In early 1969, the La Crosse Tribune told readers that proper lighting could ‘spice up the bath,’ and add ‘decorating flair’ to a bathroom. Lighting options...
In July of 1967, leaders of La Crosse’s Oktoberfest carried on the tradition of representing the city at the Minneapolis Aquatennial. The local group would board...
In the summer of 1988, Australian Alan Bond had owned La Crosse’s Heileman Brewery for just about a year…completing a hostile takeover the previous fall. Bond...
In the summer of 1985, Madison’s Freedom from Religion Foundation launched its first effort to have a 10 Commandments marker removed from La Crosse’s Cameron Park. ...
In 1964, plans to build a K-Mart at Losey Boulevard and State Road were shut down by the La Crosse city council. They halted the project...
In 1990, a special ceremony took place in Vernon County, at which the state of Wisconsin formally apologized to native American tribes for the Bad Axe...
Forty years ago, in 1977, you could shop for groceries at the Food City Warehouse on George Street, Rich’s Fairway Market on South Avenue, and the...
Fifty years ago, in 1967, the president of La Crosse State, Sam Gates, announced plans for punishing students who demonstrated, or protested speakers on campus. Gates...
For the third year of La Crosse’s Oktoberfest in 1963, bandleader Guy Lombardo brought his Royal Canadians to the Sawyer Auditorium where 7000 people listened to...
In 1956, the state of Wisconsin would ask voters whether sheriffs out to serve more than two consecutive terms, of two years each. The idea was...
In June of 1990, the TV show ‘WWF Superstars of Wrestling’ featured bouts from the La Crosse Center three weeks in a row. On one episode,...
In 1972, the 4th of July fell on a Tuesday, and the La Crosse Tribune suggested that Independence Day become a Monday holiday, for the sake...
The CB radio fad may have been done by 1984, but special radios were still popular…especially police scanners, for people to listen to squad-car radios. Wettstein’s...
In July of 1964, Bangor attorney John Bosshard was driving his family to San Francisco, where he was going to serve as a delegate to the...
The U-S Supreme Court decided to settle a dispute over the drawing of political districts in Wisconsin…in June of 1962. The La Crosse Tribune ran an...
In the spring of 2005, Evan Zimmerman earned the chance at a retrial on a murder charge for which he had gone to prison. The Wisconsin...
In June of 1994, O.J. Simpson was arrested for a double murder after the infamous “white Bronco” chase in California. The Simpson case broke the same...
In June of 1990, former La Crosse Central principal Robert Bulthaus was sentenced to a month in jail, and apologized for misusing student activity funds during...
In the summer of 1985, Earl Karr was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Minnesota judge, for possessing an explosive device. Karr actually planted...
In early 1971, La Crosse Education Association members walked off the job for a day, shutting down all 20 schools in the district. The strike capped...