Just what kind of clothing constitutes free speech? That is a question the Supreme Court is trying to decide. The case centers on a Minnesota man...
La Crosse’s third commercial TV station, WLAX-TV, signed on the air in late 1986, on Channel 25. It’s now better known as Fox-25, but the Fox...
In early 1971, Kenneth Lindner became the latest leader of the state college campus in La Crosse. Lindner rose from the faculty at La Crosse State...
In early 1972, a new choral group from Viterbo College was getting attention, called the Hallelujah Singers. The choir performed with the La Crosse Symphony during...
The United States Postal Service just can’t figure it out. The agency is having difficulty in the wake of the digital age. So apparently it figures,...
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...