Good morning, La Crosse.

The Fall Market on the Mississippi will run on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fox Hollow Golf Course in West Salem; early access from 9 to 11 a.m. requires tickets with free entry after and over 60 vendors offering seasonal foods, drinks + fall gifts.

Coulee Arts has rebranded and taken over the former Main Event Space at 422 Main Street downtown and will host a free open house Thursday, Sept.

12, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The venue has workshops on Dungeons & Dragons, comedy, live music coding, guitar, stop-motion and art classes.

Cashton Fall Fest will begin tomorrow at Cashton Village Park and run through Sept.

13. Members of the royal court say the community event will feature a parade, toy show and beloved charcoal chicken as a nod to the harvest.

Westby Cooperative Creamery unveiled a $14 million equipment upgrade to cut cheese production time from 16 to 8 hours and boost employee safety — a change that will modernize the dairy for growing demand.

Central High School reopened Wednesday after a burst pipe caused water damage over the weekend and cleanup crews worked nonstop; some services were relocated as the main office and library media center remain under repair.

Library officials announced planned staff cuts at the local library later this year—budget adjustments are expected to affect community services.

Further details on the changes have not been released.

On Sept. 8 at City Hall, city and county officials discussed the Pathways Home initiative, noting that unsheltered homelessness dropped by one-third from about 300 in Nov.

2024 to around 200 today. They added the plan still needs 210 housing units to reach functional zero.

Local campaign teams are using AI to create videos + stirring debate among voters in the district.

Community members and political leaders will watch how these digital posts shape the race as the election cycle continues.

The Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series will return to the Mississippi River at La Crosse from Aug.

19-22, 2027 as the final event of a nine-tournament season that began in mid-February in Florida & marked the first local Elite Series since 2025 when Wisconsin native Pat Schlapper won.