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11/14/2025

The next Oktoberfest may be ten months away, but organizers are already looking ahead.

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The next Oktoberfest may be ten months away, but organizers are already looking ahead.

11/14/2025

It was a local rehabilitation program for domestic violence offenders, and it was working. But a loss of federal funding threatened to shut it down.
Monday at 6 a look at why it’s so successful, and how the state stepped in to save it.
Monday at 6

11/14/2025

Nearly two dozen babies in 13 states have been sickened in a growing outbreak of infantile botulism linked to recalled ByHeart infant formula, federal health officials said Friday.

Federal health officials say 23 babies in 13 states have been sickened in a growing outbreak of infantile botulism tied to ByHeart infant formula. ByHeart recalled all of its products

11/14/2025

Federal lawmakers passed rules in the government funding bill that may make most THC products illegal by November 2026. Local La Crosse businesses are worried about how this would affect their shelves, customers, employees, and the future of their businesses.

11/14/2025

Hospital officials in Tomah are asking for more blood donations.

TOMAH, Wis. (WKBT) -- Hospital officials in Tomah are asking for more blood donations.

11/14/2025

The court in the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that the rules Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced in September a month after a truck driver not authorized to be in the U.S. made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Florida that killed three people can't be enforced right now.

The Transportation Department’s new restrictions that would severely limit which immigrants can get commercial driver’s licenses to drive a semitrailer truck or bus have been put on hold by a

11/14/2025

Alternate-side parking rules start Saturday at 12:01 a.m. and go until March 15.

WINONA, Minn. (WKBT) — Winona's winter parking rules kick in Saturday morning.

11/14/2025

Nadia Pishko's childhood was about survival.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) -- As a child, she fled Ukraine during a war. Now at the age of 92, a Minneapolis woman is looking to return to her homeland and

11/14/2025

John Furner, 51, the head of Walmart's U.S. operations, will take over on Feb. 1, the day after McMillon's retirement becomes effective, the company said.

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon is planning to retire early next year and his successor has been named. The company made the surprise announcement on Friday about McMillion stepping down on

11/14/2025

Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey provided an update Friday morning on the parks, which have been closed since Sept. 9 due to unsafe behaviors.

LA CROSSE (WKBT) — Burns Park and Cameron Park will remain closed indefinitely as city leaders work with local partners to develop safety solutions.

11/14/2025

The president has sought to dismiss questions over Epstein for months, pressuring Republicans to block a discharge petition in the US House forcing a vote on the release of the Justice Department’s Epstein files — which the House speaker has said he’ll schedule for next week.

(CNN) — President Donald Trump said Friday he will ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to many other high-profile figures, including some of his perceived political

11/14/2025

Is 421 school districts too many? Financial incentives are being offered to small, neighboring districts to consolidate. But with logistical difficulties and distance, is it practical?