Sometimes, when things aren’t perfectly clear, you need to trust what you see with your own eyes. Which is not the same as seeing what you...
In April of 1963, the La Crosse State campus newspaper, the Racquet, reported on a rumor that the speech department was only planning to stage two...
One week ago, we used this airtime to condemn democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature. It turns out we were wrong. At issue was the honoring of...
The situation started on a Friday afternoon in April of 2005. A young kid on French Island told his parents that a neighborhood man had hit...
Will today be the day Wisconsin begins to go up in smoke? One Wisconsin state lawmaker will announce today plans to introduce legislation to fully legalize...
Video of a police squad car on fire in downtown La Crosse made news in April of 1991, as a symbol of what became known as...
The policy is clear on paper. But not so much in practice. The UW La Crosse policy on free speech reads in part, “UWL encourages and...
The Chop House was a popular restaurant on 3rd Street in April of 1980, and had been in business since the late 40’s. But the First...
The case has been slammed shut like a jail cell door. But that doesn’t mean the problems are over at Wisconsin’s troubled you the prison. A...
A day set aside for concern about ecology in 1970 quickly became known as ‘Earth Day.’ But at first, politicians weren’t sure what to call that...
Today is April 15. A day many Americans dread. And for good reason. Today is the day when we must satisfy our obligations to our federal...
When La Crosse got 3 inches of snow on this date in 1962, that amount set a new record for the highest snowfall in the city...
The Scott’s Comment below, states incorrectly that Democrats sat quietly as Republicans applauded troops recently. Video footage shows otherwise. This comment has been addressed in a...
Galesville sculptor Elmer Petersen was the subject of a magazine article in the spring of 2007. The Danish Immigrant Museum of Elk Horn, Iowa highlighted “The...
It turns out our lawmakers can agree on something. Wisconsin lawmakers from both political parties have worked together to pass what they called commonsense legislation. Members...
In 1973, La Crosse had a three-way race for mayor between incumbent W. Peter Gilbertson, WKTY sales manager Phil Dyer, and St. Francis Hospital staffer James...
When people get sick, they typically have no idea what their medicine will cost. And they have no idea how the price gets marked up along...
In early 2006, Pete Stinson was retiring after a decade as La Crosse’s fire chief and more than 30 years as a firefighter. The chief told...
As much as we may despise how much social media can be used for bad purposes, it is worth remembering that our constant checking of Facebook...
In 1973, students at UW-L were offered an eight-day Easter break bus trip to Florida. For just $120, the vacation included deep-sea fishing, and a $10...