La Crosse Tribune Local News

If your mission is to expand what people think of as contemporary classical tonality, sometimes you don’t know what you’re going to get.

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Mike Hesse knows the roads of Farmington, La Crosse County’s largest town at 76 square miles, like he knows his farm, which has been in his family for a century. He has to know them. Hesse is in his sixth…

I got to thinking about baseball and suffering the other day.

Destanni Beckom bravely pedaled through a downpour on Saturday, knowing the payoff would be sweet. After taking a spin on the blender bike at the Kane Street Community Garden, her labor was rewarded in the form of a strawberry-blueberry smoothie.

Deputy died helping others -- BATON ROUGE, La. — The Baton Rouge sheriff's deputy killed last Sunday ran to help another officer when he could have stayed safe in the convenience store where he was working off-duty, a minister said…

Suspect obsessed with mass shootings -- MUNICH — The gunman whose rampage at a Munich mall left nine people dead was a depression-plagued teenager who avidly read books and articles about mass killings and apparently tried to lure young victims…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The next chapter of the “Star Trek” franchise will be called “Star Trek Discovery.”

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Broken water mains, creaking subway systems, tens of thousands of rickety bridges and countless miles of shoddy, traffic-clogged roads.

WINONA, Minn — You can leave the notion that Shakespeare is inaccessible at the door.

Gundersen Health System’s Wellness Fest will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 30, at the La Crosse Center.

Call it a dipper, a disher or a scooper — it’s used to transfer ice cream from container to dish. As the thermometer climbs ever higher, the subject of ice cream has mouths watering and taste buds tingling for that…

A glut of milk production is hurting dairy farmers in the Coulee Region and all over the world, while niche producers such as organic dairies continue to see their prices and profits grow.

Saji Lukos, president of Reaching India Ministries International, will speak at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Christ Is Lord Church in Onalaska. The ministry’s mission is to reach the unreached people in India, South Asia and around the world with the…

“Water and Inner Wisdom” is the theme for a new nature art journaling retreat series beginning next month at the Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market St.

For people ready to jump-start their spiritual life, the Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market St., offers the yearlong program Journey Toward Wholeness. In its 20th year, the program is a small-group experience designed for those who are seeking spiritual enrichment,…

President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law an anti-addiction bill that includes Veterans Administration reforms inspired by events at the Tomah VA Medical Center.

WINONA, Minn. -- A Fountain City man and former director of Habitat for Humanity of Winona-Fillmore Counties has been charged in Buffalo County Circuit Court with sexually assaulting a child.

Auditions will be held Monday, Aug. 1, for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of “Peter and Wendy,” a version of the “Peter Pan” story to be staged at the Viterbo University Fine Arts Center.

Prosecutors want the state’s highest court to uphold the convictions for a Minnesota man serving consecutive life terms for the 2012 murders of a father and son during a robbery at their downtown La Crosse camera store.