The election was rigged. We heard that throughout the course of the recent presidential campaign. It wasn’t true of course. There is no evidence of millions...
On this day in 1985, a Wisconsin appeals court upheld the murder conviction of Terry Shaw of La Crosse. Shaw had been found guilty of the...
There can no longer be any debate. Justice is for sale in Wisconsin. Certainly that is the case on the state’s highest court, which has rejected...
In April of 1967, the Elks Club of La Crosse hosted the 4th annual Cotton Ball, a fund-raiser for the Twin Cities Shrine Hospital for crippled...
In April of 2001, the national media kept track of severe flooding on the Mississippi. For a couple of days, the focus was on La Crosse,...
Branding can be important for a business. It can help them stand out from their competitors. But is it important for government as well? La Crosse...
In 1965, La Crosse became one of 13 communities to win the title of ‘All-America City’ for that year. Three towns in Alaska were included on...
It is the type of thing they tend to talk about only among themselves, perhaps over coffee or beers. But some top La Crosse police are...
Galesville sculptor Elmer Petersen was the subject of a magazine article in the spring of 2007. The Danish Immigrant Museum of Elk Horn, Iowa highlighted “The...
It is clear that Wisconsin citizens value a good public education. We see that in the number of referendums voters statewide have approved to provide the...
In April of 1955, WKTY Radio news anchor Milo Knutson was sworn in as mayor of La Crosse. In his inaugural address, Knutson said the foremost...
Do you recall the recount? Republicans in Madison do, and they want it to remain a distant memory. Some lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make...
One Saturday in February of 1976, two groups picketed quietly on 4th Street, near the La Crosse Post Office. The group standing directly outside the Post...
Wisconsin’s public records laws are among the strongest in the nation. Basically, they say that governments and elected officials have to keep records of their actions...
On this date in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot while attending a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington…less...
Some say stop spending money on parks when our roads are crumbling. Steve Carlyn from the LaCrosse Parks department speaks on this issue. {mp3}30033{/mp3}
Who knew a magazine could be so controversial? Probably not Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. In his budget proposal to the legislature, Walker called for eliminating a...
On this day in 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was halfway to the moon when a fuel tank exploded, causing the three astronauts...
The sudden shift toward good government in Madison is hard to overstate. Republican leadership in the legislature has done something that is quite rare. They removed...
The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra was started officially in 1938. The orchestra had a membership of 57, and was a continuation of the old Cathedral orchestra....