La Crosse Tribune Local News

Wisconsin once again puts up low numbers in the Kauffman Foundation's annual Startup Activity index.

OK, who peed in the pool?

VIROQUA -- Xcel Energy will host two 60 Minutes of Solar meetings Tuesday in Viroqua for electric customers to learn about the Solar Connect Community program.

Anyone interested in learning strategies to enjoy the outdoors while having less impact on the environment may attend a free program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

The La Crosse Community Foundation Board of Directors has awarded $138,374 in grants for the third quarter.

The Robert and Eleanor Franke Charitable Foundation Board of Directors Board of Directors has announced its summer grants.

The La Crosse Community Foundation has named Jamie Schloegel its interim program director for the foundation’s grants and scholarship activities.

HOLMEN -- Holmen is kicking off its school year by asking students and families to believe in themselves.

La Crosse area Republican Sue Lynch, a member of the Wisconsin Women for Donald Trump Coalition announced Wednesday, called the GOP presidential nominee “a great man” and said it was “an honor” to work to elect him in her home…

The city of Onalaska changed how it collects payments to safeguard against internal theft after an audit revealed a former police department employee embezzled about $70,000.

The local unemployment rate ticked downward last month, as typically happens in July, but La Crosse again lagged the state’s other metro areas in year-over-year improvement.

WINONA, Minn. -- Area law enforcement agencies are investigating a Wednesday morning road rage incident on Interstate 90.

WINONA, Minn. — Richard Gordon Deppe will spend the next 20 years with the Minnesota Department of Corrections looking over his shoulder.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

WINONA, Minn. — Area law enforcement agencies are investigating a reported Wednesday morning road rage incident on Interstate 90.

River Valley Drive is now open more than a week ahead of schedule after several weeks of closures.

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.