La Crosse’s holiday season officially kicks off Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, with the start of Rotary Lights. This year marks the 30th year of having...
A La Crosse holiday season tradition reaches the 30-year mark in 2024. Organizers with Rotary Lights have announced their plans for the display in Riverside Park...
We’re a month past Riverfest in La Crosse, and Oktoberfest is still several weeks from now. Between those two popular festivals, La Crosse celebrates Irish heritage...
The final touches for the Rotary Lights holiday display are being added this week in La Crosse’s Riverside Park. Volunteers spent the weekend stringing more lights...
La Crosse’s Oktoberfest grounds go Irish for this weekend. Crowds gathered there Friday afternoon for the start of Irishfest, as community leaders spoke and a bagpipe...
After devastating winds forced the cancellation of Rotary Lights and really put the season in jeopardy, the community rallied to get the holiday display up and...
For the first time in its 27-year history, Rotary Lights in La Crosse had to shut down for a night on Wednesday because of the threat...
A couple of notable things from talking with Rotary Lights president Pat Stephens this week on La Crosse Talk PM. First, they’re giving away a lot...
It may cost up to $13,000 to replace the electric cords stolen over the weekend from La Crosse’s Riverside Park, where Rotary Lights will be set...
For the first time in the history of Rotary Lights in La Crosse, someone has stolen equipment used for the holiday lighting display in Riverside Park....
La Crosse residents may think of 2020 as the year without Oktoberfest, Riverfest and some other local traditions. Rotary Lights, however, went on as usual last...
La Crosse’s traditional Irishfest returns next week, after a year off due to COVID-19. The three-day celebration opens Aug. 13 at the southside festgrounds. Irishfest spokesman...
You could call it “Christmas in March.” The organizers of Rotary Lights handed out dozens of checks on Tuesday to local charities, distributing money that was...
It could be a good sign of things to come over the next month. The first weekend of La Crosse’s Rotary Lights at Riverside Park saw...
At some point Friday morning, Santa and his reindeer will be landing in Riverside Park, gearing up to switch on Rotary Lights. A fireworks show is...
The Rotary Lights experience in downtown La Crosse will be changed a little this year from the usual festival. Some of the changes have resulted from...
Festival organizers for the 16th annual Irishfest said it was a “sad day” as they announced a decision to postpone the August event until 2021. “We...
The cars were lined up around the parking lots waiting to give. It was like that for the entire two hours. The La Crosse community rallied...
The fundraising drive to build a bandshell in La Crosse’s Riverside Park has reached its goal but, still, more money is needed for the project. Fundraising...
Another year has wrapped up for Rotary Lights in Riverside Park. Director Pat Stephens said he’s continually amazed by the support from midwest communities. “It really...
