(2008/09/05)
A La Crosse woman pleaded not guilty today to charges that she caused the death of her newborn child and then hid the child’s corpse.
(2008/09/05)
City Hall is poised to have its first-ever female department head as Wendy Oestreich nears confirmation as La Crosse’s next director of human resources.
(2008/09/05)
The intersection of Cass Street and West Avenue should reopen early Saturday, officials said.
(2008/09/05)
CEDARBURG, Wis. Sarah Palin gets Jeanne Cassinelli excited.
(2008/09/05)
Gundersen Lutheran officials are expecting this year’s Steppin’ Out in Pink walk for breast cancer research and awareness to be the largest in three years. More than 3,000 walkers already have registered, and officials expect a couple hundred more will register at the walk Saturday. Last year, the walk drew 3,180, with 300 to 400 walk-ups.
(2008/09/05)
WEST SALEM John Smalley, the principal of West Salem Elementary who was fired last January, will resume his position at the school beginning Tuesday, the West Salem School District announced Thursday afternoon.
(2008/09/05)
WINONA, Minn. (AP) Winona health officials are warning people to be careful around bats.
(2008/09/05)
MADISON Wisconsin beer mogul Richard J. Leinenkugel will be the state's new commerce secretary, Gov. Jim Doyle said today.
(2008/09/05)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) A Michigan man accused in a shooting rampage that killed three teenage swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border has been charged with seven more felonies.
(2008/09/05)
ST. PAUL (AP) Police packed away body armor, gas masks and pepper spray today but not the questions about their tactics during the Republican National Convention.
(2008/09/05)
From Tribune news services The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not pursuing a formal waterfowl hunting plan for the Gibbs Lake Area located in Pool 7 of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge in Wisconsin.
(2008/09/05)
The La Crosse Common Council will hold a day-long retreat Saturday.
(2008/09/05)
RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) A 47-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a hit-and-run accident in Wisconsin that left his fiancee's brother dead.
(2008/09/05)
Several owners of property damaged or destroyed when a shoreline breach drained Lake Delton in June have filed a notice of claim indicating they may sue village officials.
(2008/09/04)
John McCain supporters stepped up the rhetoric surrounding Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin today in the wake of her convention speech Wednesday night.
(2008/09/04)
MADISON Cedarburg, meet Sarah Palin. Alaska's governor and Republican vice presidential candidate will appear with GOP presidential candidate John McCain at an outdoor rally in the Milwaukee suburb Friday morning. The rally will be their first appearance after accepting the official GOP nomination at the Republican National Convention tonight in St. Paul.
(2008/09/04)
Ready or not, a flu pandemic is coming, says Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(2008/09/04)
ST. PAUL (AP) Police arrested protesters tonight after a lengthy series of marches and sit-ins timed to coincide with Sen. John McCain’s acceptance of the Republican Party’s nomination for president.
(2008/09/04)
A Bangor man was sentenced to 35 years in prison and 25 years of extended supervision Wednesday in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
(2008/09/04)
MADISON (AP) More than half of the state Government Accountability Board’s members failed when their names were run through new voter identification checks as a test, the board said today.
(2008/09/04)
The remains of Hurricane Gustav will move northeast through the mid Mississippi River Valley and western Great Lakes through Friday morning, bringing some rain to northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota and Wisconsin.
(2008/09/04)
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has endorsed Sept. 11 conspiracy theorist Kevin Barrett in his bid for Congress, Barrett announced today.
(2008/09/04)
MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) Lawyers have filed a motion for acquittal or a new trial for a woman convicted of driving a van that crashed into a school bus and killed four students last winter near Cottonwood.
(2008/09/04)
Gov. Jim Doyle visited Southern Bluffs Elementary School earlier today.
(2008/09/04)
WASHINGTON (AP) People calling a federal phone number seeking information on how to order Duck Stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error that the government says would be too expensive to correct.
(2008/09/04)
MARINETTE, Wis. A Michigan man charged in a shooting rampage that killed three teenage swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border does not have a long history of diagnosed mental illness but an insanity defense is being considered, his attorney said.
(2008/09/04)
DORCHESTER, Wis. (AP) A U.S. Navy sailor from Dorchester is among three missing World War II servicemen who have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial.
(2008/09/04)
Ingrid Mahan, the executive director for the Viroqua Partners for the past 14½ years, announced Wednesday night she is leaving her post to take a new position at the Edward Jones office in Viroqua.
(2008/09/04)
GRANTSBURG, Wis. (AP) The Burnett County sheriff is seeking a reckless homicide charge against a summer camp staffer who he says administered the drug that killed a mentally disabled camper.
