The recommendations have not changed. Stay home if you are sick, social distance, stay away from large crowds, wash your hands, avoid touching your face and...
How important is it for presidential candidates to visit the states they hope to carry? Not very. Much was made of Hillary Clinton’s failure to campaign...
In September of 1976, the La Crosse city council approved plans to regulate massage parlors. The ordinance was a compromise between versions introduced by Mayor Pat...
If there is one thing we have come to count on from the United States Congress is for them to do the bare minimum. Even as...
A new team competition started up in La Crosse in 1991, a Corporate Spelling Bee. A local literacy council recruited three-person teams from companies throughout the...
William McKinley was six months into his second term as president in September of 1901, when an anarchist shot him during the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo,...
Welcome back students. Students return to UW-La Crosse today. They do so as we continue to see a surge in cases of Covid-19, now more than...
When choosing toppings for your pizza, you typically choose the ones you like best. When shopping for a car, you make your choice based on what...
Astronauts have not walked on the moon since 1972, but there has been plenty of talk since then about going back. In 2004, President George W....
In 1990, there was talk of Stoddard withdrawing from the De Soto school district, and joining the larger La Crosse school system instead. One meeting on...
They are two simple words that can be easily forgotten. Be kind. That reminder came from a post on Facebook from the La Crosse County Health...
It isn’t what they did that was so shameful, it was what they didn’t do. Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature did as they were required...
Oktoberfest Medallion hunters in 1968 were told that a well-known person in La Crosse was carrying the prize, and to win the contest, you had to...
In business, companies tend to be most successful when they are run by experts in their field. Too bad it is not the same in politics....
Lots of people are calling for change following the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. Will that finally include the Wisconsin Legislature? Our state lawmakers have...
August 29th of 1967 was a Tuesday, and it was a big night in TV history. A record-setting audience watched the final episode of “The Fugitive,”...
Since the very beginning of this pandemic, I’ve noticed one thing — we could fill a library with what we don’t know about COVID-19. I’m not...
When it comes to voting in Wisconsin, there are many rules. Some of them are designed to make it easier for people to cast their ballot....
In 1970, La Crosse State publicized plans to develop green space on campus between 16th Street and the football stadium. The proposed pedestrian mall would pass...
Sometimes the things you think are important turn out to be not that important after all. It was mid-March when I was eagerly awaiting the start...