Some counties in Wisconsin have used the same courthouse for a century or more. For example, Vernon County has used the same building in Viroqua for...
Before Valley View Mall opened in 1980, shopping in La Crosse happened downtown, mostly between 4th and 6th Streets. The big local name was Doerflinger’s at...
Late in April of 1965, the domed courthouse in downtown La Crosse was demolished, after being used for 61 years. A new jail and courthouse had...
In July of 1943, the Second World War was raging on several fronts. Just on the front page of the La Crosse Tribune, the Secretary of the...
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...
After the “First Edition” band from the 1960’s broke up, singer Kenny Rogers launched a solo career, hitting the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975 with the...
In the summer of 1971, La Crosse’s city plan commission gave early approval to $5.1 million in improvement projects. Just one year earlier, La Crosse had...
Lincoln Neprud became a circuit judge 67 years ago, in 1952. Neprud was a Vernon County judge appointed by the governor to succeed Leonard Roraff as...
