TOMAH, Wis. (WKBT) — The Tomah Fire Department will conduct two controlled burns beginning around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Fire department personnel will burn two separate parcels. The first burn will be north of Lemonweir Parkway and North Glendale Avenue. The…
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) -- The Wisconsin Department of Health Services will begin using the Centers for Disease Control's VaccineFinder tool to help people find COVID-19 vaccine in their area. Next month, the tool, found at https://vaccinefinder.org/, will replace the DHS…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes for intentionally driving her SUV into two children in 2019 because she said she thought one was Mexican and the other was a member of the Islamic State group.
(CNN) -- A Norfolk police officer has been relieved of his duty after an internal investigation into reports that he donated and expressed support for the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is facing two felony charges of homicide in the…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just days after guilty verdicts were handed down for the former Minneapolis police officer whose killing of George Floyd set off nationwide protests and a reckoning over racism, the family of another Black man killed by police, this time in a nearby suburb, is preparing for his Thursday funeral.
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) — Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order Wednesday directing all state-managed law enforcement units to review and update their use-of-force policies. Affected agencies include the Department of Natural Resources Division of Public Safety and Resource Protection,…
A group of lawmakers is offering recommendations for law enforcement in Wisconsin following yesterday’s verdict in the Chauvin murder trial.
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) — Downtown Mainstreet Inc. in La Crosse won the Best Retail Event award in the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.'s downtown revitalization projects of 2020 contest. DMI's 's Shop Small Sundays was named winner during the WEDC's 30th…
SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) — About 150 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers from the Sparta-based 107th Maintenance Company will deploy to Eastern Europe this spring. The unit, which also has detachments in Viroqua, Wis., and Camp Ripley, Minn., will mobilize to…
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) -- Gundersen Health System announced Wednesday that its drive-thru lab on La Crosse's North Side will now be permanently available to serve…
