Will the city of La Crosse try offering short-term shelter to the homeless this year? The city’s executive committee discussed Thursday increasing shelter options and facilitating...
The problem of how to handle homelessness in La Crosse returns to the city council floor Thursday. During their monthly meeting, council members will be asked...
A piece of “unfinished business” concerning camping in La Crosse parks, mainly by homeless people, comes back before city council members this month. On Wednesday night,...
La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds joins to talk about three huge topics affecting La Crosse — the recent shared revenue deal, the new homeless plan and...
It looks like homeless people who have been spending the winter at La Crosse’s Econolodge will be returning to Houska Park in a few weeks. The...
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...
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...
When it comes to how the city’s parks are used, it’s not always City Hall making decisions from the top down. If parks undergo major changes...
If any repairs are made to La Crosse’s Hiawatha statue, the burden may be on the city’s parks and rec. department or the board of public...
Turns out, putting a for sale sign on park land that’s deep in a floodplain isn’t without complications. That’s what has delayed turning La Crosse’s north...
The city of La Crosse now has a highly visible job opening to fill at the top of the park department. Parks and rec. director Steve...
The move to turn a La Crosse city park into surplus property is back. The city’s park board this week again considers a proposal to declare...
La Crosse’s Lueth Park isn’t just for skateboards any more. The park along Lang Drive now becomes a destination for bicycle riders, as well, after a...
They broke ground for Trane Park on Wednesday morning. The 9-acre park is being converted into an all-abilities playground — one of only a handful now in...
The ultimate fate of a north side La Crosse park likely won’t be decided for another month. The move to declare the 8.5 acre Wittenberg Park...
Trading in park land for new housing sounds good to one La Crosse city council member. Andrea Richmond represents the area that includes Wittenberg Park on...
La Crosse may be on the verge of losing some park land. Actually, selling it, would be more accurate. The city is considering getting rid of...
Donations and volunteers appear to be the new recipe for success for improving parks in La Crosse. That’s the mix that is leading to the update...
Two swings newly placed in La Crosse’s downtown Burns Park have pretty clear purpose. “We put the swingset in there as a reaction to some of...
‘Tent City’ may have been taken down along La Crosse’s riverfront, but there’s a new trouble spot near downtown. Burns Park on Main Street, near the...
