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With the new year, Gundersen Health System made alterations to the name of a ambulance facility and plans to add three new locations.

A fatal car-semi crash occurred on Interstate 90 near West Salem and a two-vehicle crash in Vernon County sent one person to a hospital.

Rescue workers clear scene of two-vehicle crash in Vernon County that sent one person to the hospital. (Coon Valley Fire Department Facebook page)UNDATED (WKBT) — As Coulee Region law enforcement agencies investigated several weather-related crashes Tuesday afternoon, two in particular were more severe. A fatal car-semi crash occurred on Interstate 90 near West Salem and a two-vehicle crash in Vernon…

On Tuesday afternoon, Gundersen Health System announced they will spend $51 million dollars to build a new Tri-County Hospital in Whitehall.

A Mindoro man is identified as the victim in a fatal crash that happened Saturday afternoon near Coon Valley.

Often times, first responders are too busy and understaffed to celebrate their hard work so the 7 Rivers Cardiac Arrest Preparedness and Education (CAPE) gave them certificates of appreciation and

La Crosse firefighters extinguish blaze at Hydrite Chemicals June 28, 2021 6:04 PM Site staff (News 8 Now photo) LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — La Crosse firefighters extinguished a fire in a trailer next to a large chemical storage bin at Hydrite Chemicals shortly after 3 p.m. Monday. After arriving at 701 Sumner St. after a four-minute response time, members of the La Crosse Fire Department discovered a large amount of smoke coming from the trailer, according to a fire de...

Mariah Talsma, who graduated from Winona State University just days ago with a degree in public health, receives a vaccine against COVID-19 on May 5 from Winona Fire Department firefighter Derick Ritter at one of Winona County Public Health’s vaccine clinics. Local doctors field vaccine questions (5/12/2021)   Officials in Winona and Trempealeau counties are fighting an uphill battle in their efforts to convey the information that COVID vaccines are safe to t...

Deadly Accident in Vernon County The Vernon County Sheriff’s 911 Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a two vehicle head-on crash on State Highway 56 near County Highway K in the town of Genoa.  A 2007 Ford Escape was traveling west on 56 when a turkey struck the front, causing the driver to lose control.  The vehicle skidded into the ditch and back across the centerline, striking a 2011 Dodge pickup head-on traveling east. Both occupants in the Escape were extricated from the vehi...

Driver injured in two-vehicle crash in Town of Trempealeau April 19, 2021 7:25 PM Site staff TOWN OF TREMPEALEAU, Wis. (WKBT) — The driver of a four-door sedan was injured in a collision with a commercial box truck early Monday at State Road 93 and State Road 54/35, according to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office. Both drivers thought they had the right-of-way to enter the intersection when the accident occurred shortly before 7 a.m., according to a news releas...