In 1982, an executive with La Crosse’s cable TV franchise…then called Group W…was insulted that the city council wanted to review his company’s rates. Terry Myering...
In the summer of 1966, you could take a long weekend vacation to Niagara Falls by train, on the Milwaukee Road. The railroad promoted a four-day...
In 1979, Mayor Patrick Zielke of La Crosse decided to seek a third term. In those days, La Crosse’s mayor only served two-year terms, instead of...
During summer vacation in 1974, vandals tore apart the IMC, the library area, at Spence Elementary in La Crosse. The damage to the 10,000 square...
James “Bo” Gritz was running for president in 1992, and campaigned at the La Crosse Center that June. Gritz was a former Green Beret who had...
“Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.” People all over the earth heard those words coming from the moon on July 20th, 1969, when two Apollo...
In 2001, viewers of the Montel Williams talk show were introduced to James Schuman of Galesville. Schuman wasn’t a guest, but his estranged wife was…to talk...
In 1964, the city Plan Commission wanted to build a fire station at 5th and Cameron in La Crosse. It was supposed to replace stations on...
In 2013, the La Crosse park department was debating whether to keep the name Hood Park on public property along 5th Avenue South. There was a...
Glancing at newspaper ads from 1905, it seemed like everybody had kidney trouble. The papers advertised plenty of medicines that claimed to calm the kidneys. One...
Until July of 1962, La Crosse’s only TV station at the time, WKBT, waited until 8:30 in the morning to sign on for the day. But...
The La Crosse area already had shopping centers like the Village and Jackson Plaza in 1964, when Winona announced a proposed “miracle mall,’ using the name...
In August of 2007, the La Crosse area was inundated by flood waters after a very rainy Saturday. Less than a week after the disaster, FEMA...
Some 12 score years ago, our forefathers declared independence on the 4th of July. And many songwriters have included that date in their lyrics. Chicago did...
On July 2nd of 2015, President Barack Obama spoke at UW-La Crosse, in the Recreational Eagle Center. It was Obama’s only visit to the city during...
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...
La Crosse’s Riverfest was still fairly new in 1988…only in its sixth year. The 4th of July festival attracted big-name talent, such as singer John Prine. ...
Most people in La Crosse probably had never heard of the emerald ash borer until a city park board meeting in 2006. City forester Pat Bonadurer...
Soell’s Wines and Liquor announced in 2004 that it would close in December, ending more than 70 years of alcohol sales by Otto Soell’s family. Changes...
Former university president Rexford Mitchell died on the 4th of July that year. He was 77. Mitchell holds the longevity record among the people who have...