The quest to help people safely cross the street has taken many forms. Cities paint white lines to denote safe crossing points at intersections. In La...
Technically, the race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is non-partisan. In reality, the race has become one of the most partisan of any...
In the spring election of 1983, La Crosse County voters chose District Attorney Michael Mulroy to succeed retiring Judge Eugene Toepel. Mulroy defeated Maureen Kinney in...
In January of 2008, a company called Riverview had the biggest overdue tax bill in the county…about $91, 000. Riverview had owned the Hampton Inn and...
In January of 1995, La Crosse attorney Ramona Gonzalez was busy campaigning for circuit judge. Gonzalez was hoping to succeed retiring La Crosse County Judge Peter...
It has become an issue seemingly everywhere. Sexual harassment in the workplace. It is happening in politics, including in Wisconsin. But the state still hasn’t properly...
Shouldn’t we know about a candidate’s fitness for public office? Certainly when it comes to those vying to become President of the United States. President Trump’s...
In 1960, the La Crosse County Board voted overwhelmingly to construct a “safety building” on the courthouse block, to give law enforcement a little more room. ...
Imagine being able to get from La Crosse to Chicago in just three hours. It sounds like you will have to keep imagining it, because there...
George Thompson took his seat as Wisconsin’s new attorney general in January of 1963, succeeding John Reynolds, who moved up to the governor’s office that year. ...
Sometimes, those we elect to office deserve our praise. Not often, but sometimes. So, kudos to our state representatives in Wisconsin. They are actually working together...
In 1984, the Wisconsin Elections Board decided to interview certain people about charges that election laws were broken in a special La Crosse State Senate race. ...
We have been calling for years for changes to Wisconsin’s youth prison system. Finally, Governor Walker is on board with the idea. Walker has endorsed the...
In 1941, Central and Logan High School were impressive for their enrollment size. Central have just over 1000 students in three grades, and north-side Logan was...
Wisconsin lawmakers have crafted legislation in recent years to make life easier for landlords, and harder for tenants. The city of La Crosse, which used to...
What was the busiest airport in the U.S.? We had a new champion 30 years ago, yesterday in La Crosse. At the start of 1988, Hartsfield Airport...
Just before the 1966 Oktoberfest, a cartoon in the Tribune asked “How’s this for an image?” The cartoon promoted the six-year-old festival as a time for...
Things may be bad in Missouri. But they are even worse in Wisconsin. That is the gist of an editorial in a St. Louis newspaper that...
What a year it was in the Wisconsin legislature in 2017. That is the assessment of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos as he reflects on the year...
In January of 1978, La Crosse developer Jake Hoeschler offered a gift of $100,000 to a group hoping to build an ice arena in the city. ...