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The annual Perseid meteor shower is back and will light up the skies this week, peaking late tonight and into Friday. And this year, we're in for an even better show than usual, thanks to an "outburst."

The Alzheimer’s Association is hosting free family education programs in August. The workshops are open to families and caregivers. No registration is required.

The annual Alma Swiss Heritage Days will be held Aug. 12-13 citywide. The event will include music, food and dancing.

The BloodCenter of Wisconsin is hosting blood drives in La Crosse County. Donations are especially needed in the summer due to an increase in accidents and a decrease in donors. Donors must be 17 or older or 16 if accompanied…

The second annual Putting with PRIDE golf tournament will be held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Valley High Golf Course in Houston, Minn., with all proceeds going to The Center: 7 Rivers LGBTQ Connection.

In a world dependent on plastic, where even a single jelly bean is available individually wrapped, it's not always easy being green.

MADISON (AP) — University of Wisconsin System leaders plan to ask Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators to lift a tuition freeze and give the system about $40 million in new money in the next state budget.

Incumbent District Attorney Kevin Croninger easily defeated lawyer and Tomah School Board member Aaron Lueck in Tuesday Republican primary election.

The Republican primary in the 92nd Assembly District was virtually a dead heat late into the counting Tuesday night before Treig Pronschinske defeated Deborah Bork 960 to 802.The winner will take on incumbent state Rep. Chris Danou, D-Trempealeau, in November.

With turnout low and incumbents generally winning big, there were still a few surprises in primary election contests across Minnesota. Here's a look at some of the more compelling races:

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind appears to have held off a challenge from the left in Tuesday’s partisan primary, virtually ensuring the La Crosse Democrat an 11th term representing Wisconsin’s 3rd District.

State Sen. Jennifer Shilling will face Dan Kapanke in November for a second time after defeating him in the 32nd Senate District recall election five years ago.

The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at UW-La Crosse will offer a class for new entrepreneurs and current business owners who want to more more clearly define their business ideas and value propositions. “The Business Model Canvas” runs from 5:30-8:30…

Getting area dentists to eschew using floss is like pulling teeth, as they rebut an Associated Press investigation that dismissed flossing as being based on phantom research.

La Crosse County on Tuesday announced a new way to handle the cases of juveniles who commit minor offenses without entering them into the criminal justice system.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit:

CHIPPEWA FALLS — It was about a year ago when Jessica Przybylski met her future husband Edward Gomez on a work crew at the Chippewa County Jail painting a hill.

The University of Wisconsin System is poised to ask lawmakers to lift the cap on in-state tuition and reverse years of declining support for higher education with a funding increase of $42.5 million in the next state budget.

Today is Election Day in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence will campaign Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.