In December of 1959, Donald Slayton spent the holidays with his family in Monroe County. It was the first Christmas since Deke Slayton was named as...
Just before Christmas of 1984, the city of La Crosse sold the former Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium to Western Wisconsin Tech and its Foundation. The sale...
Men went into orbit around the moon for the very first time on Christmas Eve of 1968. The Apollo 8 spacecraft circled the moon until Christmas...
In late 1990, the La Crosse park department was discussing plans for building a boardwalk in Riverside Park. The department wanted to install 32 boat slips...
In the late 1980’s, Wisconsin was easing its way into legalized gambling, after decades of opposition, even banning nationwide sweepstakes. Bingo became legal in the 70’s,...
Tiny Tim was getting married at Christmas-time, 50 years ago. And by Tiny Tim, we don’t mean the little boy in the Charles Dickens story. ...
Christmas was going to be tough for America in 1963, just after the assassination of President Kennedy. But some iconic holiday songs and entertainment made the...
In October of 1978, a crowd of about 500 gathered at a large vacant lot in downtown La Crosse, for a mass ground-breaking ceremony to start construction...
K-Mart had just opened in La Crosse, a few months before Christmas of 1965. The big box store at Losey Boulevard and State Road had ‘giftarama’ discounts,...
The year 1974 began with Richard Nixon as president, and ended with Gerald Ford in the White House because of Watergate. Many Republicans in Congress lost...
In 1987, the La Crosse School Board debated whether to ban Sunday sports practices and school activities. Board members also had concerns about Wednesdays, because of...
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, known for the jazz song “Take Five,” performed at La Crosse’s vocational school auditorium on December 9th, 1965. Tickets went for $2...
Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy was condemned by fellow Senators in 1954, for his tactics in looking for Communists in America. The vote on December 2nd...
In early 1986, the La Crosse School Board was deadlocked on the idea of building a swimming pool and a new gymnasium for Central High School....
In December of 1989, La Crosse Mayor Pat Zielke persuaded the city plan commission to endorse the idea of selling eight acres of West Copeland Park for a...
The Marching Chiefs band from La Crosse State went west at the end of 1969 to perform in Pasadena’s Rose Parade. Three hundred people attended a...
In December of 1980, Gateway Foods brought Frank Abagnale to La Crosse for a seminar on how to watch for bad checks and other scams. Abagnale...
In 2016, a north La Crosse restaurant suddenly announced it was closing its doors for good. On November 15th, the owners of the Maid-Rite on Caledonia...
On the day before Thanksgiving in 1985, a ribbon cutting was planned at the intersection of Highways 16 and 157 at Valley View Mall. Major highway...
Thomas Jefferson was getting the boot from the U.S. Treasury in 1966, deciding to retire the $2 bill, but not the nickel. The Treasury said there...