(2008/12/01)
About 4 inches of snow had fallen by Sunday night in parts of the region, contributing to several minor automobile accidents as motorists returned from holiday trips.
(2008/12/01)
Grab a comfortable spot at the window side because the countdown to New Year’s begins today.
(2008/12/01)
Since his retirement in 2002, Jim Gallagher has been busier than ever.
(2008/12/01)
NEW YORK (AP) In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards.
(2008/12/01)
SPARTA, Wis. Tyler Tripp is once again living in his childhood home, this time with a wife and two kids of his own, a new generation putting its stamp on this stately home on the outskirts of Sparta. It is one of four homes on the Christmas Walk in Sparta Saturday.
(2008/12/01)
WINONA, Minn. Jon Mullen worries about Christmas Eve.
(2008/12/01)
MADISON Several times over the past decade, Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced legislation to change the rules for statewide election campaigns. Each time the proposals failed.
(2008/12/01)
Q: What is the history of La Crosse’s former Pop Dock? Are any of its soda pop recipes available?
(2008/11/30)
Ten years after a referendum fended off a new north-south highway through the middle of La Crosse, fears linger that the issue could re-emerge at any time.
(2008/11/30)
Natural Christmas trees will be allowed in Wisconsin churches after all.
(2008/11/30)
MADISON — Ready to pay a couple extra cents every time you buy a soda?
(2008/11/30)
As 2008 draws to a close, the Tribune is preparing to honor its seventh Person of the Year. Readers are encouraged to nominate the person they believe has significantly and positively affected the community in 2008. The winner along with a list of finalists will be published Jan. 1. Nominating letters of 300 words or less can be sent to: Tribune Person of the Year, 401 N. Third St., La Crosse, WI 54601; or e-mailed to srada@lacrossetribune.com. The deadline for submission is Dec. 8.
(2008/11/30)
Kelly Anderson is experiencing her first Christmas season as a store owner in downtown La Crosse.
(2008/11/30)
Kathy Grodevant sits behind the front desk at WAFER, but she has another connection to the agency that shows her the other side of that desk.
(2008/11/30)
SPARTA — Three High Point Charter School students have been inspired by a Sparta native who spent her life advocating equality.
(2008/11/30)
A national nonprofit organization that helps the families of deployed and wounded service members has opened its state headquarters in Tomah.
(2008/11/29)
At about 11:30 a.m., Jan Werner, 41, of Stoddard was reaching the end of a shopping marathon.
(2008/11/29)
EYOTA, Minn. In the late 1930s, Adolph Schumann was plowing a corn field on his family’s Olmsted County farm when he hit a rock.
(2008/11/29)
Hospital and clinic prices at Gundersen Lutheran will rise an average of 4.4 percent Jan. 1, the lowest rate increase in 11 years.
(2008/11/29)
ONALASKA - Saving energy in small ways is saving the Onalaska School District big money.
(2008/11/29)
The La Crosse-Luoyang Friendship Association is inviting the public to join a China tour next spring that will include a four-day official visit to Luoyang, La Crosse’s Sister City in that nation.
(2008/11/29)
The annual tradition known as the Holiday Train will chug into La Crosse from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. Dec. 11.
(2008/11/29)
LA CRESCENT - With the elementary school’s large gymnasium in poor condition and other problems throughout the building, the La Crescent-Hokah School District will soon decide whether to make the necessary repairs or consider contructing a new buidling.
(2008/11/29)
WHAT HAPPENED: Two people were injured when the SUV they were in went out of control on South Avenue about 11:10 p.m. Thursday. Witnesses told La Crosse police the SUV was speeding and hit a raised median. It then struck a light pole and collided with an oncoming car near the intersection of Fourth and Hood streets. One of the occupants of the SUV was thrown from the vehicle, while the second was nearly ejected. Both were taken to a La Crosse hospital and are in serious condition. The people in the car were wearing seat belts and were treated at the scene. No names have been released.
(2008/11/29)
Police say they nabbed two drunken drivers early Friday, both of whom had been driving the same vehicle.
(2008/11/28)
When 6-year-old Andrew Skemp finished his miniature pumpkin, it was no longer just an orange gourd.
(2008/11/28)
CHASEBURG Jon Carson never planned for a career in politics.
(2008/11/28)
After spending more years in the auto body business than she cares to mention, Tracy Proksch knows fall means business will be picking up.
(2008/11/28)
Students at La Crosse’s elementary schools are improving their reading skills as they progress through the primary grades, according to information presented recently to the school board.
(2008/11/28)
A single vehicle rollover crash closed Cass Street near Aquinas High School for nearly an hour Thursday afternoon and left the female driver hospitalized, the La Crosse Police Department reported.
(2008/11/28)
WILTON An 18-year-old Tomah man was injured Thursday when the car he was driving struck a ditch and rolled on Hwy. 131, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.
