They must be exhausted. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature finally wrapped up their work to complete a new state budget. Two and a half months after...
During the Wisconsin State Fair of 1966, a plaque was unveiled to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s 1859 address to the Wisconsin Agricultural Society. That was a year...
In 1984, La Crosse joined the growing Crime-Stoppers program, known for running commercials about unsolved crimes and offering rewards for tips from citizens. The local Chamber...
As work continues to wrap up a new budget for the state of Wisconsin, much of the focus has been on how to fund transportation needs,...
La Crosse’s city charter was signed in 1856, but La Crosse was considered a settlement as early as 1842. That means a centennial for the city...
We have seen it many times. When the United States suffers tragedies, good people turn out to do good things. We are seeing it now with...
By the fall of 1972, La Crosse had torn down more than 60 buildings near the riverfront to make way for an urban renewal project called...
They sure are a sneaky bunch. Wisconsin state legislators, finally wrapping up work on the long overdue state budget, secretly tucked language into the budget bill...
The Foxconn deal is hardly a done deal. But the Wisconsin Legislature will vote soon on a huge incentive package to try to lure the Taiwanese...
The La Crosse city council may soon decide to shorten the alternate-side parking season by about a month…starting the winter parking rules later, in mid-November, and...
In September of 1967, a citizen planning committee in La Crosse said the community had recovered from high unemployment resulting from plant closings such as Auto-Lite. ...
Apparently, our democracy is for sale in Wisconsin. Our elected officials are so eager to get Foxconn to the state, and its promise of 10,000 jobs,...
We waited all summer for this? That is our reaction to the news that the Wisconsin Legislature’s finance committee has finally come up with a way...
For students at UW-La Crosse booking a dorm room for the fall semester in 1978, the rates were rising. Reserving a bunk in a double room...
Drunk driving remains a serious problem in Wisconsin. Yet, repeatedly, efforts to strengthen the state’s drunk driving laws have failed. So those who think Wisconsin needs...
In 1970, baby doctor Benjamin Spock was becoming known as a political activist. Dr. Spock drew a crowd of about 1700 to Mitchell Hall at the...
Just before Labor Day of 1965, a new K-Mart store opened on State Road in La Crosse, across from the Village Shopping Center. K-Mart advertised itself...
Parking in La Crosse parking ramps has been the subject of much discussion. In the news, in these editorials, and between the barstools. Much of it...
In 1967, 12 students at La Crosse State were suspended for their roles in a couple of demonstrations. including an apparently spontaneous food “riot” in a...
Leaders of a La Crosse protest against coal mining led Mayor Matt Harter, Chancellor Joe Gow, and others in a chant of “Coal stinks” in the...