La Crosse Tribune Local News

A grant from the National Endowment of the Arts will support a community-wide conversation about the Ernest J. Gaines novel "A Lesson Before Dying during the coming school year.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse alumni Drew Knapp is upset that his quest to win a million dollars on “American Ninja Warrior” was foiled as easily as falling off a log. But he was unbowed in his resolve to try again.

La Crosse police Monday arrested two tenants of a community correctional facility on the city's North Side after they were hospitalized from smoking K2, while the agency investigates a possible fatal drug overdose at another facility.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

Motorists will be able to travel between Onalaska and West Salem on Hwy. 16 starting sometime midday on Thursday.

La Crosse SOUP will sing for peace Wednesday at the first such event hosted by a neighborhood group.

Heavy rains and excessive heat might have caused problems for Wisconsin residents last week but it was just what the state's crops needed, officials said.

If you're planning a garden or home tour, a seminar or other related home-and-garden event, we want to include it in the August issue of the Home & Garden magazine. Email the information to [email protected]. The deadline is Aug. 11.

WINONA, Minn. -- Merchants Financial Group announced Tuesday a net income of $6.44 million through the first two quarters of 2016.

Replicas of the Nina and Pinta, ships Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to "discover" America, are docked at Riverside Park and will be available for tours until their departure early Tuesday morning.

HOUSTON, Minn. — Kevin Lindh was just looking for another way to connect with kids after graduating in 2014 from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a teaching degree.

Gundersen Health System is one of four U.S. health-care organizations that has checked into the Solar.Clinic, which helps not only the institutions but also their employees, patients and plain old folks and businesses from their communities move toward solar energy…

If you’re concerned whether your child’s car seat is properly installed, there’s good reason — and free assistance.

People will be dancing in the streets Friday during the Downtown Mainstreet Summer Days Sidewalk Sale.

PHILADELPHIA -- Wisconsin Democrats, relegated to the back bench in their statehouse in recent years, also aren't getting much airtime at their party's national showcase event this week.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that La Crosse-based 7 Rivers Alliance will get some unprecedented state and federal help this fall as it works to create an economic development blueprint for three of its rural counties.

Criminal charges are pending against a man accused of robbing a La Crosse man at gunpoint inside his apartment early Monday.

Habitat for Humanity-La Crosse Area has dedicated its 41st home in La Crosse.

Michael Rockwell, 22, of 1128 Caledonia St., was charged Monday with possession of meth and bail jumping, both as a repeat offender. Rockwell had 0.6 grams of meth on Friday, according to the complaint.Jade Campbell, 23, of Black River Falls…

A Black River Falls man laughed and told a Sparta police officer “that’s what you get” when the officer injured his hand after breaking the man’s car window to rescue a dog locked inside a hot vehicle.