The La Crosse Tribune headline of February 3rd, 1959 said “3 Top Rock ‘N’ Roll Singers Killed in Iowa Plane Crash.” Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper,...
In 1962, the Tribune ran a photo of a sad young tennis player, named Tim Gullikson. Tim had just lost the finals of the La Crosse...
We would prefer that everyone pay their fair share of taxes. But we also realize that isn’t always possible. For example, Wisconsin is among a small...
What is the cost of going too far? In Wisconsin, the answer apparently is $500 per hour. That is how much the state’s republican leadership is...
In early 1982, La Crosse city leaders agreed to try buying the west side of the 100 block of North 3rd Street. That’s where First Bank...
Here we go again. The clock is once again ticking on efforts to pass a federal spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. When President Trump...
Seventy-three million viewers tuned in to “The Ed Sullivan Show” on February 9th in 1964, to see a new British band…the Beatles, making their American television debut. ...
In 1975, La Crosse area residents raised several hundred dollars to help people in Corn Island, our sister city in Nicaragua. A group of visitors from...
Wisconsin’s residential taxpayers are paying more than their fair share, while big corporations are paying less. It is called the dark store loophole, and it is...
In 19995, a plan by the Lac du Flambeau tribe to turn the Holiday Inn on the pike into a $50 million casino was shot down...
Wisconsin lawmakers make a pretty good salary. About $51,000 a year. Not bad for only having to work a few days of the year given the...
We have talked a lot about Foxconn and its ever changing plans in Wisconsin. Today, another kick at the cat. What began as the largest subsidy...
In 1969, La Crosse State College hired John Alexander from the University of Missouri to succeed Ralph Wahl as director of the Marching Chiefs band. Alexander,...
These days, it seems like our political campaigns never end. As soon as one election is over, the next one begins. The first in the nation...
The court system in La Crosse County had grown enough by 1985 to require a fourth circuit. Five candidates were running that winter for the chance...
This is one of the things we hate most about politicians. They pee on our heads and try to tell us its raining. Case in point...
In 1972, some football fans in La Crosse were trying to raise $30,000 to bring a semi-professional team to town. The Central States Football League was...
In May of 2012, the La Crosse park board was told by tree specialists that about five thousand ash trees might have to be removed from city...
In business, it is best to under-promise and over-deliver. Someone should remind Foxconn of that, as the company instead seems to be over-promising and under-delivering. The...
It is about as bad as it gets. Possible record-setting cold has settled into the La Crosse area, and much of the Midwest. It is enough...