This sounds familiar. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he wants to be known as the Education Governor. In his latest campaign pledge, Walker promises Wisconsin will...
In early 1953, the La Crosse Common Council appealed to Wisconsin’s two Senators…Alexander Wiley and Joe McCarthy…to vote against a nearly three million dollar cut in...
We have one chance to get this right. That is why Mayor Tim Kabat is right to veto legislation calling for a huge expansion of the...
In early 1966, John Howard Griffin spoke in La Crosse about his experiences posing as a black man in the South, as described in his book...
The fight is not over. The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to fair elections in Wisconsin by sending the case back to the lower courts....
And the pricetag just keeps going up. Wisconsin taxpayers are already on the hook for $3 billion to build that huge Foxconn plant in Southeastern Wisconsin....
The UW-La Crosse campus was under pressure to limit enrollment in the 1980’s. Early in 1987, Chancellor Noel Richards said the projected enrollment for fall would...
It is a novel idea from one democratic candidate for Governor in Wisconsin. He wants to cut the pay of state representatives, making it equal to...
In 1990, a newspaper report said the La Crosse Area Convention and Visitor Bureau had spent $3 million in tax money, without actually being an elected...
In less than six months, Wisconsin voters will head to the polls to fill a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Justice Shirley Abrahamson will be...
More than 100 years ago, La Crosse High School awarded 38 diplomas to its class of 1907. The commencement was held at the La Crosse Theater. ...
In 1941, La Crosse Police Chief Herman Rick and traffic sergeant Lyle Gilbert said traffic lights in the city would stay on 45 seconds before changing. ...
Leave it to the politicians to make things unnecessarily complicated. The Wisconsin Legislature in the last session passed a law designed to help consumers with their...
It is, in comparison to other state spending, a drop in the bucket. But it still isn’t right. Wisconsin taxpayers should not have to foot the...
In June of 1973, the town of Campbell was trying to incorporate as the Village of French Island. Opposing the incorporation was the city of La...
In June of 1973, the town of Campbell was trying to incorporate as the Village of French Island. Opposing the incorporation was the city of La...
In early 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. The next Mercury astronaut scheduled to fly in space was Sparta’s Deke Slayton. ...
The decision is expected soon. It could be the most important ruling from the United States Supreme Court this session. Its impact could be felt across...
In 1958, Eugene Toepel defeated Edward Gansen, a justice of the peace, to keep his new job as La Crosse County judge. Toepel, a Bangor native,...
It is amazing, although perhaps not surprising. The federal commission on school safety appointed by President Trump following the school shootings in Parkland, Florida will not...