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First of the big boats arrives in La Crosse for 2019 season

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The Queen of the Mississippi is docked at Riverside Park on Friday, for the first visit of a cruise boat to La Crosse for 2019

La Crosse has welcomed a big paddlewheeler for the first time this summer.

The Queen of the Mississippi arrived on the riverfront early this morning.

On Saturday, two other big riverboats are scheduled to dock at Riverside Park at the same time.

Eighteen riverboat stops are expected in La Crosse between now and the middle of October.

All of the boat visits which had been planned for July had to be cancelled, because the river stage was too high at the time.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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  1. Dawn Kinard

    August 10, 2019 at 2:34 pm

    I used to work for Countryside Tours/Lamers Bus Lines, in various capacities,one of my favorite was the fact that I was able to procure the transportation account for the 3 states! Back in the day of New Cell Phones. All the delays, figuring out different transportation. “Marcie Richardson”,my contact person in Louisiana. Very Proud!!! Thank you.

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