Jenna Troum

WKBT News 8 and CNN.com/US- Taxi driver helps save family from fire (Feb. 6, 2012)

2012-02-11T14:08:00.000-08:00

A taxi driver helps save a local family from a house fire.

WKBT News 8- Building libraries behind bars (Jan. 31, 2012)

2012-02-11T14:07:00.001-08:00

Behind the barbed wire fence of the Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution, some inmates are using their time behind bars to give back to their communities.

WKBT News 8- La Crosse digs out (Jan. 12, 2012)

2012-01-21T16:30:00.000-08:00

After several days of record-breaking January temperatures, the real Wisconsin winter is finally here.

WKBT News 8- Organic milk: Consumers want more, farmers make less (Jan. 9, 2012)

2012-01-16T19:10:00.000-08:00

More and more people are choosing to buy organic milk, but lately organic dairy farmers can't keep up with the demand.

WKBT News 8- La Crosse Diocese modernizes child sex abuse policies (Dec. 6, 2011)

2011-12-10T09:48:00.000-08:00

Are these changes progress for the diocese or is it too late?

WKBT News 8- Fighting Through the Fear - Part 1 (Nov. 20, 2011)

2011-11-30T19:37:00.000-08:00

One self defense program here in La Crosse has a very specific purpose: teaching women how to terminate a sexual assault. And every woman in this class has a story.

WKBT News 8- Fighting Through the Fear - Part 2 (Nov. 21, 2011)

2011-11-30T19:36:00.002-08:00

If you want to protect yourself from a potential attacker, it's not enough to just learn about safety. To fight through your fear, you have to physically train.

WKBT News 8- Fighting Through the Fear - Part 3 (Nov. 22, 2011)

2011-11-30T19:36:00.000-08:00

A group of women who've been taking a self-defense class put their skills to the test during their graduation, where they had to fight their way out of a simulated sexual assault.

WKBT News 8- Taking the Next Step in the Recall Effort (Nov. 13, 2011 and on CNN.com/US on Nov. 14)

2011-11-20T22:46:00.001-08:00

When it comes to the battleground of Wisconsin politics, some say La Crosse is the front line.

WKBT News 8- 95th Assembly candidates differ on role of government (Nov. 7, 2011)

2011-11-15T19:20:00.001-08:00

The candidates' views on the role of government flavor where they stand on the make-or-break issues in this election

WKBT News 8- Veteran comes home to a big surprise (Oct. 20, 2011)

2011-10-28T16:46:00.000-07:00

It's a story of veterans helping veterans. And it's a surprise one Onalaska man will never forget.

WKBT News 8- 7-year-old saves his mom's life with 911 call (Oct. 18, 2011)

2011-10-28T16:44:00.000-07:00

For many kids, the biggest thing they have to worry about is their math test or missing their favorite cartoon. But a 7-year-old Necedah boy had a much bigger problem on his hands.

WKBT News 8- 9/11 in classrooms-- then and now (Sept. 7, 2011)

2011-09-25T15:50:00.000-07:00

The terrorist attacks of 9-11 left teachers across the country struggling to explain a national tragedy to a room full of students. Now nearly 10 years later, talking to students about the terrorist attack brings up different issues.

WKBT News 8- Autism service dog helps protect boy (Aug. 31, 2011)

2011-09-05T17:45:00.002-07:00

Taking care of an autistic child will never be worry-free. But one local family is sleeping a little easier with the help of a service dog.

WKBT News 8- Sexual assault more likely between acquaintances than strangers (Aug. 26, 2011)

2011-09-05T17:45:00.000-07:00

It's not something we like to think actually happens in our community. But police estimate the rate of sexual assaults in our area is pretty consistent with the rest of the the nation.

WKBT News 8- Special UW-L orientation helps veterans transition from combat to college (Aug. 25, 2011)

2011-08-27T17:58:00.000-07:00

When one UW-La Crosse student veteran saw other veterans like himself
struggling, he decided to do something about it.

WKBT News 8- Prominent bar owner leaving city after denied downtown liquor license (Aug. 10, 2011)

2011-08-14T08:29:00.001-07:00

The owner of The Varsity Club and Neuie's North Star has put his bars up for sale after the City Planning Commission denied him a liquor license for a new bar and restaurant downtown.