La Crosse asks neighbors what should become of Hintgen Elementary
Latest booking: Terrance V Traylor · Oct 30, 8:47 AM
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La Crosse asks neighbors what should become of Hintgen Elementary
Latest booking: Terrance V Traylor · Oct 30, 8:47 AM
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Latest booking: Marlene M Draper · Oct 30, 9:17 AM
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Latest booking: Timothy Kyle Oleary · Oct 29, 9:16 PM
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Latest booking: Michael Winston · Oct 30, 9:48 AM

La Crosse Public Schools held an open house on Oct. 29 for the Hintgen Elementary site as the district plans reuse for four school sites that are consolidating into two facilities.
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Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Family & Children's Center is celebrating a record-breaking year for its Bridges to Better Tomorrows fundraising event, held Oct. 22 at Celebrations on the River in La Crosse.

UW-La Crosse races for its ninth straight and 41st overall WIAC men's cross country championship on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 1 p.m. on the UW-Whitewater campus course.

UW-La Crosse quarterback Kyle Haas has 6,194 career passing yards and needs 146 more Saturday at UW-Eau Claire to pass Dennis Goettl's school record of 6,340.

Melissa Bradley, 52, of Janesville has been identified as the woman found dead Sunday inside an apartment in the 800 block of Myrtle Way, and a 58-year-old man has been arrested in connection with her death.

The Catholic Charities warming center at 413 South Third Street in La Crosse opens for the season on Nov. 1 and runs nightly through April 30, and organizers are lining up meal providers, volunteers and donations now.

Cardinal IG's CLiC Smart Privacy Glass, made in Tomah, won the 2026 Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest, topping a field of more than 100 nominated products.














Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Police say a Minnesota man was taken into custody Sunday night after threatening people with a knife at a Circle K on State Road 35 in Siren.

Dairyland Power Cooperative has cancelled the proposed 625-megawatt Nemadji Trail Energy Center in Superior and asked state regulators to withdraw its permits, ending a project opposed for years.

A $95,000 USDA grant will fund workshops and technical help through September 2027 for retiring business owners in ten northwest Wisconsin counties considering employee ownership.

Finding Eden Rescue, a foster-based nonprofit in Eau Claire focused on animals on euthanasia lists and other at-risk cases, had adopted out 71 animals as of mid-October.

The owners of the closed New Maharaja in Chippewa Falls have opened New India Curry House in the former Five Guys space at Oakwood Mall, serving a daily lunch buffet since Oct. 1.

Oakwood Mall marked the 40th anniversary of its opening on Oct. 15, beginning its fifth decade as an 800,000-square-foot regional shopping hub despite anchor closures and shifting shopping habits.




Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Aspirus Health will recruit pharmacy technicians and pharmacists for jobs in six communities, including Wausau, during an online hiring event from 5 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 10.

Northcentral Technical College and UW-Stevens Point at Wausau have opened an Advising + Transfer Center in Wausau to help students in their shared Purple and Blue Advantage partnership plan and finish a bachelor's degree locally.

Marshfield's Common Council voted 8-1 on Oct. 27 to give Seranova Development until May 6, 2027, to exclusively pursue redevelopment of the former Weinbrenner Shoe factory at 305 W. Third St. into 83 apartments.

A wrong-way driver led State Patrol troopers and Fond du Lac County deputies on a roughly 34-mile pursuit at speeds up to 110 mph Thursday night before ditching the vehicle near West Bend and running off, the sheriff's office said.

Eight apartments at 92 Forest Ave. in Fond du Lac were deemed uninhabitable after roof-related flooding left standing water on all three floors, displacing eight occupants and their pets, Fire Rescue said Oct. 29.

Green Bay police are reviewing a recorded interaction between an officer and several homeless people near St. John's Park after a video posted online drew more than 500 comments.












Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

State general aid stayed flat at $5.58 billion for a third year, and DPI estimates about 62% of Wisconsin's 421 school districts will receive less this year while choice and charter programs draw hundreds of millions from district aid.

A Kenosha County resident has tested positive for West Nile virus in the county's first human case of 2026, and officials are urging mosquito precautions until a hard frost ends mosquito activity.

Millikin beat Carthage 25-21, 15-25, 28-26 and 25-22 on Wednesday night in Kenosha, leaving the Firebirds 15-10 overall and 4-2 in CCIW play.

Kenosha voters can vote absentee in person at the Municipal Building through Friday, Oct. 30, and the deadline to request a ballot by mail is 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29.

Damiyah Nyasia Ozier, Jaraniyah J. Johnson and Danaija Love Dawson are each charged with disorderly conduct, with initial appearances scheduled for Nov. 25.

The latest Marquette Law School Poll, released Oct. 28, shows Democrat David Crowley leading Republican Tom Tiffany 51% to 44% among likely voters in the Wisconsin governor's race.
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