A Sparta, Wis., man was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for the beating death two years ago of a 32-year-old woman. Shawn Hock was...
One person is dead and another injured after a weekend UTV accident near Sparta, Wis. The Monroe County Sheriff’s report says deputies arrived early Sunday morning...
Several potentially lifesaving vending machines are going to be put throughout Wisconsin, through a near $1 million state grant program. The machines will dispense the overdose...
Frequent flooding has often forced western Wisconsin area families to move out of homes located near rivers. Because of that natural hazard, a Home Buyout Project...
A drug bust in Sparta has led to multiple charges for two men and two women. Police searched two homes in Sparta last Friday, and found...
Investigators in Monroe County are working to identify a woman’s body found Wednesday in the La Grange area. The body may be that of 50-year-old Felicia...
A mandatory life sentence, plus other prison terms, is the punishment for a Sparta man convicted of a deadly ax attack. A Monroe County judge has...
One arrested after an alleged stabbing in Tomah early on Thanksgiving. According to Tomah police, they were dispatched to the 700 block of Lisa Square around...
The verdict is guilty on all counts in a Monroe County murder trial. A jury has convicted Thomas Aspseter of Sparta on five charges resulting from...
Just over a year ago, three people were attacked with an ax at a house just outside of Sparta, Wis. An 87-year-old man died. The other two were injured. The...
Life in prison, plus 36 years, is the sentence for a Tomah man convicted of killing a toddler through severe physical abuse. Marcus Anderson was sentenced...
A standoff in downtown Onalaska ended quietly and safely on Tuesday evening. The La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department had heavily armed, camouflaged deputies staged behind the...
A Thursday night house fire near Melrose has killed four people. Sparta Area Fire District Chief Mike Arnold says crews responded shortly after 9 p.m. to a report of...
Complaints about procedural problems in a Monroe County sexual assault case are not enough to overturn the convictions against an Elroy man, sentenced to 220 years in...
SPARTA, Wis. — The judge in an area murder case has taken ill, so the jury trial in Sparta has been paused until he returns. Monroe...
A life term in prison is the sentence for a Milwaukee man who killed a Sparta resident two years ago. Michael Hartmann was sentenced to life...
One person killed in a collision on Highway 131 in Monroe County, near Wilton, Wis. A Viola, Wis., Gideon Hamann, crossed the center lane and hit...
La Crosse County has recorded its highest traffic death toll in three years, with eight people dying in county accidents during 2021. That compares to 4...
Two people from Milwaukee have now been convicted for their roles in the murder of a Sparta man in the summer of 2020. Michael Hartmann was...
One man is dead after a Monroe County crash head-on collision between a car and semi. The accident happened around 6 a.m. Monday Highway 21, west...
