In January of 1967, a $1 million grant was approved for Viterbo’s Fine Arts Center. The state higher educational aids commission said “yes” to the money. ...
People in Boston still talk about January 15th of 1919, when a 50-foot-high storage tank filled with molasses erupted, sending two million gallons of the gooey...
In 1959, Assemblyman Hugh Harper of Grant County proposed dropping the state voting age to 18, arguing that by the time high school graduates get to...
One year before the 1972 presidential election, South Dakota Senator George McGovern visited La Crosse during Oktoberfest. At the time, McGovern was one of several Democrats...
Sixteen years ago, the La Crosse Public Library decided to continue its “Read One Book” program. The project urged city residents to all read the same...
In 1968, the city council was on its second round of bids for a new building to replace the existing La Crosse City Hall at 6th...
Decades ago, presidential candidates dropped in a lot on local TV stations before primaries. On the night before the Wisconsin primary of 1972, Minnesota’s Eugene McCarthy...
In 1969, UNICEF encouraged American colleges to raise money to help the starving children of Biafra, which had seceded from Nigeria two years earlier. The La...
In July of 1981, Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at a lavish wedding seen on TV around the world. That same day, the Hotel Stoddard...
In March of 1991, the La Crosse County courthouse and jail were getting crowded. The building had been open only 26 years. It replaced a 60-year-old...
In December of 1967, members of the La Crosse State College band, the Marching Chiefs, were getting ready for nationwide exposure. The campus newspaper, the Racquet,...
At the end of 1971, La Crosse County board members were fighting over redistricting, with much of the battle over how many seats the board would...
In December of 1912, the president of the United States was preparing to leave office, after losing the November election. William Howard Taft was finishing his...
As 1966 came to a close, workers were completing construction of the new I-90 bridge at Dresbach. The center span of the bridge had been installed...
On the night before Christmas in 1968, astronauts in the Apollo 8 spacecraft were circling the moon. That day, they had become the first humans to...
In early 1982, an Assembly committee in Madison proposed a lottery for Wisconsin. Fifteen states already had them, and one estimate predicted $30 million a year...
In November of 1976, voters in the town of Medary passed referendums to put in sewer and water lines at a Highway 16 side where the...
In January of 1997, the Green Bay Packers made it back to the Super Bowl for the first time since Coach Vince Lombardi retired…a drought of...
One particular day in January of 1973 was historic in more ways than one…yesterday in La Crosse. January 22nd of ’73 was the first Monday in Richard...
It wasn’t going to be an easy Christmas for America in 1963. The holiday season began just after the November assassination of President Kennedy. A new...