Today is January 20th, a day many pointed to as they predicted the coronavirus would “go away.” Their theory is that the virus wasn’t really a...
In January of 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first, and so far only U.S. president to be sworn in for a third term. Roosevelt went...
Can it be done in 100 days? That is the goal for President-elect Joe Biden, who vows to administer 100 million doses of the vaccine in...
One of the hallmarks of our democracy is a peaceful transition of power following each election. Seeking to prevent a peaceful transition is harmful to our...
In January of 1961, D.J. Petruccelli was introduced to the Thursday Rotary Club as the new manager of the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce. The 32-year-old...
I’ll have the fish fry, and an old fashioned to go, please. That is not legal in Wisconsin, but that could change. Support is growing in...
It is clear we are well on our way down a slippery slope if we can’t agree, as Americans, that the violence at the U.S. Capitol...
Can we make it through the next eight days? Tensions in the U.S. have reached a boiling point. We are a nation in crisis, as evidenced...
At least they finally did something. Unfortunately, it wasn’t something meaningful. The Wisconsin Assembly passed a series of bills to deal with the pandemic last week,...
It may seem like 12 years ago, but it was only 12 months. In January of 2020, La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat gave a ‘state of...
This is proof that words matter. What we saw at the U.S. Capitol should not be a surprise. Although it apparently was a surprise to Capitol...
Historic preservation was not a priority in La Crosse during the 60’s and 70’s. In those two decades, the city replaced its turn of the century...
We knew we weren’t likely to get final results on election night. We didn’t know it would take this long, or get this ugly. Two months...
They’ve already tried nearly every trick in the book, but its possible we haven’t seen the tip of the iceberg yet. Today, the United States Congress...
It is back to work for our state representatives in Madison. Although their definition of work isn’t like ours. The previous legislature essentially took 2020 off,...
So much for a sense of urgency. Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, the calls...
Imagine, your college marching band playing the song “The Stripper.” Not hard to imagine in 1967, yesterday in La Crosse. The Stripper was included in the halftime...
It certainly was a trying year. Thankfully, 2020 is about to come to a close. And while it is tempting to spend these final moments of...
Are more changes needed to La Crosse’s alternate-side parking law? The city forces people to move their cars each night to park on the odd or...
It is that time of year when we often look back at the year that was. And what a year it was. One we would not...