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Town in Luxembourg to officially become La Crosse’s 8th sister city

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The number of foreign sister cities for La Crosse will officially rise to eight with a midday ceremony on Wednesday.

At noon, La Crosse will enter a friendship agreement with the town of Junglinster in Luxembourg.

The document will be signed during a virtual ceremony that can be viewed here by the mayor of Junglinster and by La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds.

The partnership with Luxembourg was announced in the summer of 2021. Junglinster has a population of about 3,200, and several La Crosse families have roots in that part of Luxembourg. 

La Crosse’s other sister cities are:

  • Dubna, Russia
  • Luoyang, China
  • Bantry, Ireland
  • Epinal, France
  • Kumbo, Cameroon
  • Friedberg, Germany
  • Forde, Norway.

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.

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