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4 days ago | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts
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4 days ago | 
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LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Air quality will reach unhealthy levels in Wisconsin Tuesday morning due to ongoing smoke from Canadian wildfires.
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4 days ago | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- A proposal to more than double stormwater utility fees cleared the first of two committees before heading to the full council next week. The City of La Crosse's Board of Public Works approved the measure Monday morning. It now heads to the Finance and Personnel Committe on Thursday. The proposal, if approved, would increase fees to just under $10 a month for most residents.
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5 days ago | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts
VIROQUA, Wis. (WKBT) — Vernon County will upgrade emergency backup power at three critical facilities after receiving a $255,514 federal grant. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is funding the project. The money will pay for new generators at Vernon Manor, the Erlandson Building, and a shared system for the Courthouse, Annex and Banta Buildings. The county's current generators were installed in 2000 and have outlived their expected lifespan, officials said.
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5 days ago | 
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BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WKBT) — A 33-year-old woman and a young boy were severely injured after a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 12 Sunday evening. Brianna Jo Hendricks of Black River Falls was headed west on US 12 around 6:35 p.m. when her car drifted onto the right shoulder while going around a curve, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. Hendricks lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll over multiple times about a mile east of Woodland Road in Jackson County.
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1 week ago | 
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BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WKBT) — The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is turning to high-tech surveillance to help keep the community safer, announcing the installation of six license plate recognition (LPR) cameras designed to catch criminals and find missing people. Jackson County made the announcement in a release Thursday. The new cameras work to scan license plates and automatically alert deputies when they spot stolen vehicles or cars linked to wanted suspects.
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1 week ago | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts
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1 week ago | 
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MADISON (WKBT) — An Onalaska man who turned his home into a drug distribution hub complete with hidden compartments and a cache of weapons learned his fate in federal court Thursday. Efrain Estrada, 31, will spend the next 11 years behind bars after a judge sentenced him to 132 months in federal prison for possessing 400 grams or more of fentanyl intended for distribution and possessing firearms as a felon.
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1 week ago | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts
LA CRESCENT, Minn. (WKBT) — Police in La Crescent are investigating an act of vandalism that left a public bathroom at Old Hickory Park in disorder and disrupted community resources. Maintenance workers discovered the boys' bathroom in "a state of significant disorder" Wednesday morning, according to La Crescent police. The vandals had thrown wet toilet paper on the walls and scattered it throughout the room. Police believe it happened over the weekend.
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1 week ago | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts
MADISON (WKBT) — A La Crosse man will spend more than seven years in federal prison for running a large-scale methamphetamine distribution operation that moved drugs across multiple states. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley sentenced Toudeng Thao, 59, to 90 months in federal prison Tuesday for meth distribution and possession. Thao pleaded guilty to the charges in March.
