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 first four days of July in 1983 were set aside for a holiday festival in Riverside Park, called Riverfest. Organizers were hoping it would become...
On the weekend before the presidential election in 2000, Republican Dick Cheney and Democrat John Kerry both made trips to La Crosse, but not at the...
On a Saturday morning in June of 2009, a 300-pound black bear made its way into the city of La Crosse. It wound up in a...
The debut of WXOW, Channel 19, happened on March 7th of 1970, a day when the big story was a solar eclipse over North America. WXOW...
You would have heard Aretha Franklin a lot on the radio in 1967. She had five hits in the top 10 that year, including “Natural Woman,”...
In early 1992, District Attorney Scott Horne said several people arrested during the ’91 Oktoberfest had pled guilty, or they were convicted and sentenced. Run-ins with...
In 1990, a newspaper report said the La Crosse Area Convention and Visitor Bureau had spent $3 million in tax money, without actually being an elected...
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...
The Allied invasion of France on June 6th, 1944, was a major turning point in World War II, but back home, workers were still needed to...
On June 1st of 1967, the Beatles released their ground-breaking album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” Besides the title track, the “Sgt. Pepper” album also...
School was ending and summer was beginning in the last week of May, 1947 around the Midwest, when an extremely late-season snowstorm developed in the Rockies...
The year 1970 is remembered for anti-war protests, environmental awareness, and the breakup of the Beatles. For people watching TV that summer, there was a wide...
The La Crosse Queen paddlewheeler was being introduced in 1965. Roy Franz of the Big Indian Boat Lines said the new excursion boat could hold as...
In 1966, the police chief of Munich in West Germany visited La Crosse. Chief Manfred Schreiber was on a six-week tour of the U.S. Oktoberfest in...
In May of 1977, J-C Penney agreed to open an anchor store at the Valley View Mall being planned along Highway 16, near I-90. At the...
The Genoa power plant was meeting all federal safety requirements. That’s what Dairyland Power and federal officials told an audience in Viroqua in May of 1998,...
In May of 1967, Wisconsin lawmakers were talking about raising the drinking age to 21, and banning cigarette ads. At that time, 18-year-olds could drink beer...
The 8th of May in 1945 was declared V-E Day, marking the German surrender to the Allies in World War Two. It came five years and...
In early 1971, the state university board of regents approved beer sales at the La Crosse campus. The taps installed at the “Cellar” in Cartwright Center...