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...
In May of 1974, more than 1000 young Safety Patrol members from Wisconsin schools went on the patrol’s yearly bus trip to the Nation’s Capital, and Gettysburg. There...
In 1973, La Crosse had a three-way race for mayor between incumbent W. Peter Gilbertson, WKTY sales manager Phil Dyer, and St. Francis Hospital staffer James...
At Christmas-time of 1976, the head of La Crosse’s redevelopment authority, Charles Parrott, resigned to take a similar job in Colorado. Parrott had been hired by...