La Crosse’s public library has found a new director, who used to work there for many years. Shanneon Grant will take over as head of the...
A Sparta, Wis., man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for trafficking and sexually exploiting children. Zachariah Svoboda was charged with 34 criminal counts related...
A Sparta man convicted of human trafficking has been re-sentenced to 25 years in prison, after his case had gone through the appeals courts. Monta Groce...
A 9-year-old boy from Sparta has died, after falling through ice on a lake and being trapped underwater for an hour and 35 minutes. Two boys...
Monroe County is bringing charges in juvenile court against a Sparta High School student accused of making threats online. Public schools in Sparta were locked down...
Sparta schools went on lockdown Monday after authorities received information about a student making threats with weapons on Snapchat. “There was a Snapchat posted by a...
After having the same bus company for eight years, the Sparta School District is switching gears. The district has announced it is ending the agreement a...
SPARTA, Wis., — The Sparta High School football team came into this season having never won a playoff game. After Friday night, the Spartans now have...
The seventh-ranked Sparta High School football team knocked of second-seeded Ashland in the first round of the WIAA playoffs 36-8 on Friday night. The Sparta Police...
Lawyers know that the law can be confusing to the average American. That’s one major reason the Wisconsin Supreme Court travels the state in its ‘Justice...
SPARTA, Wis. — The U.S. Supreme Court has dominated much of the news over the last month but Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be in the...
The Monroe County courthouse will roll out the red carpet next month for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Once a year, the state’s highest court goes to...
Part of the Wisconsin way is to pitch in and so many are doing that after massive flooding this week. Chase Erickson has taken it a...
SPARTA, Wis. — Many citizens in Monroe County are angry over child neglect accusations they’ve heard about a couple from Melvina, and they think the court...
She was found splashing water on her face in a neighbor’s kiddie pool, having, what Sparta police called, “the time of her life.” Jasmine Cruz was...
He was the first on the scene for a fire in Sparta and one of the last on the force that would seek attention. The Sparta...
An Iowa man accused of threatening to kill his relatives at the Sparta High School graduation ceremony is returning to Wisconsin to face chargers. Benjamin Sidie...
Sidie accused of wanting to kill relatives, then to be killed by cops
Police have named a suspect in the threats that shut down the Sparta High School graduation on Friday. Sparta police say 42 year-old Benjamin Sidie is...
It came as a bit of a surprise for Dr. Maggie McHugh but no surprise for her colleagues and students. The sixth grade teacher at La...
