In March of 1969, the state’s lieutenant governor, Jack Olson, spoke to the La Crosse Tourist Activities Corporation about ways that the Badger State could attract...
In March of 1979, La Crosse residents were about to vote on a referendum to prevent the widening of West Avenue for two years. But a...
Around Easter of 2001, the Mississippi River had its highest spring flooding since the record flood of 1965. For a couple of days, La Crosse Public...
In 1986, the Onalaska school district was trying to decide whether to keep the 78-year-old La Crosse School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy, also known as...
In 1997, Justice Jon Wilcox was running for a full 10-year term on Wisconsin Supreme Court. Speaking to La Crosse reporters, Wilcox, a former state legislator,...
In 1962, Doerflinger’s was one of La Crosse’s most popular stores, and the Halfway Tea Room, between the first and second floors, promised a ‘nice hot...
In March of 1977, the La Crosse School Board accepted the resignation of superintendent Eugene Balts, who was leaving after six years to accept the same...
In early 1990, the plan to put a Pick ‘n Save store near Onalaska Luther High School was scrapped. The store planner gave up on the...
In March of 1964, La Crosse County was preparing to build a new courthouse on 4th Street, to replace the old one which had been around...
In March of 1990, there was talk of Stoddard withdrawing from the De Soto school district, and joining the larger La Crosse school system instead. One...
In May of 2012, the La Crosse park board was told by tree specialists that about 5000 ash trees might have to be removed from city...
In 1968, the voting age was still 21, too old for most people attending college. Time magazine set up a national primary called “Choice ’68” to...
These days, ID cards with your picture on them are often required for almost every type of activity, including being allowed to vote. But in 1980,...
The debut of WXOW, Channel 19, happened on March 7th of 1970…a day when the big story was a solar eclipse over North America. WXOW has...
The U.S. Supreme Court stepped in to settle a dispute over political districts in Wisconsin in June of 1962. The La Crosse Tribune ran an editorial...
In 1972, singer Pete Seeger performed at UW-L, and also spoke with people on campus about his concerns for society. Seeger said the U.S. was in...
In March of 1987, Madison’s Freedom from Religion Foundation took the city of La Crosse to federal court, to have a 10 Commandments marker removed from...
All the major players in the 1976 presidential race who were still in the running for the Wisconsin primary got to the La Crosse area in...
In March of 1929, Uncle Sam was threatening to take away La Crosse’s airmail service, if something wasn’t done about the airport. Northwest Airways had the...
Never mind the annual “Elvis Explosion” of tribute artists every year in La Crosse. The real Elvis Presley only appeared once in the city, May 14th,...