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Web watcher: Dog attack brings biting comments (2008/08/21)
The breed took a few hits, but pit bulls’ humans took more lumps this week at www.lacrossetribune.com as readers got riled about the case of the canine impounded after it attacked phone company workers.

Every two years, I’m a sports junkie for two weeks (2008/08/20)
WINONA, Minn. — I’m getting tired of living on Beijing time. Broadcast live from 11 time zones away, these Olympics are seriously playing hob with my bedtime.

Dan Springer: Construction gives us a road map to ourselves (2008/08/19)
I believe God gives us obstacles and annoyances as a way to teach us things about ourselves.

Larry Olson: Do your bones measure up? (2008/08/18)
It was one of those sunny days last week, and my bones felt just fine. But I went anyway, to Degen Berglund in the Village for a bone density test. Why?

JOE ORSO: Talking about war in La Crosse (2008/08/17)
La Crosse became a crossroads last week for two groups of travelers moving through the American landscape during a war.

Ryan Stotts: Finding your own voice — and getting it heard (2008/08/16)
Sometimes people at city council meetings get antsy. If they come because they’re angered, concerned or enthused about a project or idea, they usually have to sit through a lot of boring agenda items before they get to “their” topic.

Autumn Grooms: Alternative to closing schools offered (2008/08/15)
Superintendent Jerry Kember presented an alternative Monday that could potentially revive La Crosse’s North Side elementary schools.

Marc Wehrs: Packers were fools ... GO, PACK! (2008/08/14)
The day after Brett Favre became a New York Jet, Favre’s fans and detractors visited www.lacrossetribune.com to alternately trash and praise Green Bay general manager Ted Thompson and the NFL’s iron-man quarterback.

Jerome Christenson: Getting green in your backyard (2008/08/13)
WINONA, Minn. — Aside from an insatiable appetite for beefsteak and a reasoned skepticism regarding sunscreen and the threats posed by second-hand smoke, lead paint and amalgam fillings, I like to think of myself as a pretty green guy.

SAMANTHA MARCUS: City-run ambulance plan raising alarms (2008/08/12)
If what I’m hearing is any indication, a zealous opposition is building against the La Crosse mayor and fire chief’s plan for a city-run ambulance.

Larry Olson: 67 years built on nothing less than togetherness (2008/08/11)
Ken and Marge Allen — you gotta’ love ’em.

Joe Orso: Teen takes time to get to know father, La Crosse (2008/08/10)
The best time of Torrence Chester’s life has been this summer, he said, sitting next to his son, T.C., in Torrence’s La Crosse apartment.

Curt Trnka: Favre update number 999: He’s a Jet! (2008/08/09)
Now that the circus of Brett Favre unretiring is finished, we all can get back to living our normal lives.

KJ Lang: International students build lifetime bonds here (2008/08/08)
Although she speaks English, Ivy Ho did not need words to describe why she has kept in touch with her La Crosse host family for 11 years.

Dan Springer: Alternative jail debate stays civil (2008/08/07)
Civil discourse fans must be eating up how the latest wave of discussions have gone on establishing a home for women jail inmates on La Crosse’s North Side.

Larry Olson: Bringing back reel outdoor entertainment (2008/08/04)
HOLMEN, Wis. — Yes, we can go back in time and revive pleasant memories.

Wrestling the green giant (2008/08/03)
The battles begin every morning in the bathroom. I use the toilet and wonder whether to flush and waste water, or leave the urine, but risk staining the white porcelain.

Guess who’s coming to dinner? (2008/08/02)
La Crosse Tribune It’s the good old summertime, and this year is particularly good.

Autumn Grooms: Kember joins ranks of cancer survivors (2008/08/01)
La Crosse School District Superintendent Jerry Kember attended the American Cancer Society Relay For Life for years to show his support to those fighting the battle.

Jerome Christenson: That Bill could tell a story (2008/07/31)
Bill loved to tell stories. Workingmen’s stories mostly, from a time when nicknames were more common and more colorful and bad habits were often pursued with a gusto that would lead to counseling and group therapy today.

Samantha Marcus: City to drinkers: Get out of the park (2008/07/29)
It seems as though we’ve got some problem parks around these parts. Parks with a bad reputation.

Larry Olson: Therapeutic music to soothe the soul (2008/07/28)
A man kicked by a horse was not responding to medical treatment. One day, he heard John singing “Home, Home on the Range” from the famous American cowboy rendition of “Home on the Range.” The refrain struck a chord within the man’s musical recall; he reached out his hand and began singing along.

Joe Orso: You’ll never guess who’s gone green (2008/07/27)
Which La Crosse store plans to sell locally grown corn, pumpkins, apples and other produce this fall, and stocks cloth bags that read, “Paper or Plastic? Neither.”

KJ Lang: Traveling the U.S. to put Viterbo on the map (2008/07/25)
In the past year, Rick Walters, Viterbo’s theater department chairman, has visited Kentucky, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, New York and California.

Marc Wehrs: Site visitors critical of ticket for bunny prank (2008/07/24)
When police issued citations for littering to the perpetrators of a practical joke, visitors at www.lacrossetribune.com cried foul.

Jerome Christenson: Where have all the children gone? (2008/07/23)
WINONA, Minn. — It’s been a quiet summer … too quiet.

Larry Olson: Much more than nutrition on the menu (2008/07/22)
In La Crosse County, senior citizens are offered ways to help other seniors.

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