La Crosse County News

The La Crosse County Local Emergency Planning Committee is concerned a volunteer fire department wouldn't be able to provide the same high level of service when it comes to hazardous materials.

A La Crosse man is accused of holding his roommate hostage and threatening to shoot officers Tuesday during a standoff on La Crosse's South Side.

The attorney representing a La Crosse woman accused of plotting to kill her ex-boyfriend wants her attempted homicide charge dismissed.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says childhood obesity has been rising over the years.

Nov. 13--La Crosse County is "back to square one" after a year of on-and-off talks on redeveloping the former Holiday Inn site on Barron Island, County Administrator Steve O'Malley said Thursday.

A police search Tuesday night in Onalaska leads to more than just the suspect they were looking for.

La Crosse county supervisors finalized and passed the budget for 2010. One group that was on the verge of losing their funding from the county was the Boys and Girls Club of Greater La Crosse.

Antonio Alverez sits in the La Crosse County Jail awaiting transfer to state prison.

Chris Heath says he sees a lot of professionals hitting the bar scene, anywhere from 25-year-olds to those in their 50s.

La Crosse County Public Health Nursing will be offering H1N1 vaccine this week to pregnant women and persons who live with, or provide care for children aged less than 6 months.

An autopsy done a 7-year-old La Crosse boy can't determine if he died from causes releated to the H1N1 virus.

Safety is important keep in mind as all the trick-or-treaters head out to collect their goodies.

Onalaska Police are looking for two men who tried to hold up a restaurant late Monday night.

A La Crosse man was convicted Tuesday of causing mental harm in a June incident in which he took a neighbor's autistic 4-year-old on a drunken, squirrel-chasing perambulation that ended at a church mission.

Alisha Sidie's father recited Tuesday how her ex-husband murdered her, desecrated her body and then went home to their 2-year-old twin boys.

Seven years after a Journal Sentinel investigation revealed how outdated eligibility criteria prevent hundreds of poor residents charged with crimes from getting a public lawyer, those same 1987 standards remain in effect.

A suspect in a string of Vernon County burglaries was arrested Wednesday night after authorities said he crashed his new car full of guns, a homemade ski mask and bank-deposit bags while doing 133 mph with the lights off.

A driver is dead after deputies say they hit a tree. It happened Thursday afternoon around 4:00 p.m. south of Galesville, near the Trempealeau County line.

A man who's been running from police for almost 14 years is now behind bars. La Crosse Police say 67-year-old Donald M. Johnson of La Crosse turned himself in on Friday night.

Oct. 6, 2009 6:52 a.m. West Allis a ' The Common Council on Tuesday will consider giving permission for a new business to produce limoncello, an Italian after-dinner drink made from the rinds of lemons.