La Crosse Tribune Local News

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.

An Iowa man was seriously injured Thursday evening when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed in Vernon County.

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee's archbishop says his guardian angel was working overtime when he had a severe allergic reaction to acetaminophen that could have been deadly.

WINONA, Minn. — If, as the saying goes, a true compromise leaves no one happy, that may have proved to be the result of Thursday’s Winona County Planning Commission.

The rain arrived suddenly overnight, and lingered much too long.

Six dogs made their way across the United States last week in hopes of a second chance at life. The pack traveled over 1,200 miles to escape the high euthanasia rates of the South and take refuge at the Coulee…

The American Red Cross is looking for donors offset a summer blood shortage. Donors of all blood types are needed urgently, and those who donated blood earlier this summer may be eligible to donate again.

The rain arrived suddenly overnight and lingered much too long.

La Crosse police officers will stand on the roof of Dunkin’ Donuts at 1422 Losey Blvd. from 6 to 11 a.m. today to benefit the Special Olympics of Wisconsin.

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence likened running mate Donald Trump’s campaign to be president to forcing the Green Bay Packers to play every game on the road — in front of hostile crowds, with hometown refs — during a…

The Small Business Development Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is offering The Business Model Canvas, a class for new entrepreneurs and current business owners who want to define their business ideas and value propositions. The class will run…