An early April primary in 1988 brought several presidential hopefuls to La Crosse in the two weeks before the voting. Senator Al Gore held a rally...
In March of 1968, weather experts said no flooding was likely along the Upper Mississippi that spring. Just a year earlier, the river had reached almost...
In March of 1964, WKTY Radio was broadcasting the WIAA state basketball tournament, as well as important regional, sub-sectional, and sectional games. The playoffs were “presented”...
People in La Crosse were nervous in late May of 1984, when pipe bombs were being found throughout the city. At least six of the devices...
A new team competition started up in La Crosse in 1991, a Corporate Spelling Bee. A local literacy council recruited three-person teams from companies throughout the...
In the summer of 1992, a park near the Omni Center in Onalaska was named after former Mayor Shirleigh Van Riper. But objecting to the decision...
Seventy-seven years ago, in 1941, La Crosse police chief Herman Rick and traffic sergeant Lyle Gilbert said traffic lights would stay on 45 seconds before changing. ...
In early 1982, the La Crosse School District was considering more school closings because of declining enrollment. Two elementary schools on the north side, Roosevelt and...
During the race for mayor of La Crosse in 1939, candidate Donald Lyden used the word “amuck” to describe the city’s taxing practices. He was one...
In March of 1991, the La Crosse County courthouse and jail was getting crowded. The building had been open only 26 years. It replaced a 60-year-old...
In early 1974, folks in Cashton were complaining that their town wasn’t posted on signs near I-90 exits, so drivers trying to get to Cashton didn’t...
La Crosse’s third commercial TV station, WLAX-TV, signed on the air in late 1986, on Channel 25. It’s now better known as Fox-25, but the Fox...
In early 1971, Kenneth Lindner became the latest leader of the state college campus in La Crosse. Lindner rose from the faculty at La Crosse State...
In early 1972, a new choral group from Viterbo College was getting attention, called the Hallelujah Singers. The choir performed with the La Crosse Symphony during...
During the first week of March in 1959, a late winter storm brought 10 inches or more of snow to many parts of the state. The...
This may not be a leap year, but the #1 songs on certain leap days have stayed popular over the decades. Take the song that #1...
In the spring of 1966, Democrat Virgil Roberts of Holmen announced he would make a second run for the Assembly seat held by Norbert Nuttleman. Roberts...
In early 2013, attorneys on both sides in the Jeffrey Lepsch murder case were planning for a trial in the middle of the year, around May....
In 1967, the best known hotel in La Crosse was the Stoddard downtown, but motels were all over the place…like the Holiday Inn on the pike,...
In April of 1988, a popular animal at the Myrick Park Zoo, a bear named Roscoe, was put to sleep. Roscoe was a 12-year-old black bear,...