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...
In April of 1959, the introduction of America’s first seven astronauts was front-page news around the country, and especially for the La Crosse Tribune, which touted...
In 1973, the La Crosse Park Department wanted the city to buy the site of the Old Central High School, at 15th and Cass, to use...
In the fall of 1989, La Crosse hosted the first official delegation from the Russian sister city of Dubna, then part of the Soviet Union. Three...
The new store near Losey and State Road in June of 1957 was a Kroger’s supermarket, in the Village Shopping Center, offering “acres of free parking.” ...
The “Batman” TV show starring Adam West was a hit in the summer of 1966, and a movie version was about to open at La Crosse’s...
Starting on June 17th of 1963, La Crosse County would begin building its new courthouse on 4th Street. The nearly two million dollar courthouse and jail...
The 1991-92 academic year was one of the most chaotic in the La Crosse school system with school leaders and citizens arguing for most of the...
In 1982, people who worked in downtown La Crosse were waiting to see when construction would start on the First Bank Tower at 2nd and Main,...
While the band called the Beatles was conquering America in ’64, Midwestern cities were trying to fight against tree-eating beetles that were spreading Dutch elm disease. ...
It was early on the morning of June 5th, 1968, in much of America. Senator Robert Kennedy had won the California Democratic presidential primary. Within three...