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...
It’s still more than 100 days until Thanksgiving weekend, and that should give volunteers for La Crosse’s Rotary Lights plenty of time to finish at least...
It’s official now from Moon Tunes–the entire 2020 season of Thursday night concerts in Riverside Park has been scrapped, because of the coronavirus. Just last week,...
Do you have ideas for a work of art that could replace Hiawatha on the La Crosse riverfront? The La Crosse arts board has a special meeting...
The societal view of having a 25-foot Native American-looking statue in the middle of the most popular park in La Crosse. That’s the complicated reason why...
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...
If you didn’t know that Saturday was the 4th of July, you wouldn’t have been able to tell it was a holiday in much of La...
Under normal circumstances, La Crosse’s Riverside Park would be filled with tents, stages, and visitors this week, during Riverfest. But the park is mainly empty, because the...
The new Riverside Park bandshell is getting very close to being done. Terry Bauer, organizer of the Moon Tunes concert series, is happy with recent work...
The schedule of possible Moon Tunes concerts in La Crosse for 2020 is rapidly shrinking. In a normal summer, there would be live concerts at Riverside...
On the first Thursday in June, concertgoers in La Crosse might normally see Bill Miller perform a Moon Tunes show at Riverside Park. There was no...
Peaceful demonstrations against racism in La Crosse are scheduled to resume Wednesday night, with a 7 p.m. gathering in Riverside Park, and city police are prepared...
La Crosse has had three peaceful demonstrations downtown since last Friday night, and Mayor Tim Kabat hopes future gatherings will remain peaceful. The next event in response...
Hundreds of demonstrators took part in mostly peaceful events in La Crosse this weekend, to protest the death of an African-American man while in police custody...
“Moon Tunes” is still a virtual experience for now in La Crosse, as local and state officials decide what activities can go ahead in Wisconsin. Rotary...
The ‘Moon Tunes’ season is starting a little early in La Crosse this year, but not at Riverside Park. The series of summer concerts is still...
One of La Crosse’s best-known works of art could get a makeover before the summer tourism season. The Eagle sculpture at the west end of State...
