More evidence that states shouldn’t be handing out taxpayer money to companies which probably don’t need it anyway. We’ve heard about the $4.5 billion in tax...
In 1982, an executive with La Crosse’s cable TV franchise…then called Group W…was insulted that the city council wanted to review his company’s rates. Terry Myering...
No matter what President Trump may claim, it is clear that Russians made attempts to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. And it is...
In the summer of 1966, you could take a long weekend vacation to Niagara Falls by train, on the Milwaukee Road. The railroad promoted a four-day...
Increasingly, police across the country are wearing body cameras. Yet the laws governing what and when the camera’s footage should be made public remain a hodgepodge....
La Crosse’s city department heads have put together a big wish list of projects they want to undertake as part of the next city budget. It...
In 1979, Mayor Patrick Zielke of La Crosse decided to seek a third term. In those days, La Crosse’s mayor only served two-year terms, instead of...
During summer vacation in 1974, vandals tore apart the IMC, the library area, at Spence Elementary in La Crosse. The damage to the 10,000 square...
State lawmakers are hailing it as good news. But is it? One of the largest employers in Wisconsin’s Fox Valley, Kimberly Clark, announced it would be...
James “Bo” Gritz was running for president in 1992, and campaigned at the La Crosse Center that June. Gritz was a former Green Beret who had...
Kids, go outside and play. That was a common refrain for my brother and me when we were young. Our parents often told us to go...
It remains a job without any duties. Sounds like a typical government job. But the job of Wisconsin State Treasurer literally has no duties. Lawmakers in...
“Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.” People all over the earth heard those words coming from the moon on July 20th, 1969, when two Apollo...
Go Pack Go! It is a common refrain at Lambeau Field, and throughout Wisconsin. Now it is the subject of discussion in the United States Congress....
In 2001, viewers of the Montel Williams talk show were introduced to James Schuman of Galesville. Schuman wasn’t a guest, but his estranged wife was…to talk...
What is milk? It seems a simple question. With a simple answer. Milk is what we get from lactating cows, and it is big business in...
In 1964, the city Plan Commission wanted to build a fire station at 5th and Cameron in La Crosse. It was supposed to replace stations on...
t is abundantly clear, no matter what President Trump may say, that Russian interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections. The supposedly skilled negotiator simply accepted the...
In 2013, the La Crosse park department was debating whether to keep the name Hood Park on public property along 5th Avenue South. There was a...
t is that time of the season when Wisconsin’s bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables are ready for harvest. In fact, it is peak season. A...