In May of 1977, J-C Penney agreed to open an anchor store at the Valley View Mall being planned along Highway 16,...
The issue goes to the very heart of our democracy. Voters in Wisconsin are finding their votes don’t matter much. That is because the current legislative...
In the summer of 1972, ‘The King and I’ was a summer theatre production in La Crosse, a joint project between the La Crosse Community Theatre...
College is a time when many people shape their world view, when they identify the issues they are passionate about, and speak out about them. In...
In May of 1969, a Prairie du Chien man won a federal lawsuit against a sawmill company, over an accident that cost...
We can still brag that Elvis Presley played at the Sawyer Auditorium on Monday, May 14th, 1956…between gigs in Minneapolis on Sunday...
In May of 1957, Senator McCarthy passed away at age 48. The cause of death was reported as a liver inflammation. McCarthy...
It is called the prevailing wage law, and some Wisconsin lawmakers think it is time for the law to go. Prevailing wage laws require governments to...
In April of 1967, La Crosse Festivals, Incorporated decided that the four-day fall celebration that year would open with the Miss Oktoberfest-La...
Finally, some common sense in Madison. Lawmakers are considering ending the state’s ban on the sale of home-baked goods. The legislation is called the “cookie bill.”...
In 1984, local developer Dick Barbour had a proposal to replace the former Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium with a high-rise building, which could contain a hotel...
School referendums are in the sights of some Wisconsin lawmakers. They want to make it harder for public school districts to hold referendums, considering legislation that...
It was no April Fool’s joke on the 1st of April in 1975, when La Crosse voters ousted two-term mayor Peter Gilbertson in favor of city...
Are students with cell phones in school a good thing? Onalaska Superintendent Fran Finco tells us about his school’s policy. {mp3}30109{/mp3}
The election was rigged. We heard that throughout the course of the recent presidential campaign. It wasn’t true of course. There is no evidence of millions...
On this day in 1985, a Wisconsin appeals court upheld the murder conviction of Terry Shaw of La Crosse. Shaw had been found guilty of the...
There can no longer be any debate. Justice is for sale in Wisconsin. Certainly that is the case on the state’s highest court, which has rejected...
In April of 1967, the Elks Club of La Crosse hosted the 4th annual Cotton Ball, a fund-raiser for the Twin Cities Shrine Hospital for crippled...
In April of 2001, the national media kept track of severe flooding on the Mississippi. For a couple of days, the focus was on La Crosse,...
Branding can be important for a business. It can help them stand out from their competitors. But is it important for government as well? La Crosse...