Bobbie Gentry’s song “Ode to Billie Joe,” set on the 3rd of June, was a hit in the 1960’s. On June 3rd of 1960, plans were...
In the spring of 1990, former La Crosse Central principal Robert Bulthaus was sentenced to a month in jail, and apologized for misusing student activity funds...
In July of 1964, Bangor attorney John Bosshard was headed to San Francisco as a delegate to the Republican National Convention. A camera crew from public...
In October of 1961, Anthony Zimmerhakl’s 25-foot-tall Indian sculpture was installed in Riverside Park. The Chamber of Commerce decided that the statue should not be called...
In May of 1969, one La Crosse church offered a special worship service at 1:30 in the morning, for local promgoers who might want to sleep...
Twenty-seven years ago, in May of ’92, Texas billionaire Ross Perot had not yet announced as a third-party candidate for president. But a poll by Time...
Lincoln Neprud became a circuit judge 67 years ago, in 1952. Neprud was a Vernon County judge appointed by the governor to succeed Leonard Roraff as...
In 1974, more than 1000 young Safety Patrol members from Wisconsin schools took a bus trip to the Nation’s Capital, and Gettysburg. There were 8 busloads...
In the summer of 1960, Republicans nominated Richard Nixon for president at the party convention in Chicago. It was just two weeks after Democrats met in...
In the summer of 2004, La Crosse was a host city to the ‘Grand Excursion,’ a river voyage involving six cruise boats, recreating a steamboat trip...
May 14th was a red letter day in the history of La Crosse’s old Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. That was the day Elvis Presley performed in...
In 1984, one area town was trying to decide where to have a rock concert. The Sparta schools were asked to permit a concert on school...
In the spring of 1969, Viterbo College received a federal grant of $600,000 to buy St. Wenceslaus School and convert it into a training facility for...
In early 1974, the La Crosse area had two drive-in theaters…Starlite on the south side, and the North Star near I-90. The town of Medary had...
In 1966, Dairyland Power built offices on East Avenue, near South Avenue, for $200,000. Newburg and Associates spent $65,000 for a building at 6th and King...
In early 1992, the La Crosse School Board approved a plan to balance elementary school populations based on family income, and also to fill two new...
In the spring of 1956, 8th grader Duncan Lloyd became the state champion speller in the Badger Bee, sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal. It was...
In the spring of 1969, the Selective Service said burning or throwing away a draft card practically guaranteed that you would be drafted to fight in...
In 1990, the TV show ‘WWF Superstars of Wrestling’ featured bouts from the La Crosse Center three weeks in a row. On one episode, Brutus Beefcake...
In 1972, La Crosse city leaders made plans to buy the Pius X Catholic School for about $600,000. Eventually, it would become a public school called...