La Crosse Tribune Local News

Country singer Kenny Rogers, who has sold more than 120 million albums worldwide, will perform a Christmas concert Dec. 2 at the La Crosse Center.

The West Salem Historical Society recently announced the winner of its annual photo contest, and 6-year-old Brandon Wanke of Mindoro walked away with top honors.

Solomon Elhindi was future-oriented. Loving. Popular.

Gardening tips will be easy pickings for green thumbs, as well as folks who just can’t seem to keep even the hardiest plants alive, during the Hillview Urban Agriculture Center’s annual Bountiful Gardens Tour on Saturday.

The Alzheimer’s Association is hosting the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Myrick Park. Residents from La Crosse, Arcadia and surrounding communities are invited to learn about Alzheimer's disease and how to get involved with the cause…

THE WAY IT WAS: A circa 1966 view of the Penguin Drive-In, 3317 Mormon Coulee Road, at that time next to a Texaco gas station. The Penguin, which was first operated by Orville Maxwell, was a popular spot for ice…

For many of the estimated 1,300 homeless in La Crosse, a hot meal and a haircut are rare luxuries. On July 28, the La Crosse Homeless Coalition will lend a helping hand to locals in need of food, hygiene services,…

The mystery about the word "DIE" once thought to be painted on a boulder 500 feet over Devil's Lake may be related to the intentional removal of centuries-old lichen.

Thunderstorms swept through the region early Sunday, dropping nearly 1 inch of rain in the La Crosse area up to more than 2 inches in Allamakee County in Iowa and Fillmore County in Minnesota.

When Mary Kendhammer moved to West Salem in 1982, the village’s garden club had just celebrated its 40th anniversary.

MELROSE, Wis. -- Melrose’s main street has been beautified this summer with hanging flower baskets.

The Coon Valley Business Association and the La Crosse Trout Association are sponsoring Coon Creek Trout Fest on Saturday.

VIROQUA, Wis. — Sofya Hundt has woven a life rich in all of the details that make up Viroqua although she was born and raised in Azerbaijan.

The oven is a remnant from when the park was a Unitarian retreat more than 100 years ago.

Despite a slump in the U.S. oil industry, Wisconsin frac sand producers are planning to spend millions of dollars on new plants and loading facilities as they seek to increase efficiency and sell their product in new markets.

Would-be stand-up comedians should be aware that they are setting themselves up to fail, and they need thick skin to endure the sounds of silence when they expect peals of laughter, according to a couple of La Crosse comics who…

Our relatively pleasant summer of 2016 is a far cry from the deadly heat of 80 summers ago.

The Ferryville Tourism Council and Mississippi Valley Conservancy are hosting a hike at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, July 23, at Sugar Creek Bluff in Ferryville as part of the annual River Bluff Daze celebration.

As the first group of racers took off and I rolled up to the start line, I felt the butterflies.

Karla Mees didn’t flinch when she learned she had breast cancer: “I had an intuition. A coworker offered to come in and cry with me, but I didn’t cry. I said, ‘I’ve got this’ and I moved on.”