(2008/09/04)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Midwest Airlines is arranging for Republic Airways to provide some of its service on a dozen smaller jets, resulting in more “temporary furloughs” that now number in the hundreds of Midwest personnel, the company announced.
(2008/09/04)
MILWAUKEE (AP) A high-end Brookfield clothing store is suing Oprah Winfrey's mother for failing to pay her bill.
(2008/09/04)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) A Wausau man accused of trying to burn a raccoon alive after he couldn't kill it with a BB gun faces a felony charge of animal mistreatment.
(2008/09/04)
From Tribune news services WINONA, Minn. The Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League is staging its 2008 league finals Sept. 11-13 on the Mississippi River in Winona, Minn.
(2008/09/04)
WINONA, Minn. Winona-based industrial supplies seller Fastenal Co. has announced it will pay a $10 million, class-action settlement to former employees who sued last year for unpaid overtime and work-break pay.
(2008/09/04)
WASECA, Minn. (AP) An ammonia leak has sickened 21 employees of a vegetable canning plant in Waseca.
(2008/09/03)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse Executive Director Kevin Johnston will leave the organization Sept. 30 "to pursue other professional opportunities," according to a news release from the organization’s board of directors.
(2008/09/03)
La Crosse's Highways, Properties and Utilities Committee tonight will vote on whether to lease a pair of North Side duplexes to the county for the women's jail alternative program.
(2008/09/03)
An Onalaska area man was seriously injured this morning when he landed in a rocky ditch while bicycling on Wendtland Road just west of Moos Road in rural Onalaska, the La Crosse County Sheriff's Department reports.
(2008/09/03)
La Crosse officials have issued a public service reminder that Bliss Road is off limits to all users during construction.
(2008/09/03)
CASSVILLE, Wis. (AP) A light plane carrying two student aviators from the University of Dubuque crashed into a tree and cabins at a resort in southwestern Wisconsin and burst into flames today, leaving both students severely burned, authorities said.
(2008/09/03)
MADISON Wisconsin election officials say independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has enough signatures to get on the November ballot.
(2008/09/03)
The American Queen will visit La Crosse from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, on a cruise from St. Louis to St. Paul.
(2008/09/03)
ST. PAUL (AP) Eight core members of a group that provided logistical support to anarchists wanting to disrupt the Republican National Convention each were charged today with a felony count of conspiracy to commit riot, following weekend police raids at some of their homes and work space.
(2008/09/03)
A small slice of Jay Street east of Third Street to the alley in downtown La Crosse will close to traffic today.
(2008/09/03)
La Crosse area bass fishermen have the “home field advantage” next week when the Great Lakes Division of the Walmart Bass Fishing League finishes its regular season with a two-day “super tournament” in La Crosse on Sept. 13-14.
(2008/09/03)
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) The Minneapolis Golf Club has reached an $8 million settlement with the family of Abigail Taylor, the 6-year-old girl who was fatally wounded by a swimming pool drain, the club president said.
(2008/09/03)
MADISON When the Department of Commerce provided $290,000 to help lure a Florida pharmaceutical company to Wisconsin, it received praise for helping build the state's technology sector.
(2008/09/03)
Two land conservancy groups will honor Rep. Ron Kind today for his support of tax breaks for people who donate conservation easements on their land.
(2008/09/03)
WINONA, Minn. Minnesota Marine Art Museum Executive Director Larry Gorrell has resigned after nearly two years at the museum
(2008/09/03)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) The Green Bay City Council has approved an ordinance requiring scalpers to buy a permit to sell tickets outside Lambeau Field.
(2008/09/03)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) A western Wisconsin farmer who served as his own attorney in a dispute over straying cattle has lost a legal battle with St. Croix County.
(2008/09/03)
A Winona man arrested last week after police used his left-behind cell phone to track him down was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl inside a residence.
(2008/09/03)
RAMSEY, Minn. (AP) Authorities have busted a suspected cockfighting operation in Anoka County and seized more than 100 birds.
(2008/09/03)
Lake Delton drained, the cherry crop in Door County was down, one of the largest state parks was closed for almost two weeks and gas surpassed $4 per gallon.
(2008/09/02)
A fallen tree is obstructing traffic on South Fourth Street south of Jackson Street on La Crosse's South Side, slowing traffic as the afternoon commute begins.
(2008/09/02)
La Crosse registered its hottest day so far this year today the first day of school when the temperature topped out at 93 degrees.
(2008/09/02)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Ralph Nader campaign workers turned over a stack of nomination signatures to state election officials today, saying they've got enough names to get the consumer advocate on Wisconsin's presidential ballot.
(2008/09/02)
The east side of Cass Street at West Avenue will close today for about a week while the intersection in reconstructed.
