La Crosse Tribune Local News

For many years Mike “Oly” Olson could be found stationed at his food truck, selling mini donuts to long lines of fair and festival goers. Mike was at his happiest when manning the Mini Donut Express.

ONALASKA — Bill Soper acknowledges that “Y North was not a very clever name” when the YMCA in Onalaska picked it up — “temporarily” — a decade ago. But that changed Thursday when the curtain was dropped to unveil its…

The Alliance for Animals and the Environment submitted a complaint to the USDA last week, alleging animal mistreatment at Circus World in Baraboo.

La Crosse County Board Chair Tara Johnson said Thursday she’d be open to investigating a library system merger with the city but would like to do it through a more public framework than contract negotiations.

Prices on Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

Last week’s flooding did roughly $2 million worth of damage to public infrastructure in Buffalo County — but not enough for the county to qualify for federal disaster relief.

GALESVILLE — A fundraiser to help pay a La Crosse woman’s travel expenses to Rio de Janeiro to compete in archery for the U.S. team in the Paralympic Games next month will take place from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday…

A former Gundersen Health System employee parking lot that will house the Gundersen Hotel & Suites was a field of dirt Thursday as Premier Hotel Properties broke ground on the four-story structure on South Avenue.

Tickets are on sale for “Sister Act,” the La Crosse Community Theatre’s first production of the 2016-17 season. Performances run Sept. 9-25, with 7:30 p.m. shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. shows Sundays in the Lyche Theatre…

Tickets are on sale for “Sister Act,” the La Crosse Community Theatre’s first production of the 2016-17 season. Performances run Sept. 9-25, with 7:30 p.m. shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. shows Sundays in the Lyche Theatre…

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

La Crosse County law enforcement Friday launches a campaign designed to combat drunken driving.

The La Crosse County Board approved a resolution seeking a 25-cents-per-capita increase in 2017 in funding from county municipalities for the Household Hazardous Materials program, a hike the county would match.

Just say “oui” to the Poly-Sons choral group, which will bring a touch of France to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Annett Recital Hall on Aug. 21 for their first concert in La Crosse.

For four hours every fall, the music doesn’t skip, the smiles don’t stop and any stress is left at the door. The Special Festers Ball returns Sept. 11 to celebrate the La Crosse area special needs community and hand out…

ONALASKA — Erin O’Brien has been named Miss Onalaska 2016, and Taylor Eide, Miss Onalaska Outstanding Teen.

La Crosse High School graduate George Coleman Poage made history crossing the finish line third in the 220- and 440-yard hurdles during the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Mo., becoming the first African-American to earn a medal in the modern…

Seven University of Wisconsin building projects Gov. Scott Walker delayed in the current budget to keep borrowing down now cost $30 million more, according to the state's nonpartisan budget office.

VIROQUA -- Vernon County’s only circuit court judge, Michael Rosborough, plans to retire when his term is completed in the spring of 2017 after 31 years on the bench.

Since opening in early 1999, the Gertrude Salzer Gordon Children's Museum of La Crosse has welcomed 50,000 to 70,000 visitors a year and is expecting the 1 millionth guest in late August or early September.