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Kruse chosen as new La Crosse County Board chair

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5 years ago

April 21, 2020

Brad Williams

The La Crosse County Board chooses an 11-year board veteran as its new leader.

Monica Kruse was unopposed, as she was elected on Tuesday night as board chairman for the next two years.

Kruse thanked fellow supervisors for placing their faith in her, and said “Let’s get to work.”

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What might normally be a fairly routine post-election board meeting was complicated a bit by social distancing.

Since supervisors elected this month were attending by Skype, some of them wound up talking over each other while taking the oath of office from Judge Scott Horne.

Richmond and Randy Erickson were tied on the second ballot, and one vote apparently switched to Richmond on the third ballot.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.