It looks like it is now or never. Let’s hope the choice is now. Congress is back to negotiating another round of coronavirus relief, with reports...
It was hardly must see TV. The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden quickly devolved into a shouting match, complete with name calling...
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in October of 1973, less than a year into his second term, and in the middle of the Watergate scandal surrounding...
It is a troubling trend. American’s confidence in the outcome of our elections is in decline. A survey by CNN finds just 22% say they are...
In the fall of 2004, the La Crosse Center Board was looking at hockey again as a possible attraction. The Bobcats basketball team had shut down...
When it comes to our federal government, even when things look like they are working, they probably are not. When the economy turned sour, the federal...
We knew it was bad. We couldn’t have imagined it was this bad. Shortly after the pandemic and the subsequent economic fallout began, many people in...
Happy Oktoberfest? In any other year, today would have marked the tapping of the Golden Keg to kick off Oktoberfest. But this isn’t just any other...
Debates between the main candidates for president are usually considered the high point of America’s campaign season, and that was true the first time they happened on television,...
We all want the answer quickly. Who won the election? But it is becoming less and less likely that the results will be in by the...
The city of La Crosse put on a parade in October of 1955, honoring the opening of the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. About 19,000 spectators watched...
Why are so many so mad about so little? Wisconsin’s Governor has again drawn the ire of his critics by extending Wisconsin’s public health emergency for...
Voting by mail is perfectly safe. Voting by mail leads to voter fraud. It can be hard to separate fact from fiction these days. But knowing...
Trust us, we’re the government. Confidence in government rarely runs high, but that trust seems to have reached a new low. And with good reason. Last...
In the summer of 1980, Fort McCoy had accepted many of the refugees from Cuba who had arrived in the U.S. in a massive boatlift. That June,...
UW-La Crosse hosted a couple of notable people in September of 1975. One of them was already world-famous…anthropologist Margaret Mead. She spoke to overflow audiences at both...
Turns out there is something they can do. Like at many Wisconsin universities, UW-Whitewater has seen a surge in coronavirus cases among its student population. At...
Republicans want a skinny package. Democrats want a hefty package. What about meeting in the middle, say something in the medium size? Congress remains in a...
What do politicians do when they don’t support legislation, or don’t even want to have to vote on legislation? They appoint a task force. That is...
That didn’t take long. A week ago we wondered what would happen when college students returned to campus. We already know the answer. Less than seven...