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...
On August 21st of 2017, a total solar eclipse passed over the U.S. for the first time in nearly 40 years. Several states from the west...
We don’t know how many, but in just a few short weeks, college students will be returning to school. And you know what that means. Party...
In August of 1979, President Jimmy Carter took a Mississippi River cruise on the Delta Queen, along with First Lady Rosalynn and their daughter Amy. The...
Where is the Wisconsin legislature? It has been months since we have seen hide or hair. Our state representatives in Madison have not met since mid-April....
This was supposed to be a big week for the state of Wisconsin and the city of Milwaukee. The Democratic National Convention, which was to be...
In August of 2012, the La Crosse School District decided to schedule a fall referendum on whether to build a new north-side elementary school to take...
Could it be more obvious? President Donald Trump has not hidden his disdain for the U.S. Postal Service, and is now going to great lengths to...
In the fall of 1990, the stalled La Farge dam project was back in the news. A federal judge ruled in favor of the Army Corps...
It is becoming increasingly clear that people like the convenience of absentee voting. Nearly 80% of the ballots in Tuesday’s election were cast absentee. We had...
If you’ve wondered why most U.S. dimes or quarters have a red stripe on the rim, that goes back to a decision made by Congress in...
There are plenty of ideas for how to help our struggling economy. The House of Representatives have offered their plan, calling for another round of stimulus...
For too many Americans, time is running out. They are unemployed, have lost their health insurance and are having trouble meeting their most basic needs. They...
Recall elections have been held frequently in the La Crosse area over the past 50 years, but they haven’t been always been legal in Wisconsin. A recall...
As elections go, this is hardly a big one. But voters across Wisconsin are going to the polls today in a primary election that will determine...
The presidential election is now less than 90 days away, and once again election integrity remains a concern. Like in 2016 there are concerns about Russian...
During the last presidential campaign, in August of 2016, Indiana Governor Mike Pence campaigned at UW-La Crosse as the new Republican vice presidential nominee. Pence led...
Americans would crowd around TV sets on the night of August 8th in 1974, as the two-year Watergate scandal was about to come to an end. ...
We are fortunate in the La Crosse area to have so many wonderful choices in restaurants. But things are tough for those in the restaurant business...
Did we really get our money’s worth from this study? The city of La Crosse commissioned a study of parking by the company Rich and Associates....