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Actor Sean Astin (“Lord of the Rings,” “Rudy”) will be in La Crosse tonight to highlight Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s economic plan, on which she gave a speech Monday in Omaha, Neb., with iconic investor Warren Buffett.

Glena Temple will become the ninth president of Viterbo University, officials announced today.

Authorities are investigating a house fire that killed two people early Monday in the Vernon County town of Forest.

For many farmers in the Coulee Region, the weather couldn’t have been better for growing corn and soybeans. The commodity prices for the crops, not so much.

Deborah Bork of Independence and Treig Pronschinske of Mondovi will run against each other for the the Republican seat in the 92nd District Assembly primary Aug. 9.

The La Crosse Police Department retired its first official narcotics-detection canine Monday and swore in the newest member of its canine unit.

Western Technical College's spate of construction projects will finish in time for the fall semester, along with some new additions.

Christopher Vang, 18, of 303 Shelley Lane, was charged Monday with possession of meth and drug paraphernalia and felony bail jumping. Vang had meth and a pipe on Friday, according to the complaint.Julie Kuster, 56, of 2670 S. Seventh St.,…

HOUSTON, Minn. — The International Owl Center will host the Real Life Great Horned Owl Soap Opera with Karla Bloem at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7.

SPARTA — The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the 69-year-old man who died Saturday morning in the Monroe County jail.

As Pokemon Go becomes a national phenomenon, developers are expressing excitement over the implications for the burgeoning augmented reality field.

This old scene, from a card postmarked 65 years ago, Aug. 1, 1951, shows the Deluxe Motor Court, which was located near the south end of Dresbach, Minn., on what is now known as Riverview Drive, or old Hwy. 14/61.…

HOLMEN -- The Mississippi Valley Conservancy will host a guided hike at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, on the Holland Sand Prairie as part of the Linked to the Land program.

La Crosse firefighters were dispatched at 5:18 p.m. to a fire Sunday on the South Side.

Ten young women, including the newly crowned Miss RemarkAble, Renee Cappetto, were honored for their achievements and unique personalities Saturday at the Weber Center for the Performing Arts.

When Spencer Scheil died in 2010, he was only 11 years old. The impact that his classmates and school left on him inspired his family to do something special.

The line at the start of a sneak peak of the soon-to-open Willy Street Co-op's North Side location Sunday looked a bit like Black Friday.

WEST SALEM — Think back to grade school when in the early fall and late summer, your gym teacher undoubtedly asked you to run the mile. Now imagine doing that 20 times over for days on end.

An annual La Crosse celebration that sprang from a short conversation into a North Side block party that added another block, then another and another, is expected to attract 650 to 700 people Aug. 15.

TOWN OF AZTALAN — Paul Filipowicz has little mercy for his audience.