In 1972, the 4th of July fell on a Tuesday, and the La Crosse Tribune suggested that Independence Day become a Monday holiday, for the sake...
Shortly before the 1968 presidential election, an editorial in the La Crosse State College ‘Racquet’ called candidates Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace ‘little more...
In 1975, La Crosse voters elected a new mayor, Pat Zielke, and some new city council members. Helen Kelly became the second woman on the council,...
The Allied invasion of France on the 6th of June, 1944, was a major turning point in the war, but back home, workers were still needed...
Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire was retiring in 1988, and candidates in both parties were hoping to get his job. The state Democratic party held its annual...
In August of 1966, gunman Charles Whitman climbed to the top of a tower at the University of Texas, and fired dozens of shots at the...
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...