A Melrose man who was accused of causing the death of his baby girl has now turned up dead himself. Investigators in Jackson County say Armas...
A humorous song about “poisoning pigeons in the park” was talked about in real life in La Crosse, in 1976. The idea of poisoning pigeons...
Thanksgiving comes late this November, not until the 28th. So people who want to work on area community Thanksgiving dinners still have more than three weeks...
Too late for trick or treat, but very early for election season. Folks in La Crosse may find Democratic Party volunteers knocking on their doors this...
The new location for a downtown La Crosse sculpture could be improved a bit in the coming year. The city arts board has been told that...
A cash bond of $50,000 has been set for an Onalaska man accused of endangering safety with a firearm. Thirty-nine-year-old Curtis Green is suspected of wounding...
The Bush family has been among the many political visitors to La Crosse in recent years. Both U.S. presidents named Bush came to La Crosse while...
A La Crosse County jury now has the Erik Sackett case. After hearing closing arguments on Thursday morning, eight men and four women are deciding whether...
Anoka, Minnesota was holding its yearly children’s Halloween parade on October 31st of 1961, when an out-of-control car crashed on the parade route, killing two women...
The witness phase of the Erik Sackett murder trial in La Crosse came to a quick end Wednesday morning, so closing arguments and the start of...
An Illinois man is accused of attempted murder after a shooting in Crawford County. Bond is set at $50,000 for Lee Kennedy of Roscoe, Ill. The...
A familiar sound will start up soon in the La Crosse area. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the Salvation Army red kettle bell campaign...
Only one major league baseball club from Wisconsin has ever been a World Series champion, and that was the 1957 Milwaukee Braves. They beat the Yankees...
One long-time La Crosse County supervisor hopes a proposed pay raise will encourage more people to run for county board. Andrea Richmond sits on both the...
There’s not enough evidence to call a La Crosse woman’s death a homicide. That’s the opinion of pathologist Lindsey Thomas, who testified Tuesday at the La...
A criminal case against a former Vernon County department head will be heard by a judge from outside the county. Richland County Judge William Sharp is...
President Jimmy Carter and Republican challenger Ronald Reagan met in just one televised debate in 1980, in Cleveland one week before the election. Third-party candidate John...
Erik Sackett has taken the witness stand at his own murder trial, and immediately denied committing murder. “No, I did not,” said Sackett, when defense attorney...
In April of 1971, La Crosse’s Starlite Drive-In near Highway 33 opened for the season. The Starlite had a triple-feature of horror movies on the bill,...
Old Man River got too high, too often in 2019 for riverboats to have a normal touring season. About one-third of the 22 planned paddlewheeler stops...