Sometimes our government create programs that actually work. Such was the case in Wisconsin with the Wisconsin Conservation Corps. This program employed young people to do...
Thirty-five years ago, the city of La Crosse was getting ready to replace the Green Acres overhead…the bridge on State Road that passed over railroad tracks...
The war of words keeps escalating in the feud over whether La Crosse County’s judges are soft on crime. Now it has reached new heights. La...
January 22nd of ’73 was the first Monday in Richard Nixon’s second term as president. Nixon had been inaugurated two days before, after winning 49 states...
In 1960, the La Crosse building inspector and the health officer said many houses didn’t have indoor toilets or running water, and were using wells and...
The controversy over sexual misconduct allegations continues to dog the Wisconsin legislature. Milwaukee state representative Josh Zepnick is accused of sexual misconduct by two women, but...
The city of La Crosse has had plenty of cold weather this winter. The weather service says the two weeks right after Christmas marked the coldest...
Here we go again. After passing a series of recent stop-gap spending bills to keep the federal government operating, a potential government shutdown looms once again....
The second Super Bowl game was played 50 years ago this week at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The name “Super Bowl” was not formally used...
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...