A La Crosse man is facing his sixth drunk-driving charge after a weekend traffic stop in Sparta. Thirty-five-year-old Joseph Welchert was pulled over by a state trooper...
The Sparta Area Fire District responded to a house fire around 4:20 Tuesday night. The homeowner left 4097 State Hwy. 17 around 1:30 p.m. and said...
Three men are arrested after a suspected theft and car chase with the Sparta Police Department Wednesday afternoon. The Sparta Police Department was dispatched to the...
A local tradition persists to help spread holiday cheer during a pandemic. The Sixth Annual Kriskindlmarkt will open in downtown Sparta on Water Street Friday at...
No arrests have been reported made for a Thursday shooting death in Sparta. But police have revealed that the man who died was a Sparta resident,...
Police in Sparta have released the name of a man whose body was found under a parked truck on Sunday. He was identified as Dwite Shaver,...
No classes will be held in the Sparta School District on Tuesday, because of concerns that a student might have a missing handgun. Around 2:45 p.m....
The officers’ names and man killed in police-shooting just south of Sparta have been released. Police shot and killed 32-year-old Michael Lee Nguyen outside the The...
A police-involved shooting south of Sparta led to a shutdown of Highway 27 for several hours, and has caused the temporary closing of a popular tavern....
SPARTA, Wis. — The 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing may be bringing more visitors to an area museum this week. The Deke Slayton...
Sparta, Wis. — Penelope the pig sounds like the title to a children’s story, but she is the real deal for a Sparta boy living with...
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...
