In 2012, Drake Hall on the UW-L campus had to be evacuated because of a late-night fire. The flames were confined to the basement area, but...
In January of 1958, the U.S. launched a satellite successfully for the first time. The Explorer was described in newspapers as a “chatterbox,” making noise as...
On one day in February of 1959, La Crosse got 8 inches of snow. A front-page photo in the Tribune showed a car buried in snow,...
During the 1966 Oktoberfest, go-go nights were set up at the Avalon Ballroom on Copeland, to attract a younger crowd. But on the first of the...
Seventy-three million viewers tuned in to “The Ed Sullivan Show” on February 9th of 1964, to see a new British band. The Beatles made their American television...
It’s known as ‘the day the music died,’ in February of 1959. The La Crosse Tribune headline of February 3rd said “3 Top Rock ‘N’ Roll...
In 1967, the Tomah city council was being asked for permission to record council meetings. The request came from alderman Del Lonnquist, who reported news for radio station WTMB. ...
In the spring of 1990, the university was preparing to host the WIAA state high school track meet for the first time, the weekend after Memorial...
On January 28th in 1998, the message “impeach” was stamped in the snow in large letters on Pettibone Beach. The message was prepared to coincide with...
January 22nd was a major news day in 1973. It was the first Monday in Richard Nixon’s second term as president. Nixon had been inaugurated two...
In 1967, Ettrick 4-H member Pauline Solberg was pictured in the paper with TV’s most popular fictional farmer, Oliver Wendell Douglas. “Green Acres” star Eddie Albert...
The first month and 23rd day of 1945, World War II was heading to a conclusion. The major headlines on the La Crosse Tribune that day...
In the month before the 1960 presidential election, both major candidates campaigned in La Crosse. Vice President Richard Nixon spoke at the Sawyer Auditorium one day...
In 1980, a group headed by former UW-L hockey coach Lloyd Dresen planned to build an ice rink for the campus and community, for just $750,000. ...
In 1987, retired State Senator Ray Bice of La Crosse spoke out about gambling as a guest on the local public radio show “Newsmakers.” Bice and...
In 1957, city engineer Zenno Gorder told the La Crosse Businessman’s Club that the community needed a second arterial street to take some of the load...
In 2005, a La Crosse area man was asking the Wisconsin DNR for permission to shoot stray cats, if they could be defined as an ‘unprotected...
While the band called the Beatles was conquering America in 1964, Midwestern cities were trying to fight against bugs that were spreading Dutch elm disease. Those beetles...
In January of 1977, principal Myron McKee of Longfellow Junior High was back in the news. The La Crosse school district asked McKee to explain an...
A superhero craze was sweeping the nation, but it was a little slow getting to the Coulee Region, yesterday in La Crosse. In early 1966, ABC showed...