In September of 1959, state GOP chairman Claude Jasper spoke to about 200 La Crosse County workers, and declared that the Wisconsin Democratic Party no longer...
In 1938, the attorney general of Wisconsin warned that the “marijuana evil” was not yet a major problem in the state. But A.G. Orland Loomis wanted...
Several popular songs call attention to the 9th month of the year. “September” by Earth, Wind, and Fire is one of the more recent, coming out...
The 1973 Oktoberfest medallion hunt ended abruptly when George Mekvold found the prize in the water at a fountain outside the south entrance to La Crosse...
Drive-through banking was a big deal…50 years ago, Yesterday in La Crosse. In September of 1967, an ad in the Tribune asked “What serves you with real...
During the Wisconsin State Fair of 1966, a plaque was unveiled to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s 1859 address to the Wisconsin Agricultural Society. That was a year...
In 1984, La Crosse joined the growing Crime-Stoppers program, known for running commercials about unsolved crimes and offering rewards for tips from citizens. The local Chamber...
La Crosse’s city charter was signed in 1856, but La Crosse was considered a settlement as early as 1842. That means a centennial for the city...
By the fall of 1972, La Crosse had torn down more than 60 buildings near the riverfront to make way for an urban renewal project called...
The La Crosse city council may soon decide to shorten the alternate-side parking season by about a month…starting the winter parking rules later, in mid-November, and...
In September of 1967, a citizen planning committee in La Crosse said the community had recovered from high unemployment resulting from plant closings such as Auto-Lite. ...
For students at UW-La Crosse booking a dorm room for the fall semester in 1978, the rates were rising. Reserving a bunk in a double room...
In 1970, baby doctor Benjamin Spock was becoming known as a political activist. Dr. Spock drew a crowd of about 1700 to Mitchell Hall at the...
Just before Labor Day of 1965, a new K-Mart store opened on State Road in La Crosse, across from the Village Shopping Center. K-Mart advertised itself...
In 1967, 12 students at La Crosse State were suspended for their roles in a couple of demonstrations. including an apparently spontaneous food “riot” in a...
Leaders of a La Crosse protest against coal mining led Mayor Matt Harter, Chancellor Joe Gow, and others in a chant of “Coal stinks” in the...
Fifty years ago tonight, in 1967, a record-setting audience for a regular TV series watched the final episode of “The Fugitive,” with David Janssen as Dr....
In the summer of 1969, Mrs. Mauree Applegate Clack of La Crosse died. She had taught education at La Crosse State for 21 years. Later that...
In the summer of 1960, Pastor Burdett W. Wakeman of the First Church of Christ at 8th and Cass was giving up his ministry there after...
Music legend Bob Dylan played at the La Crosse Center in October of 2001, just weeks after the 9-11 attacks. A review in the Tribune noted...