La Crosse Crime Map
La Crosse crime stories from the past 12 months – locations are approximate
Semi-trailer spills between 150 to 200 gallons of fuel near Sparta
SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT)-- A semi-trailer leaking fuel caused a portion of I-90 near Sparta to close for three hours Saturday as crews worked to contain the spill. The Sparta…
SCAM ALERT: Scammers take advantage of coronavirus crisis
The latest scam comes after the after lawmakers proposed a federal stimulus package.
Eau Claire shooting leaves one dead, one hospitalized
One man is dead, another hospitalized, after a shooting on Friday night.
Wisconsin DOC suspends admissions into state prisons, juvenile facilities
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT)--Officials within the Wisconsin Department of Corrections have announced that all admissions to state prisons and juvenile facilities operated by the DOC will be suspended…
Man charged in 2008 killing of Wisconsin college student
A 53-year-old man has been charged in the 2008 killing of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was found strangled and stabbed in her downtown apartment. Madison police said Friday that David Kahl was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, 12…
Fugitive wanted for attempted homicide, other charges arrested in the Town of Campbell
TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Wis. (WKBT)- A fugitive wanted in connected with a gang-related shooting in Racine, WI was arrested Wednesday night in the Town of Campbell. The La Crosse Co. Emergency Response team with help from the La Crosse Police…
Public defender wants jail inmates released due to COVID-19
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The State Public Defender's Office is pushing for the release of jail inmates across Minnesota to protect them from the spread of the coronavirus. Chief Public Defender Bill Ward sent an email to staffers Sunday…
La Crosse man sentenced to 30 months for possessing gun as a felon
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) - Robert J. Powell IV, 29, of La Crosse was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison for possessing ammunition as a felon. City security cameras showed Powell removing a handgun from his waistband and shooting it…
Driving It Home: Tickets, warnings roughly tripled on Losey Boulevard since speed limit changed
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)- The speed limit went down on a portion of La Crosse's Mormon Coulee Road recently. This is renewing…
54 years for hit-and-run driver that killed 3 girls, mother
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 54 years in prison for the hit-and-run deaths of three Girl Scouts and a mother as they picked up trash along a rural road in 2018. Twenty-three-year-old Colten…
Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for sexual assaults
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. It's a sight the Hollywood mogul's multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein was convicted last month of raping a…
UPDATE: Mondovi man sought in domestic abuse case turns himself in
ALMA, Wis. (WKBT) - The Buffalo County Sheriff's Office and several other law enforcement agencies were searching for a man allegedly involved in a domestic abuse incident in which a firearm was discharged Monday morning. The incident along State Hwy.…
Minnesota mom accused of tossing 11-year-old son off balcony
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Police say a Minnesota woman has been arrested after allegedly throwing her 11-year-old son from their apartment's fourth-floor balcony. The boy is expected to survive but suffered serious injuries including a broken leg, fractured jaw, and…
Suspect arrested in deaths of woman, child in Minnesota
CLOQUET, Minn. (Star Tribune) — Police in northern Minnesota have arrested a suspect in the deaths of a woman and a 1-year-old child at a home on the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation. Authorities were called to the home in…
Man suspected of shooting at officers arrested in east Iowa
MIDDLE AMANA, Iowa (AP) — A man suspected of shooting at officers has been arrested in Iowa County. Davenport resident Jeremy Krapp faces two counts of attempted murder and other charges. Court records don't list an attorney for him. Officers…
Suspect arrested in deaths of woman, child in Minnesota
CLOQUET, Minn. (Star Tribune) — Police in northern Minnesota have arrested a suspect in the deaths of a woman and a 1-year-old child at a home on the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation. Authorities were called to the home in…
