In 1972, Wisconsin was among several Midwestern states considering a state-run lottery. Observers were betting on Illinois or Michigan becoming the first state in the region...
On this day in 1975, the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 75 mph winds on Lake Superior, less than 20 miles from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. ...
In November of 1969, the Interstate Commerce Commission was holding hearings on whether to let the Milwaukee Road end its afternoon “Hiawatha” run between Chicago and...
In November of 1977, downtown La Crosse was still the city’s main shopping area, with the big stores open on Friday nights. The Downtown La Crosse...
In the fall of 1965, Greek organizations at La Crosse State ran a week-long campaign, asking for people around the city to donate cookies to be...
In 1981, the air traffic controllers union went on strike, and the Reagan White House fired the strikers. One result of the strike and dismissals was...
By the fall of 1976, La Crosse had spent years trying to decide what to build in the old warehouse district between 2nd Street and the...
The old 1965 courthouse and jail in La Crosse is now being converted to housing. That building replaced an old jail at 10th and Zeisler Streets…and...
In late 1966, Dairyland Power announced plans for another generator at the site of its nuclear plant in Genoa. The $18 million plant would use steam...
The presidential campaign was winding down on Halloween of 1976, with election day on November 2nd. For the first time ever, an incumbent U.S. President (Gerald...
It happened the night before Halloween, 1938. “The Mercury Theatre on the Air” on CBS Radio broadcast a new version of “The War of the Worlds,”...
Fifty-three years ago, the Portland Cement Association of Milwaukee was running newspaper ads in La Crosse touting the long life of a street made of concrete. ...
In 1958, La Crosse Mayor Milo Knutson suggested having city council meetings in the morning or afternoon, when other city offices would be open and the...
Just before Halloween, in 2015, the Wisconsin DNR announced that it had built new condos for brown bats that had been living in the old I-90...
In October of 1957, La Crosse State president Rexford Mitchell announced that construction of a new union building would start in the winter or spring. The...
In October of 2000, a special committee in La Crosse held a hearing on the future of the “Big Indian” statue in Riverside Park, nicknamed “Hiawatha.” ...
In October of 1977, Judge James Rice of Monroe County launched a bid for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Rice said the main issue of his campaign...
In the month before the 1960 presidential election, both major candidates campaigned in La Crosse. Vice President Richard Nixon spoke at the Sawyer Auditorium one day...
The La Crosse city council took up a public consumption ordinance in 1975. The ordinance would prohibit drinking on the streets of the city, or the...
In the fall of 1992, the La Crosse County Republican Party had a meeting shortly after the election in which President George Bush had been defeated...