It may not seem all that important right now, given all that is going on. The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to impact La Crosse’s share of...
In March of 2010, a parking consultant was hired by UW-L to work on a possible campus ramp. The school only had surface parking at the...
They can’t have it both ways. Legislative leaders in Madison have said they don’t want Wisconsin’s April 7 election postponed amid the coronavirus outbreak. So Governor...
In 1986, the Onalaska school district was trying to decide whether to keep the 78-year-old La Crosse School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy, also known as...
The current pandemic has disrupted the lives of most Americans. We are working from home, or for businesses considered essential, still coming to work, but taking...
We all wish this would be over soon. Unfortunately, wishing doesn’t make it so. If it did, this pandemic would have been over on day one....
In 1954, long before Sesame Street and Mister Rogers, there was opposition to the idea of a government-run public television channel in Wisconsin, with a task...
Wisconsin’s elections are now less than two weeks away. But the plans for how to conduct an election amid a virus outbreak remain up in the...
They say life is filled with ironies. Perhaps has that never been more so than today. For example, gas prices are the lowest they have been...
After the “First Edition” band from the 1960’s broke up, singer Kenny Rogers launched a solo career, hitting the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975 with the...
Well, that was quite a week. For a brief time we thought our biggest worry was what we were going to do without March Madness, or...
In March of 1929, Uncle Sam was threatening to take away La Crosse’s airmail service, if something wasn’t done about the airport. Northwest Airways had the...
The check isn’t in the mail, but almost. It seems increasingly likely that the federal government will be sending us checks as it works to kick-start...
Things have been changing at a rapid pace. But it seems that may be something we will have to get used to. While we have been...
St. Patrick’s Day of 2012 was very lucky for the Onalaska boys basketball team. The Hilltoppers became state champions of Division 2 at the Kohl Center...
You don’t necessarily see many candidates riding in the back of a open car any more, but Richard Nixon did that in La Crosse, in the fall of...
With schools canceled, our children now have lots of time on their hands. It is not clear when students will be back to school. That could...
The threat of the coronavirus is real, and it is scary to many people. These seem like desperate times. But we also should pause and recognize...
In 1977, five members of the La Crosse school board were fighting for their board seats, in the face of a recall campaign. The board angered...
So many of us now find ourselves with plenty of time on our hands. The coronavirus outbreak has busted up our routines. Many are not going...