The year 1973 was one of breaking barriers in La Crosse, when the city elected its first female council member, Sharon Imes. That was the same...
For all of the businesses that can operate at one location for decades, you can find many others that have much shorter lives, or move around....
The year 2004 was big for La Crosse in different ways. A presidential election year brought candidates to the city, including the incumbent president, George W....
The year 1975 was a time for change in La Crosse. Lots of old buildings along the riverfront were being torn down in the 1970s, with...
For a decade, Freedom Fest was more than just a summer event “Yesterday in La Crosse” — it was a heartfelt celebration of our veterans and...
Big box stores are slowly becoming extinct. The La Crosse area has a few examples of those that are no more, including multiple Kmarts and Shopkos,...
For more than 40 years, La Crosse has developed sister-city partnerships with communities in several foreign countries. Visitors to north side of Riverside Park can see...
He went from being ‘Jimmy Who’ to the president in a very short time. Jimmy Carter served as president from 1977 to 1981, making a few...
The Rotary Lights display in La Crosse’s Riverside Park is now a 30-year tradition shining along the riverfront every night from Thanksgiving weekend to New Year’s...
It was called the Cheese League. NFL teams holding minicamp across Wisconsin, and UW-La Crosse was host to one of those teams for a dozen years....
In December of 1959, the Mt. La Crosse ski hill opened for business, near Highway 35 in the town of Shelby. Ted Motschman and his wife...
Before Valley View Mall opened in 1980, shopping in La Crosse happened downtown, mostly between 4th and 6th Streets. The big local name was Doerflinger’s at...
In November of 1974, Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey spoke in the new North Hall of UW-L, now called Wimberly Hall. Democrat Lucey was seeking a second...
A newspaper story in November of 1974 called the jobless rate in La Crosse County “chronically high.” The rate was around 8-10% with thousands of people unable...
In April of 1973, the immediate La Crosse area received 16 inches of snow in just 36 hours. It was the third biggest snowstorm on record...
“Everybody gets to go to the moon” was part of the lyric of a popular song in 1969, but only three men actually got to take...
Nov. 22 in 1963 marked the last time that Americans woke up with a president who would not be alive by the end of the day. ...
