Only 14 states had presidential primaries in 1968. New Hampshire was first as usual, in March, favoring President Lyndon Johnson and former Vice President Richard Nixon. ...
By March of 1975, Billy Joel had scored two Top 40 hits, “Piano Man” and “The Entertainer.” You’d think that would make him a good draw...
In March of 1982, an ‘oil glut’ on the market led to some pump prices in Wisconsin dropping 5 cents in a week. The AAA said...
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 1970, Congress was talking about ways to preserve the popular Delta Queen paddlewheeler, which made regular trips on the Upper Mississippi. The boat was nearly...
In March of 1947, Congress passed a constitutional amendment, barring a president of the United States from being elected to more than two terms. The proposed...
In March of 1973, La Crosse Mayor Peter Gilbertson was seeking a second term, and declared that his administration was the first in the city to...
Four score and seven years ago, March 3rd of 1933, the U.S. was saying goodbye to President Herbert Hoover. The man from Iowa was voted out...
During the first week of March in 1959, a late winter storm brought 10 inches or more of snow to many parts of the state. The...
The Academy Awards were given out on the 29th of February in 1940, to honor plenty of movies from 1939 which have become classics. “Gone With...
In February of 1983, more than 100 million Americans watched the final episode of the “M*A*S*H” TV series. The 11-year run of the comedy about doctors...
In December of 1912, The Four Marx Brothers played a four-night stand at La Crosse’s Majestic Theater, in a play called “Mr. Green’s Reception.” Groucho, Harpo,...
In March of 1964, WKTY Radio was broadcasting the WIAA state basketball tournament, as well as important regional, sub-sectional, and sectional games. The playoffs were “presented”...
In February of 1995, Raymond Burke was installed as the new bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse in a two-hour mass at St. Joseph the...
In February of 1980, La Crosse School Superintendent Dick Swantz got his contract renewed–narrowly, by a 5-to-4 vote of the school board. Swantz had been in La...
On February 20th of 1962, astronaut John Glenn made three orbits around the earth aboard a Mercury capsule called “Friendship 7.” Glenn was the third American to...
In February of 1971, the La Crosse State campus conducted a disaster drill for emergency workers. They had to react to fictitious reports of tornadoes causing...
In late 1955, Joe Givens resigned as the boss of La Crosse’s Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium, claiming that he could not perform his duties as manager under existing conditions. Givens...
The April 1960 presidential primary in the Badger State proved to be a turning point for John Kennedy. The Massachusetts Senator scored 56 per cent of...
In 1966, Wisconsin Governor Warren Knowles predicted that the dairy state could repeal its ban on colored oleo-margarine within a few months. Knowles said oleo is...