President Trump is ready for war. With the media. Trump has long been a media basher, but stepped up his criticism over the weekend with his...
Now is the time to fix our roads. And it couldn’t be easier to do. Wisconsin lawmakers have put off for years an agreement on how...
It has been hard to know what to think about global warming. Since Al Gore first warned of a changing climate, we have seen scores of...
Principal Myron McKee of Longfellow was back in the news in January of 1977. The school district asked McKee to explain an incident where he saw...
If your child was sick, and the medicine that could help that child was illegal, wouldn’t you want them to have it anyway? Dozens of parents...
Too many communities have been torn apart by a series of police shootings. It was a big issue across the nation in 2016, and in Wisconsin....
In January of 1957, the La Crosse County Board narrowly turned down a plan to convert a county parking lot at 4th and Vine Streets to...
Many Wisconsin communities are growing tired of waiting for the state to act. They are frustrated with the inaction in Madison when it comes to fixing...
Who knew we had such an ass-kicker as Wisconsin’s top cop? State Attorney General Brad Schimel is Wisconsin’s top law enforcement agent. And he likes to...
Democrats on Capitol Hill threw a fit when their Republican colleagues refused to even schedule a nomination hearing for President Obama’s nominee to fill the vacancy...
The description of the course offering would seem to be without controversy. The optional course being offered at the University of Wisconsin is called The Men’s...
In January of 1967, the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce entered a contest for the National Cleanest Town Achievement Award. The contest had been in existence...
In January of 1976, La Crosse District Attorney Ed Nix complained that the county courts were being clogged with too many cases waiting to be resolved. ...
It has become more than just a problem, it has become an epidemic. That is true across Wisconsin, and in La Crosse. That’s why it is...
We all want to ensure integrity in our elections. We want to make sure every legally cast ballot is properly counted. But we don’t need major...
In September of 2001, Oktoberfest organizers were speaking publicly about plans to enlarge the southside festgrounds. Those plans included a cultural arts building, and extending the...
Three prisoners in the Monroe County jail were caught hiding saw blades which they used to try cutting through a door to a fire escape. The...
Let the swamp draining commence. The 115th Congress has now been sworn in. What can we expect with this new Congress? from the 114th Congress, which...
In January of 1972, the Marcus Theater group, which owned the Rivoli, was planning to build a twin-screen theater on Ward Avenue between the Pizza Hut...
Don’t we deserve better? In the most recent presidential election, voters were again left with only two real choices. But we didn’t really like either of...