(2008/09/02)
WASHINGTON, D.C. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has named the Elroy-Sparta State Trail as the seventh inductee to the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. The Wisconsin trail is featured in “Rails to Trails” magazine and on RTC’s Web site, www.railstotrails.org, with photos and a detailed ride-along description of its scenic views and important community connections.
(2008/09/02)
TOMAH n Westbound Interstate 94 near Tomah reopened about noon today after it was temporarily shut down while crews removed a semi truck that crashed into the median early Tuesday, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
(2008/09/02)
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(2008/09/02)
Two of La Crosse’s middle schools were among 182 named New Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition for the 2008-09 school year, according to information released today by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
(2008/09/02)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) If a couple accused of killing their 11-year-old daughter by praying instead of seeking medical care goes to trial, the courts will wrongly become entangled in constitutionally protected religious matters, an attorney argued today.
(2008/09/02)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The progress of the corn and soybean crops are behind the five-year averages in Minnesota, but small grains are catching up.
(2008/09/02)
BAXTER, Minn. (AP) A 6-year-old girl has died, weeks after she was pulled from a central Minnesota lake where she was celebrating her birthday.
(2008/09/02)
GRAFTON, Wis. (AP) Remember the Grafton woman who was arrested, handcuffed and taken to the cop shop for overdue library materials?
(2008/09/02)
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) Parents in a Labor Day crowd at a public swimming pool told police they saw a man using an underwater camera to shoot video of young girls.
(2008/09/02)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) A brother and sister have been ordered to stand trial in Eau Claire on accusations they provided illegal drugs that led to a woman's death.
(2008/09/02)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) A teenager out for a swim after a shortened first day of school has disappeared in the Wisconsin River, authorities said.
(2008/09/02)
The Scenic Bluffs Chapter of the American Red Cross is holding volunteer orientation today and Wednesday.
(2008/09/02)
WAUKON JUNCTION, Iowa n A 47-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash Friday afternoon.
(2008/09/02)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) Authorities say a 49-year-old farmer died after being gored and trampled by a bull at his rural Wausau farm.
(2008/09/02)
The Janesville, Wis., man who police say killed his wife before committing suicide Saturday shot her four times in the chest, according to the Rock County coroner's office.
(2008/09/02)
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) Officials estimate a savings of nearly $64,000 for Columbia County because of plea deals reached for two key defendants in a Portage murder and abuse case.
(2008/09/01)
MADISON Federal and state authorities say Wisconsin residents and business owners who want to register for help for flood damage better do it soon.
(2008/09/01)
MILWAUKEE A spokesman for the Wisconsin National Guard says officials there are on standby in case they are needed to help with Hurricane Gustav.
(2008/09/01)
Longtime United Way official and labor activist Dan Hanson will be marshal of today’s La Crosse Labor Day parade, which begins at 10 a.m. at Kane and Gillette streets.
(2008/09/01)
MARSHFIELD, Wis. If you're driving through Marshfield, you had better not talk on your cell phone.
(2008/09/01)
MILWAUKEE Tickets are no longer available for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's speech in Milwaukee.
(2008/09/01)
ST. PAUL, Minn. Republicans are cutting back their convention, but protesters say they're not about to follow suit.
(2008/09/01)
ST. PAUL About 100 veterans marched in formation to the site of the Republican National Convention today, hoping their experience would lend credibility to their anti-war message.
(2008/09/01)
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. (AP) A man suspected of robbing a Savage drugstore is dead after flipping his car during a police chase.
(2008/09/01)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) A Duluth city workers' union is going to court to try to block proposed layoffs.
(2008/09/01)
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) Minnesota tourism officials say high gas prices and uncertainty over the economy may have put a damper on summer tourism.
(2008/09/01)
MADISON The University of Wisconsin-Madison has launched a new Web site promoting safety as students return to campus for the fall semester.
(2008/08/31)
WASHINGTON President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney will skip the Republican National Convention because of mounting concerns about Hurricane Gustav, the White House said this morning.
(2008/08/31)
ST. PAUL, Minn. Six people arrested in a series of police raids two days before the Republican National Convention is slated to begin could remain in jail until after the largest planned anti-war protest is over.
(2008/08/31)
MADISON Another Wisconsin mourning dove season opens Monday.
(2008/08/31)
ST. PAUL, Minnesota New Hampshire Sen. Bob Clegg will take time off from campaigning for the 2nd District's GOP nomination to speak at a forum on obesity being held this week in conjunction with the Republican National Convention.
(2008/08/30)
MILWAUKEE Milwaukee residents felt and heard a rumble this morning when thousands of Harley-Davidson motorcycles filled the streets in a parade celebrating the company's 105th anniversary.
