On election night of 1980, American voters changed course by replacing Democratic President Jimmy Carter with Republican Ronald Reagan. The election happened on the first anniversary...
UW-La Crosse hosted a couple of notable people in September of 1975. One of them was already world-famous…anthropologist Margaret Mead. She spoke to overflow audiences at both...
In August of 1979, President Jimmy Carter took a Mississippi River cruise on the Delta Queen, along with First Lady Rosalynn and their daughter Amy. The...
July 31st, 1980 was opening day for La Crosse’s largest indoor shopping mall, Valley View Mall. Bigger than the other local shopping centers, the Village, Bridgeview,...
“He waffles, he wiggles.” That’s what the president said about his campaign opponent in 1976, yesterday in La Crosse. President Gerald Ford turned 63 years...
In January of 1977, principal Myron McKee of Longfellow Junior High was back in the news. The La Crosse school district asked McKee to explain an...
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter celebrated his 95th birthday on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. president to reach that milestone as he continues his humanitarian work...
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter carved an unlikely path to the White House in 1976 and endured humbling defeat after one term. Now, six administrations later,...
