There are a number of quirky rules in our political system. Like the system of selecting judges. Under an arcane rule known as the “blue slip”...
In August of 1977, Medary was proceeding with a bond sale that would allow the town to operate its own sewage treatment system, just as Dayton-Hudson...
President Trump is right when he says that the opioid epidemic is a national emergency. But declaring it such does nothing to make the problem go...
In August of 2012, the La Crosse School District decided to schedule a fall referendum on whether to build a new north-side elementary school to take...
In August of 1971, about 500 people attended the ground-breaking for a new Kickapoo River dam project near La Farge. Just one protester spoke out at...
Will it finally work this time? Fingers crossed. The city of La Crosse is about to flip the switch on a new pay-to-park system in its...
On this day last year, in 2016, Indiana Governor Mike Pence campaigned at UW-La Crosse as the new Republican vice presidential nominee. Pence led a mid-afternoon...
Last year, La Crosse Congressman Ron Kind ran unopposed in the November election in Wisconsin’s 3rd District. Back in 1986, the House race was more lively,...
Our lawmakers in Madison keep telling us its no big deal that the state has yet to adopt a new budget. But it is getting more...
In August of 1968, downtown La Crosse’s largest hotel, the Hotel Stoddard, put up a huge new rooftop sign that summer, spelling out the building’s name...
Well it seems that was much ado about nothing. Critics of roundabouts lobbied loudly against La Crosse’s first roundabout, at 7th and Cass. The roundabout has...
The Heileman Brewery of La Crosse was eager to buy Milwaukee’s Blatz Brewery in the summer of 1969. Heileman offered $8.5 million for Blatz, competing with...
Politicians have an uncommon ability to claim victory in the bleakest of circumstances. Those who are very good at it often rise to powerful positions, like...
In the summer of 1965, the University of Wisconsin was talking about building a second campus in Madison…predicting that the school couldn’t hold more than 40,000...
La Crosse likes to boast that it is a bicycle-friendly city. But the reality is, it can be difficult to navigate the city on two wheels....
During the summer of 1956, a committee planning a ramp on Market Square met at the Hotel Stoddard, and was told that a lack of downtown...
Not long ago, judicial elections were rather sleepy affairs in Wisconsin. There was no big money in these races, no special interests opening their checkbooks to...
In 1960, La Crosse city leaders were making plans for a community festival like the Aquatennial in Minneapolis or the St. Paul Winter Carnival, but one...
Sometimes when you want something badly enough, you are willing to give up just about anything to get it. That seems to be the case with...
On August 2nd of 1977, voters in the La Crosse school district turned out for an unusual summer election, and threw five school board members out...