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Mike St. John found his neighbor, Brian Grittner, seated in a pond of pink insulation in what remained of his Fitchburg home. Two explosions had just leveled the building, leaving Grittner, prone and incoherent, but alive.

WINONA, Minn. -- An alert trucker may have saved a house from burning down Friday morning south of Winona.

A man was critically injured in a one-vehicle crash Thursday night in Trempealeau County.

ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton sought Friday to extend a little Minnesota nice to the state's declining honeybee population by issuing an executive order limiting certain pesticides that harm them, a step advocates said positions the state as a…

The house at 1316 Farnam St. has been a labor of love for Ben and Jen Keleny.

Here, in the dregs of August, we are hot and sweaty and tired of battling weeds. But remember the garden in spring?

The 57-year-old homeowner was conscious when he was taken to a hospital with significant injuries, while the home at 5573 Cheryl Drive near South Fish Hatchery Road was a total loss, authorities said.

Tomah business owner Jane Donaldson volunteered to serve as a member of the Wisconsin Business Leaders for Hillary because she believes Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has “incredible integrity,” she said Thursday, one day after the state-wide coalition was announced by…

Prices on Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

The city of La Crosse is in talks to purchase more than the 100,000 cubic yards of soil fill needed for the proposed Riverside North project as the planning department meets with developers interested in chipping in to remake the…

Intensifying competition over a shrinking pool of teachers is making it harder to fill openings at rural school districts as well as retain top talent.

The John C. Bock Foundation has boosted the effort to protect the endangered bats of Kickapoo Indian Caverns with a $10,000 grant, according to Carol Abrahamzon, executive director of the Mississippi Valley Conservancy.

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is challenging potential contributors to improve their own health as they raise money to help member hospitals restore health to children.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

When the I-35 bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River on Aug. 1, 2007, it put in motion the events that resulted in a new bridge across the Mississippi River at Winona nine years later.

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

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.