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Alternate-side parking tickets up 5,000 in La Crosse this winter, though 2/3 weren’t fined

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La Crosse alternate-side parking this winter resulted in more than 18,000 tickets. 

That’s 5,000 tickets above the number issued during the winter a year ago. 

La Crosse police said about two-thirds of the overnight parking tickets were first offense, so no fine was charged. 

A ticket for second violations start at $15. 

The four-month special parking rules ended Sunday.  

The La Crosse Police Parking Utility issued a total of 18,363 citations during the 2019-20 season. Of those, 12,055 were first offense — a $0.00 ticket. There were 6,308 second offense tickets issued.

By comparison, 13,314 parking citations were issued during the 2018-19 season.

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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