(2008/11/28)
ROCKLAND As of Dec. 31, Rockland will no longer get its police coverage from the Bangor Police Department after the villages were unable to reach agreement on a new contract.
(2008/11/28)
VIROQUA The Vernon County Board decided to put some teeth into animal control, approving a new ordinance on “domestic livestock running at large.”
(2008/11/28)
VIROQUA Vernon County officials have said inquiries have been made into siting a 1,000- to 2,000-head dairy operation between Westby and Viroqua.
(2008/11/28)
TOWN OF ONALASKA The Onalaska Town Board heard another entertaining suggestion for land bordering the former town dump at its meeting this week: Use it for tractor pulls.
(2008/11/28)
One of the easiest ways to change the world is with your pocketbook.
(2008/11/28)
Rochelle Halama thought it was just another junk e-mail.
(2008/11/27)
Angie is a single mom who works with special needs children. To make ends meet, she donates plasma.
(2008/11/27)
ONALASKA — Ginny Clark spent Christmas 2006 with itchy, yellowing skin.
(2008/11/27)
As 2008 draws to a close, the Tribune is preparing to honor its seventh Person of the Year.
(2008/11/27)
Whether he’s hoping to find something his attorney couldn’t or just refuses to give up, Irvin Ramirez now wants to handle the appeal of his homicide conviction for the 2007 death of a college student.
(2008/11/27)
A La Crosse common council member with a reputation as a fiscal conservative announced his candidacy for mayor Wednesday.
(2008/11/27)
The University of Wisconsin System announced Wednesday it’s responding to the state’s financial crisis by scrutinizing employee out-of-state travel and looking for other ways to save, including possibly consolidating and eliminating unpopular programs.
(2008/11/27)
SPARTA A Sparta house where a woman was murdered by her boyfriend with an ashtray in 2001 will be destroyed.
(2008/11/27)
FORT McCOY A security and wildlife perimeter fence will be built at the Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport.
(2008/11/27)
WHAT WE KNEW: Douglas Sidie, 39, of Hatfield, Wis., was charged in the Nov. 7 death of his ex-wife, Alisha Sidie, 27. He is accused of shooting her in the face outside their Hatfield home during an argument. He reported her missing Nov. 8 and a weeklong search was halted Nov. 15 when he led authorities to her body in the wooded area of the town of Komensky. Jackson County Circuit Judge Thomas Lister is recusing himself from the case because he represented Douglas Sidie in a 2002 civil case. Douglas Sidie’s Nov. 19 initial appearance was adjourned until a substitute judge is assigned.
(2008/11/27)
The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
(2008/11/26)
BLACK RIVER FALLS -- A Hatfield man charged with homicide in the shooting death of his ex-wife earlier this month will remain in jail without bond, a judge ruled Tuesday.
(2008/11/26)
ARCADIA -- “Miracle baby” is often a cliche, but it fits Isaac Wolfe of Fountain City perfectly.
(2008/11/26)
HOLMEN -- It took a relationship with an incarcerated man to renew one woman’s faith, shattered years before by her father’s death.
(2008/11/26)
About 41 million people nationwide are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home during the Thanksgiving holiday period, 600,000 fewer than in 2007, as tough economic times take their toll, according to AAA.
(2008/11/26)
Don’t expect to see the Delta Queen, American Queen or Mississippi Queen steamboats visit La Crosse in 2009.
(2008/11/26)
Despite new protections, hazardous toys still lurk on store shelves this season.
(2008/11/26)
A group of Winona-area investors won’t need to complete further environmental study of an ethanol plant they propose to build in Eyota, Minn., state officials ruled Tuesday.
(2008/11/26)
WEST SALEM — The Hazel Brown Leicht Memorial Library will be closed this week and possibly longer after a heating system malfunction sent water pouring from the ceiling onto books and carpeting.
(2008/11/26)
The Scenic Bluffs Chapter of the American Red Cross, 2927 Losey Blvd. S., will hold the following classes during December:
(2008/11/26)
The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
(2008/11/26)
A sex offender will be released Dec. 2 in Sparta. Bradley Bakken, 23, will live at 13051 Fedora Road, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department. Bakken was convicted of third-degree sexual assault of a 15-year-old female in 2005. He is under supervision by the Wisconsin Division of Community Corrections and required to comply with all rules of the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry Program. Authorities stressed the announcement is meant to inform the public, not to create fear.
(2008/11/26)
With the winter season just around the corner, eight of 13 locks and dams from Minneapolis to Winona, Minn., will close Sunday, according to the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Those eight locks and dams start at the Upper St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis and end at Lock and Dam 5A near Winona.
(2008/11/26)
A Madison Lake, Minn., man was shot in the leg by his father Sunday afternoon during a hunting trip in rural Houston County, the sheriff’s department reported. Mark Edward Stanke, 27, was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis., by helicopter with non life-threatening injuries to his lower leg. He was listed in fair condition Tuesday afternoon. Police say Gerald Duane Stanke, 56, of Janesville, Minn., shot his son at about 1:30 p.m. Everyone in the hunting party was wearing the required blaze orange clothing. An investigation into the incident determined the shooting was accidental, and no criminal charges will be filed.
