Call it the pothole hotline. La Crosse is not alone in dealing with pothole filled streets. It happens, especially this time of year, throughout the midwest...
The news keeps getting better for Foxconn, but worse for the rest of us. That is because we have learned that the state’s plans to build...
During the first week of March in 1959, a late winter storm brought 10 inches or more of snow to many parts of the state. The...
This may not be a leap year, but the #1 songs on certain leap days have stayed popular over the decades. Take the song that #1...
On the heels of the most recent presidential election, we learned of the importance of the security of Wisconsin’s voter database. Russian hackers tried, unsuccessfully according...
In the spring of 1966, Democrat Virgil Roberts of Holmen announced he would make a second run for the Assembly seat held by Norbert Nuttleman. Roberts...
It is a small step, but a step in the right direction. After years of giving lip service to making our roads safer by cracking down...
In early 2013, attorneys on both sides in the Jeffrey Lepsch murder case were planning for a trial in the middle of the year, around May....
It used to be, school was a place where students could feel safe. Not so much anymore. Some students are afraid they may become victims of...
In 1967, the best known hotel in La Crosse was the Stoddard downtown, but motels were all over the place…like the Holiday Inn on the pike,...
It is important that Wisconsin figure out a new system for housing the state’s most troubled juvenile offenders. But it is better to get it right...
In April of 1988, a popular animal at the Myrick Park Zoo, a bear named Roscoe, was put to sleep. Roscoe was a 12-year-old black bear,...
We can’t continue to fool ourselves any longer. The Wisconsin Legislature is full-time in name only. Members of the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate remain in session...
In 1981, the Ice Capades announced it would do seven shows at the La Crosse Center, only open a year. The long run was the result...
On this day in 1962, astronaut John Glenn made three orbits around the earth aboard a Mercury capsule called “Friendship 7.” Glenn was the third American...
Today is an important day. It may not seem so to most people. They will choose to sit out this opportunity to participate in our democratic...
Many presidents and candidates for the job have made it to the La Crosse area in the summertime. In August 1979, President Jimmy Carter traveled down...
PRAT goes splat. An idea to allow La Crosse county to levy a special tax known as a Premier Resort Area Tax, or PRAT, looks to...
Lincoln’s birthday was observed this week, but do you remember the date of his Gettysburg Address? It was November 19, 1863, at the town in Pennsylvania...
We should all try to eat healthy. It is easier for some than others. We have seen the growth in organic foods, and many makers of...