On March 23rd of 1976, former California Governor Ronald Reagan brought his presidential campaign to La Crosse. Reagan and his wife Nancy came to La Crosse...
In 1994, First Lady Hillary Clinton was promoting a national health-care program, which came to be called “Hillary-Care.” Mrs. Clinton had a telephone conference call with...
Sparta astronaut Deke Slayton was supposed to fly on one of the original Mercury space missions in the 1960’s, but a heart problem kept him...
In March of 1977, the La Crosse School Board accepted the resignation of superintendent Eugene Balts, who had accepted the same job in Rice Lake. To...
In 1959, Bingo games were illegal in Wisconsin. Some Milwaukee lawmakers tried to get a referendum on the ballot to permit Bingo. It didn’t happen until...
In March of 1969, the Apollo 9 mission was the first space flight to test the lunar module...
In 1968, the voting age was still 21, so many people attending college were not old enough to vote in the real presidential race. But Time...
The Minnesota Department of Highways announced in 1958 that a bridge for the proposed La Crosse to Sioux Falls interstate was to be...
In 1970, the university publicized plans to develop green space on campus between 16th Street and the football stadium. The proposed pedestrian mall would pass by...
In 1967, baseball fans in the Badger State had no major league franchise to call their own, after the Braves moved to Atlanta. For a few...
In early 1966, Wisconsin was one of five states being considered as a site for an underground atom-smashing facility, designed to force atoms to...
Fifty-four years ago, La Crosse had a primary for the April city elections on the first week of March....
In 1987, the La Crosse School Board debated whether to ban Sunday sports practices and school activities. Board members also had concerns about Wednesdays, because of...
In April of 1967, Milo Knutson woke up on a Sunday morning with chest pains and checked into St. Francis Hospital. Knutson was only 49, and...
A delegation from La Crosse took part in the St. Paul Winter Carnival of 1969. Two hundred persons from La Crosse took a train to...
In early 1976, a La Crosse council committee turned down a master plan for the university which would involve building a new sports stadium in the...
On February 9th, 1964, the Fab Four made their famous first live appearance on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show,’ sandwiched on Sunday night TV between ‘My Favorite...
In 1972, U-W-La Crosse was thinking of building a new football stadium on the far south side of town, at the Holy Cross seminary. The Wisconsin...
Principal Myron McKee of Longfellow was back in the news in January of 1977. The school district asked McKee to explain an incident where he saw...
In January of 1957, the La Crosse County Board narrowly turned down a plan to convert a county parking lot at 4th and Vine Streets to...