La Crosse Tribune Local News

BANGOR — A 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were responsible for last week’s vandalism to numerous private and public properties in Bangor, according to police.

WEST SALEM — The West Salem School District will hold it’s third-consecutive building referendum in three years this fall.

NEW HAMPTON, Iowa — Storms dropping between 4 and 6 inches of rain Tuesday night left northern Iowa communities dealing with flash flooding overnight.

My yard is full of toadstools ... and it looks delicious.

People who make a living helping others hunt and fish on the Upper Mississippi River are upset about new fees for commercial users being proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

When one of the goals is to let them eat kale, it’s better to have youngsters working down on the farm, where they also can learn to puree.

Funds for Memorial Pool remained in the capital improvement budget Tuesday after its supporters packed the public hearing on the city of La Crosse’s planned projects for next year.

Campus policies and state and federal guidelines require that University of Wisconsin-La Crosse officials, not the police, handle sexual assault allegations.

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are demanding more information on why the price for lifesaving EpiPens has skyrocketed.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has a new international education director.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

Coulee Region residents should to be extra vigilant in avoiding mosquito bites because a dead crow found in West Salem tested positive for West Nile virus, which can be fatal to humans in rare cases, La Crosse County Health Director…

ELKADER, Iowa (AP) — Clayton County supervisors have given initial approval to the expansion of a sand mining operation.

TOWN OF ARCADIA — Authorities Tuesday identified a Wisconsin State Trooper and a motorist involved in a traffic crash Saturday on Hwy. 93 in Trempealeau County.

Bliss Road will be closed to all traffic, including pedestrian and bicycle traffic, beginning 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 28 through Sept. 2 while the city of La Crosse repairs eroded areas on the hill below the road.

With another 32 theses down, and dozens more to go, a Lutheran-Catholic document that caps five decades of theological discussions is considered another major step in repairing the rift between the denominations.

Valley View Mall is hosting a back to school Student Pep Rally from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the mall's center court.

Heather Quackenboss will leave her 10-year position as program director of the La Crosse Community Foundation to coordinate a collaborative effort to dovetail behavioral health services in the Coulee Region with the support of a $1.5 million, eight-year grant.

Investing in the University of Wisconsin System is an investment in the state's human capital, President Ray Cross said during a visit Monday with the La Crosse Tribune's editorial board.

Tight inventories and strong demand have pushed housing prices up more than 14 percent from a year ago.