La Crosse News

While it might have seemed to be a losing battle, the tractors scooping up mounds of debris at curbsides Tuesday in La Crosse were making progress.

About four blocks in La Crosse sustained significant damage, and two businesses were destroyed.

A night of twisters in northwest Kansas left many residents with a monumental Memorial Day cleanup project, but an overwhelming sense of "it could have been worse." The city of La Crosse saw the area's biggest swath of damage, where approximately four blocks near Fifth and Main Street received significant damage.

Numerous tornadoes - some of them massive wedges - pounded north-central Kansas tonight, and one has hit the Rush County town of La Crosse.