La Crosse Tribune Local News

ELKADER, Iowa (AP) — People have been sandbagging and making escape plans as the rain-swollen Turkey River rises in northeast Iowa.

Construction on The Chalmers, a proposed building downtown, has been delayed while developers solicit tenants for the high-end offices.

Gregg “Cheech” Hall, the area’s musical tribute titan, has been after alternative reggae rockers TUGG for years to do a show saluting Sublime, a California band that TUGG was compared to a lot in the band’s early days.

Eight bands are signed up to compete in the inaugural Oktoberfest Battle of the Bands preliminary competition, which will be held Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Pearl Street Brewery, 1401 Saint Andrew St.

Wisconsin once again puts up low numbers in the Kauffman Foundation's annual Startup Activity index.

OK, who peed in the pool?

VIROQUA -- Xcel Energy will host two 60 Minutes of Solar meetings Tuesday in Viroqua for electric customers to learn about the Solar Connect Community program.

Anyone interested in learning strategies to enjoy the outdoors while having less impact on the environment may attend a free program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

The La Crosse Community Foundation Board of Directors has awarded $138,374 in grants for the third quarter.

The Robert and Eleanor Franke Charitable Foundation Board of Directors Board of Directors has announced its summer grants.

The La Crosse Community Foundation has named Jamie Schloegel its interim program director for the foundation’s grants and scholarship activities.

HOLMEN -- Holmen is kicking off its school year by asking students and families to believe in themselves.

La Crosse area Republican Sue Lynch, a member of the Wisconsin Women for Donald Trump Coalition announced Wednesday, called the GOP presidential nominee “a great man” and said it was “an honor” to work to elect him in her home…

The city of Onalaska changed how it collects payments to safeguard against internal theft after an audit revealed a former police department employee embezzled about $70,000.

The local unemployment rate ticked downward last month, as typically happens in July, but La Crosse again lagged the state’s other metro areas in year-over-year improvement.

WINONA, Minn. -- Area law enforcement agencies are investigating a Wednesday morning road rage incident on Interstate 90.

WINONA, Minn. — Richard Gordon Deppe will spend the next 20 years with the Minnesota Department of Corrections looking over his shoulder.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

WINONA, Minn. — Area law enforcement agencies are investigating a reported Wednesday morning road rage incident on Interstate 90.

River Valley Drive is now open more than a week ahead of schedule after several weeks of closures.