(2008/08/30)
MILWAUKEE Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama plans a Labor Day stop in Milwaukee.
(2008/08/30)
SOLDIERS GROVE, Wis. — A 69-year-old woman was treated for severe lacerations to her arms and legs after being attacked by several pigs Friday at her farm near Soldiers Grove.
(2008/08/30)
MILWAUKEE Wisconsin's population is growing. According to new estimates, the population has grown 5.8 percent from the 2000 U.S. Census. It was up more than 311,000 to nearly 5.7 million January 1.
(2008/08/30)
MADISON Teachers, business owners, a Clinton administration economist, even a former Milwaukee Bucks scout. You name them, they're running for the state Assembly.
(2008/08/30)
LANESBORO, Minn. The Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro has won a prestigious international award.
(2008/08/30)
DULUTH, Minn. Can ``Minnehaha'' save Duluth? Maybe, if the 115-year-old Tiffany window depicting a fictional American Indian princess draws the bids experts say it might.
(2008/08/30)
WEST BEND, Wis. The rabies vaccine is apparently in short supply.
(2008/08/30)
ST. PAUL, Minn. Republican National Convention protesters targeted in a series of police raids Friday night and today said they wouldn't back down from their plans to march on the convention's opening day.
(2008/08/30)
MINNEAPOLIS One sector of the construction industry remains strong despite the industrywide slump: National Guard projects.
(2008/08/30)
MANKATO, Minn. After buying 42 acres of Nicollet County farmland, Bryce Peterson is looking toward the sky even more this year.
(2008/08/30)
MILWAUKEE Tipped off by an informant, police say they had a man under surveillance while he bought materials for making bombs he allegedly planned to use against drug and gang houses in his Milwaukee neighborhood.
(2008/08/29)
La Crosse officials announced today they're withdrawing legislation that would have created a joint emergency medical services commission.
(2008/08/29)
La Crosse County children who were in need of school supplies won’t have to worry when classes resume Tuesday.
(2008/08/29)
COON VALLEY — An early-morning fire damaged a home at 804 Anderson St. in Coon Valley.
(2008/08/29)
A local funeral home director convicted of defrauding the state of public assistance funds for funeral costs was sentenced today to pay a $350 fine.
(2008/08/29)
Back from the Democratic National Convention, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind came out swinging today against Republican vice presidential presumptive nominee Sarah Palin.
(2008/08/29)
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) Just hours after he was a prize pig in the Republican vice presidential sweepstakes, Gov. Tim Pawlenty was back on his weekly radio show today talking about swine judging at the Minnesota State Fair.
(2008/08/29)
The July food inspection data from the La Crosse County Health Department are now online at www.lacrossetribune.com/inspection.
(2008/08/29)
Wendy Oestreich, La Crosse's interim director of human resources, has been selected to permanently fill the senior position vacated by Jim Geissner in March.
(2008/08/29)
A Winona, Minn., woman cited for taunting her neighbors with a scantily clad mannequin in her window Sunday attracted police attention again Tuesday, earning her another citation.
(2008/08/29)
ALBERT LEA, Minn. (AP) Prosecutors are considering charges against four nursing assistants who were let go after an investigation revealed multiple incidents of physical, sexual and emotional abuse of residents in their care.
(2008/08/29)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) A Duluth man will travel to St. Paul next week to see the man he was imprisoned with at the Hanoi Hilton accept the Republican nomination for president.
(2008/08/29)
It took a little longer than anticipated, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently completed the purchase of 75.4 acres of Brice Prairie land from the Mathy Construction Co. to make way for a new regional FWS office and recreational area.
(2008/08/29)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Bruce Springsteen has long written lyrics about the struggles of working-class Americans. Harley-Davidson motorcycles have traditionally attracted blue-collar riders.
(2008/08/29)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) An Eau Claire man who damaged city property has a couple options for making amends.
(2008/08/29)
TOWN OF ONALASKA The incoming president of the La Crosse Area Builders Association was appointed to the Onalaska Town Board this week.
(2008/08/29)
NORTH FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) After five days, police in North Fond du Lac still are looking for a semitrailer and whoever stole it, complete with its load of $58,000 worth of steel.
(2008/08/29)
The unofficial final weekend of summer will certainly look and feel like summer.
(2008/08/29)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) Sheboygan has been selected as a U.S. Sailing Center, making its Lake Michigan shore a training site for U.S. Olympic sailors and the first such center on the Great Lakes.
(2008/08/29)
MADISON Stash the Heelys in the closet, guzzle the energy drinks outside of school and leave the toy weapons at home.
(2008/08/29)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Prosecutors have added another charge against a Roseville mother accused of stabbing her two adopted daughters last week.
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