LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)- A man, with no known address, is charged with three domestic incidents that took place at La Crosse’s Houska Park. Matthew Hernandez is being held in the La Crosse County jail on a $50,000 cash bond. The 41-year-old is charged with five counts of felony bail jumping, three counts of disorderly conduct as a repeater, one count of battery, and one count of intimidating a victim.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – Saturday morning, the City of La Crosse held its annual spring auction. It gives everyone a chance to get a bike at a decent price. The bikes being sold are ones that police have found that may have been stolen, and they haven’t been claimed by owners yet. “A lot of the bikes are found...
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – An educational event held Saturday morning aimed to help women in the Hmong community take care of their health. Presentations by Gundersen Health System nurses were given in the Hmong language. The focus of today’s session was preventative health screenings for women over the...
If you are up for adventures this summer, one spot you MUST visit is a super popular pie shop called Aroma Pie Shoppe. It is located in an itty bitty town South of Rochester, Minnesota, and is worth the gas money! Trust me...I've had LOTS of pie at this shop.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - La Crosse Police say one person is dead and another is hurt after an overnight shooting. In a release, the La Crosse Police Department said they were called for a report of shots being fired to the 1900 block of South 7th Street on the south side of La Crosse near Gundersen Hospital at 1:24 a.m. Sunday, where they found two people who had been shot.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — If you’re looking for activities to do with your dog this summer– look no further than La Crosse’s downtown. Downtown Mainstreet’s initiative is bringing even more life to La Crosse’s downtown businesses. The program, introduced earlier this month, gives...
A benefit to help victims of the 4th Street restaurant fire last month in La Crosse is scheduled for this Sunday. The event begins at 2 p.m. at the Popcorn Tavern and the Bridges United Methodist Church, both up the block from where the India Curry House burned down on April 28th.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)- Mayo Clinic Health System isn’t letting its leftover food go to waste. They’re turning food scraps into dog treats. The program is benefiting animals at the Coulee Region Humane Society. “So these ingredients typically after production if we can’t utilize it such as the...
Two people have been shot, and one of them has died, in an early Sunday morning incident in the 1900 block of South 7th Street, near Gundersen. La Crosse police say a call of shots fired came in shortly before 1:30 a.m. Officers found an individual who had been shot multiple times, and life-saving measures were performed, but the victim died. A second person who was shot is being treated at a local hospital.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)- La Crosse Police are investigating a homicide. Officers responded to a shots-fired call at roughly 1:24 am Sunday, May 22nd. When they arrived in the area of 1900 South 7th Street, they located two victims. Officers started lifesaving measures on one of the victims who had been shot multiple times. That victim died at the scene. The second victim was taken to a local hospital where they are recovering.
Viroqua’s Pete Swanson and Royall’s Joe Vitcenda squared off in a battle of the state’s oldest coaches. Swanson, age 73, and Vitcenda, age 79, have been coaching for 50 years. Swanson and Viroqua come out on top, 6-0. COPYRIGHT 2022 BY NEWS 8 NOW/NEWS 8000. ALL RIGHTS...
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - After much debate, the School District of La Crosse will keep all three school resource officers for next school year. The roles had been up in the air with the current agreement between the School District of La Crosse and the La Crosse Police Department set to expire at the end of next month.
La Crescent-Hokah Baseball earned a 5-0 shutout over Rushford-Peterson at Horihan Field Friday afternoon. The Lancers scored two runs in the third, two in the fifth, and one in the sixth. Captain and shortstop Karson Pape led the team with 3 RBIs. Zack Bentzen tossed seven shutout innings, allowing just...