On this day last year, in 2016, Indiana Governor Mike Pence campaigned at UW-La Crosse as the new Republican vice presidential nominee. Pence led a mid-afternoon...
Last year, La Crosse Congressman Ron Kind ran unopposed in the November election in Wisconsin’s 3rd District. Back in 1986, the House race was more lively,...
In August of 1968, downtown La Crosse’s largest hotel, the Hotel Stoddard, put up a huge new rooftop sign that summer, spelling out the building’s name...
The Heileman Brewery of La Crosse was eager to buy Milwaukee’s Blatz Brewery in the summer of 1969. Heileman offered $8.5 million for Blatz, competing with...
In the summer of 1965, the University of Wisconsin was talking about building a second campus in Madison…predicting that the school couldn’t hold more than 40,000...
During the summer of 1956, a committee planning a ramp on Market Square met at the Hotel Stoddard, and was told that a lack of downtown...
In 1960, La Crosse city leaders were making plans for a community festival like the Aquatennial in Minneapolis or the St. Paul Winter Carnival, but one...
On August 2nd of 1977, voters in the La Crosse school district turned out for an unusual summer election, and threw five school board members out...
The La Crosse State campus paper, the “Racquet,” pointed out that the local college was the smallest in the state system at only 53 acres. A...
On July 31st in 1972, Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri resigned as the Democratic nominee for vice president. Eagleton had been on the ticket with George...
In the summer of 1957, city engineer Zenno Gorder told the La Crosse Businessman’s Club that the community needed a second arterial street to take some...
In 1976, La Crosse Mayor Pat Zielke was calling for the disbanding of the Redevelopment Authority, saying that the idea had been suggested by Washington, which...
In the summer of 1965, Wisconsin lawmakers were working on ways to fund highway projects through bonds, instead of having to impose user fees. Interstate 90...
In 1974, you could see a big sign along Mormon Coulee Road, promoting a new shopping center to be built soon near the Holy Cross Seminary. ...
In the summer of 1983, Assemblyman John Medinger introduced a bill to require anyone between the ages of 18 and 21 in Wisconsin to get a...
In August of 1992, Governor Bill Clinton launched his fall campaign for president after the Democratic convention by taking a bus tour through the Midwest with...
Nine years ago, in the fall of 2008, a new traffic signal was installed at the intersection of West Avenue and Pine Street. The signal had...
In July of 1968, the La Crosse County Board chose to postpone the planned retirement of blacksmith Hjalmer Overson for a year. Overson was about to...
In July of 1963, Mayor Milo Knutson vetoed an addition for Logan Junior High School, which would have included an indoor-outdoor swimming pool. It was the...
At Riverfest is 2006, the Freight House was selling prime rib sandwiches. Drugan’s Castle Mound had hamburgers and ‘chatwiches.’ Ciatti’s offered chicken cappellini and a chicken...