo at the Riverside International Friendship Gardens at Riverside Park in…

Some poor souls go a lifetime without finding love. But one lonely sap had it even worse: He spent 10 days in an airport.

The La Crosse Fire Department will be able to take its preparedness for a rail emergency to a new level after BNSF donated what it calls a general service legacy tank car to the city.

A judge Friday sentenced an Onalaska sex offender convicted of photographing a nude child to serve five years on probation.

Prosecutors Friday charged a La Crosse man with sending nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend to her boss.

Melissa Bakkestuen, 29, of West Salem was charged Friday with possession of narcotic drugs. Bakkestuen had heroin on Thursday, according to the complaint.Brandon Williamson, 20, of 1815 Loomis St., was charged Friday with felony bail jumping, criminal damage to property…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump plans to return to Wisconsin next week and once again the state's top Republican leaders won't be there.

WINONA, Minn. — A Fountain City woman will serve 10 years probation and make restitution after admitting to taking almost $154,000 from her employer during a five-year period.