In 1981, the Ice Capades announced it would do seven shows at the La Crosse Center, only open a year. The long run was the result...
On this day in 1962, astronaut John Glenn made three orbits around the earth aboard a Mercury capsule called “Friendship 7.” Glenn was the third American...
Many presidents and candidates for the job have made it to the La Crosse area in the summertime. In August 1979, President Jimmy Carter traveled down...
Lincoln’s birthday was observed this week, but do you remember the date of his Gettysburg Address? It was November 19, 1863, at the town in Pennsylvania...
In 1978, the La Crosse School District decided to close four elementary schools, and put together a list of six schools to choose from. The list...
In 1990, the Crossing Meadows Plaza near Exit 4 of I-90 was quickly being developed. A year earlier, part of that area was considered as a...
In 1981, the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce took a $20,000 study that had been gathering dust and looked at it again, in search of ways...
In February of ’72, former Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy talked with U-W-L students at Cartwright Center. The 1968 presidential candidate warned that the presidency could become...
On this night in 1964, the Fab Four made its first live appearance on U.S. television, on “The Ed Sullivan Show”…sandwiched on Sunday night TV between...
They don’t make Ramblers any more, but it was a popular car model in 1956, and got between 17 and 24 miles a gallon. In those...
In 1943, the U.S. was at war in Europe and the Pacific, and Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt was already a record-holder on his third term in...
In 1990, the Wisconsin DNR was ordering a cleanup at the Shiftar Brothers salvage yard near Gillette Street. The city of La Crosse was in the...
In 1993, about 40 people gathered at Aquinas High School one weekend to hear speakers warn about porn. One person on the program suggested that there...
In January of 1974, the Minnesota Vikings reached the Super Bowl for the second time…finishing the regular NFL season with a 12-2 record after opening with...
In early 1968, the Rivoli Theater was showing a low-budget movie called “Maryjane,” about the evils of marijuana. “Maryjane” starred singer Fabian as a teacher framed...
One of the most notorious quotes from a U.S. president in recent history happened 20 years ago today, in 1998, when President Bill Clinton said “I...
In 1980, leaders of the La Crosse School District found themselves in a tight spot. They had to give 15 days public notice before scheduling budget...
In January of 1967, a million-dollar grant was approved for Viterbo College’s new fine arts center. The state higher educational aids commission said yes to the...
Thirty-five years ago, the city of La Crosse was getting ready to replace the Green Acres overhead…the bridge on State Road that passed over railroad tracks...
January 22nd of ’73 was the first Monday in Richard Nixon’s second term as president. Nixon had been inaugurated two days before, after winning 49 states...