La Crosse’s International Friendship Gardens could be expanded again soon. The city’s Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department heard plans for adding new garden areas to honor...
It’s nearly a year since the eagle sculpture, that highlights the entrance to Riverside Park in La Crosse, was taken down. The giant metal base, bird...
Now that the Big Indian statue is gone from La Crosse’s Riverside Park, should another piece of art take its place? The city arts board led...
The Big Indian statue was removed from La Crosse’s Riverside Park during the summer of 2020, but there was an effort to take it down in...
How much power will the La Crosse arts board have in placing works of art around the city? Probably not too much. The city council judiciary...
Nearly two weeks after the Hiawatha statue was taken out of Riverside Park, La Crosse city leaders are working on plans for what might be put...
After 59 years of standing along the Mississippi River, Hiawatha has left La Crosse’s Riverside Park for a yet-undisclosed destination. The 25-foot Indian statue criticized for...
The large Native American statue in Riverside Park known as Hiawatha is scheduled to be removed on Monday morning. La Crosse Parks Director Jay Odegaard tells...
Two La Crosse city committees have now voted to have the Hiawatha statue in Riverside Park taken down. The original vote last week by the park...
A last-minute effort to prevent removal of the Hiawatha statue in La Crosse may have been a day late. WIZM News has learned that a preservation request...
La Crosse’s park board voted unanimously to proceed with removal of the Hiawatha statue from Riverside Park. That vote Thursday night came just moments after the...
In October of 1961, a large statue of an Indian was installed at the north end of La Crosse’s Riverside Park. The 25-foot statue by Central...
La Crosse’s park board is expected to vote Thursday night on the future of the Big Indian statue in Riverside Park. Mayor Tim Kabat says this...
On the same day that the Washington Redskins football team has announced it is changing the franchise name, the mayor of La Crosse says “it is...
