La Crosse Tribune Local News

After months of public input and even more months of study, the La Crosse Public Library has drafted a five-year strategic plan that helps the library adapt to changing community needs.

HATFIELD -- Jackson County authorities on Wednesday discovered the body of a La Crosse man in a pond after he was working on a suspension bridge in Hatfield.

This Castle on Cass has been the home of a lumber baron, a bishop, two dentists and many others, but it could see new life as a bed and breakfast this year if a pair of entrepreneurs from Texas has…

A heavy metal rock tour with Five Finger Death PUnch and Shinedown co-headlining will hit the La Crosse Center on Sunday, Nov. 13.

For many years Mike “Oly” Olson could be found stationed at his food truck, selling mini donuts to long lines of fair and festival goers. Mike was at his happiest when manning the Mini Donut Express.

ONALASKA — Bill Soper acknowledges that “Y North was not a very clever name” when the YMCA in Onalaska picked it up — “temporarily” — a decade ago. But that changed Thursday when the curtain was dropped to unveil its…

The Alliance for Animals and the Environment submitted a complaint to the USDA last week, alleging animal mistreatment at Circus World in Baraboo.

La Crosse County Board Chair Tara Johnson said Thursday she’d be open to investigating a library system merger with the city but would like to do it through a more public framework than contract negotiations.

Prices on Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

Last week’s flooding did roughly $2 million worth of damage to public infrastructure in Buffalo County — but not enough for the county to qualify for federal disaster relief.

GALESVILLE — A fundraiser to help pay a La Crosse woman’s travel expenses to Rio de Janeiro to compete in archery for the U.S. team in the Paralympic Games next month will take place from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday…

A former Gundersen Health System employee parking lot that will house the Gundersen Hotel & Suites was a field of dirt Thursday as Premier Hotel Properties broke ground on the four-story structure on South Avenue.

Tickets are on sale for “Sister Act,” the La Crosse Community Theatre’s first production of the 2016-17 season. Performances run Sept. 9-25, with 7:30 p.m. shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. shows Sundays in the Lyche Theatre…

Tickets are on sale for “Sister Act,” the La Crosse Community Theatre’s first production of the 2016-17 season. Performances run Sept. 9-25, with 7:30 p.m. shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. shows Sundays in the Lyche Theatre…

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

La Crosse County law enforcement Friday launches a campaign designed to combat drunken driving.

The La Crosse County Board approved a resolution seeking a 25-cents-per-capita increase in 2017 in funding from county municipalities for the Household Hazardous Materials program, a hike the county would match.

Just say “oui” to the Poly-Sons choral group, which will bring a touch of France to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Annett Recital Hall on Aug. 21 for their first concert in La Crosse.

For four hours every fall, the music doesn’t skip, the smiles don’t stop and any stress is left at the door. The Special Festers Ball returns Sept. 11 to celebrate the La Crosse area special needs community and hand out…

ONALASKA — Erin O’Brien has been named Miss Onalaska 2016, and Taylor Eide, Miss Onalaska Outstanding Teen.