Old Man River got too high, too often in 2019 for riverboats to have a normal touring season. About one-third of the 22 planned paddlewheeler stops...
The prosecution has rested its case at the Erik Sackett murder trial in La Crosse, but the defense doesn’t see much of a case. Sackett is...
Halloween night of 1975 was a Friday. On that night, the student union at UW-L showed “Psycho” and “The Birds,” a student play was performed at...
If you pay them more, will they run? The La Crosse County Board will debate the idea of raising its own pay by about $300 a...
The jury at a La Crosse murder trial hears from a neighbor of the presumed murder victim. Irina Gebhardt testified Thursday about her last encounters with...
Erin Somvilai’s neighbor has testified about Erin’s last days, at the La Crosse murder trial of Erik Sackett. Irina Gebhardt lived in the same Rose Street...
The defense in the Erik Sackett murder trial has been busy arguing that a La Crosse woman’s death was not murder. A Rochester doctor who performed...
Did Erin Somvilai run away shortly before she died? The man accused of killing Erin reportedly thought she did, but Erin’s step-sister says no. Molly Peacock...
A burglary suspect in La Crosse is scheduled to go on trial. George Goins pleads not guilty to burglary and bail jumping. Goins and another man...
The average American salary in 1934, during the Depression, was around $1400 a year. A doctor could make $3000 per year, and a lawyer, about $4000....
Was the death of Erin Somvilai a suicide instead of murder? That’s the argument being promoted heavily by the defense in the Erik Sackett trial, being held in La...
Jurors at the Erik Sackett murder trial in La Crosse have heard from the father of the woman Sackett is charged with killing. Erin Somvilai’s father...
The #1 song on the week before Halloween of 1962 was “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett. In 1991, Pickett performed the song at an outdoor...
Fourteen jurors have been chosen from a pool of 67 to hear the La Crosse murder trial of Erik Sackett. Jury selection started around 9 a.m....
A cease-fire in Vietnam could happen before the end of ’72. That’s what a group of wealthy contributors to President Nixon’s re-election campaign was being told...
A La Crosse man suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend and putting her weighted body in a Vernon County lake goes on trial Monday. The homicide trial...
The new community survey being conducted by the City of La Crosse could have an impact on housing priorities in the city. Community development administrator Caroline...
A repeat offender in La Crosse County is getting a break on bond, a week after being sentenced to the county jail for attacking his ex-girlfriend....
It happened the night before Halloween, 1938. “The Mercury Theatre on the Air” on CBS Radio broadcast a new version of “The War of the Worlds,”...
A bigger lobby, with large windows and an indoor staircase, along with a second ballroom and new seats for the main arena. Those were on display...