Some trees in downtown La Crosse are getting to be too big, especially the roots, and damaging the sidewalks and curbs. To avoid a situation where...
Fireworks will not be the only attraction in the sky above La Crosse’s Riverfest this year. The city of La Crosse will permit a Duluth company...
Swimming season is almost upon us in La Crosse, with most of the city beaches and pools to open officially in June. But one pool which...
The latest report on the condition of Hiawatha — the Native American-like statue in La Crosse’s Riverside Park — is not so good. City leaders estimate that...
La Crosse’s park board is expected to deal with art history at its monthly meeting Thursday night. That is, the board will hear about the history...
Sometime Tuesday afternoon, the Mississippi River could crest again in La Crosse, about three weeks after the last high-water mark. This would be the third crest...
City parks in La Crosse will generally be a ‘no smoking’ zone, following a vote last night by the city council. The vote count was 9-to-4...
Most of us wouldn’t even consider going for a swim in the Mississippi River this time of year. Most of us. One man, however, decided Wednesday...
The corporation that owns the Trane Company has put substantial money behind a project with the Trane name on it. The Ingersoll Rand Foundation donated $85,000...
The fundraising drive to build a bandshell in La Crosse’s Riverside Park has reached its goal but, still, more money is needed for the project. Fundraising...
Is alternate-side parking really necessary to help La Crosse clean leaves off the street in the fall, or is it just another idea for making money...
It’s still possible for the Mississippi River to crest on Wednesday, for the second time in less than a month. Overnight, the river has been at...
La Crosse’s alternate-side parking policy could start early this year, be enforced 24 hours and, likely, have nothing to do with snow. The parking rule could...
It seems just about everybody has a spring cleaning ‘to-do’ list. The city of La Crosse is no different. The city’s park board gave the OK...
The places where people can smoke in La Crosse could become more scarce soon. Smoking may be banned in all La Crosse parks, following a vote...
There will be more digging in La Crosse’s Riverside Park this year. Besides the rebuilding of the bandstand and creation of a new canopy, Xcel Energy...
Fix them, and move them? That could be the formula for improving some public works of art in La Crosse which are a bit weather-beaten. Members...
Local towns hit by flooding aren’t getting enough relief from the government and, what they are getting, isn’t coming fast enough. That’s what La Crosse area...
Riverside Park in La Crosse is being closed to the public, while the Mississippi remains high. The river began rising over the banks at Riverside during...
The ‘Moon Tunes’ series of summer concerts in La Crosse often has trouble avoiding bad weather on show nights…but it’s prepared for construction in Riverside Park...