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...
In 1982, the La Crosse School District was considering more school closings because of declining enrollment. Two elementary schools on the north side, Roosevelt and Franklin,...
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...
It is too late to turn back now. President Trump so far is refusing to sign a $900 billion aid package, delaying much-needed, long-awaited help for...
NASA was busy with two manned space flights in December of 1965, and you could say they sneaked a band aboard one of the capsules. ...
Happy holidays? This is typically the most joyous time of the year, but this is 2020. So we’re being told not to gather at Grandma’s house...
Perhaps the next U.S. Congress will do better. As they continue many months of negotiations over another coronavirus relief package, members of Congress were finally able...
The 2004 presidential election was won by Bush…George W. Bush. He won his first term in 2000 through the electoral college, after narrowly losing the popular...
Through rain, sleet and snow, the mail will be delivered, they tell us. But what about during a perfect storm? That seems to be what the...
There is plenty of blame to go around. But we are still awaiting a solution. The state of Wisconsin failed to process unemployment claims in a...
That was an interesting civics lesson. In the past five months since election day, we have borne witness to just how our system of democracy works....
Finally, some common-sense in La Crosse’s alternate-side parking law. But there is room for plenty more common sense. La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat wisely pushed the...
In 1943, the U.S. was at war in Europe and the Pacific, and Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt was already a record-holder on his third term in...
It is well documented that the Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature has had little interest in trying to tackle the pandemic. They have been hands off at every...
Will the United States face another double-dip recession? That remains up to Congress. Leaders of both parties continue to try to hammer out agreement on a...
As chairman of the United States Homeland Security Committee, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has a lot of power. Unfortunately, he is not using that...
It was on December 8th in 1980 when John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York apartment building by an obsessed fan who had...
On the heels of the Wisconsin election, some lawmakers called for an investigation into the integrity of the election process. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos immediately formed...