(2008/11/26)
Western Wisconsin’s scenic stretch along the Mississippi River received almost $950,000 through the National Scenic Byways Program. The bulk of the Great River Road grant, $679,016, was awarded for the construction of the Onalaska Welcome and Tourism Center to house an archeological learning center with a collection of upper Mississippi prehistoric artifacts. The center will be along the Great River Road near the intersection of Hwy. 157. Project planning likely will begin in 2009, followed by construction in 2011 and 2012.
(2008/11/26)
Many area hunters who bucked the trend and bagged a deer this weekend in Wisconsin also hit the mark with a follow-up donation.
(2008/11/25)
If the opening weekend of gun-deer season is any indication, Wisconsin might not have as many deer as Department of Natural Resources wildlife officials estimated earlier this year.
(2008/11/25)
SPARTA - Authorities are trying to determine who shot a female gray wolf found dead Sunday near the northwest corner of Fort McCoy in Monroe County.
(2008/11/25)
Alpha Phi friendships may start in college, but members of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chapter say the bond of sisterhood will last a lifetime.
(2008/11/25)
SPARTA Criminal charges have been filed against two Sparta men who posted an online video of themselves stopping motorists while posing as police officers.
(2008/11/25)
Gundersen Lutheran has been designated a baby-friendly hospital, recognizing
(2008/11/25)
HOLMEN Many of us hope for a mild winter this year with the slumping economy and the uncertainty of fuel prices.
(2008/11/25)
WINONA, Minn. William Neil wants to know why. He’s looked over and over at the faces of seven men in a 1903 photo from the Winona County Historical Society. All are holding instruments in front of a sign that says “We are only fooling.” Four are dressed as women.
(2008/11/25)
The October food inspection data from the La Crosse County Health Department is now online at lacrossetribune.com/inspection. You also can go to quick links and click on La Crosse County restaurant inspection database.
(2008/11/25)
ONALASKA “Dancing with the Stars” raised a record $26,000 Saturday for the American Red Cross Scenic Bluffs Chapter.
(2008/11/25)
Hatchet, machete found in car WHAT HAPPENED? Neeley Balfany, 33, of 924 Main St., No. 4, was stopped about
(2008/11/25)
What we knew: Local watchdogs Citizens for a Responsible Government- La Crosse County launched a petition drive mid-October opposing the formation of a municipal-run ambulance service. At least 2,930 names are needed to force a referendum on the April ballot to block the city from purchasing two ambulances and staffing one.
(2008/11/25)
WHAT WE KNEW: Donna Prentice, 61, formerly of Genoa, was on trial in California for the death of her 3-year-old daughter in 1969. Prentice was living in Huntington Beach, Calif., with her former boyfriend, James Michael Kent, when Michelle went missing about July 4, 1969. The couple abruptly moved to Illinois within days of her disappearance and told their other two children there was not enough room in the car for Michelle and she would stay behind with relatives. Kent, who has since died, told investigators he helped dispose of the child’s body and they then fled to avoid having to explain her disappearance.
(2008/11/25)
Government offices and many businesses will be closed for Thanksgiving Day. Here’s a partial schedule:
(2008/11/25)
The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
(2008/11/25)
Grants awarded by La Crosse Community Foundation: La Crosse Symphony Orchestra: $2,000 for Symphony for Youth program
(2008/11/24)
WESTBY — Tina Adam already has the home she shares with her husband, Forbes, and three children festively decorated for the holiday season.
(2008/11/24)
In spring 1947, they attended Madison Central High School’s prom together. She wore an elegant dress purchased by a grateful family for which she did housework during World War II. He was 19, on break from his post-war stint in the Marines. Sporting sharp military attire, he attracted admiration. A Central teacher, acknowledging the young man’s uniform, asked the couple to lead the event’s first dance.
(2008/11/24)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — Mark Moulton thinks folks who work in science, technology, mathematics and engineering are heroes.
(2008/11/24)
By this time next year, Karen Price is determined to have at least 30 volunteers actively serving
(2008/11/24)
On Aug. 22, 1968, La Crosse was visited by the legendary British band Herman’s Hermits, whose hits included “Mrs. Brown, You Have a Lovely Daughter” and “I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am.”
(2008/11/24)
You’ve got your tap dance and clogging and square dancing, hiphop, ballroom and even modern dance.
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 97 AND STILL ROLLING STRIKES: Ray Nering, who is 97 years old, bowled a 233 game two weeks ago and tossed a high game of 186 just last week. He competes in the Seniors League at Pla-Mor Lanes, where the laughs and one-liners roll just like strikes. To read more, click here. Peter Thomson photo
2008 DEER HUNT: To see the photos in the Tribune's 2008 deer hunt gallery, or to contribute your own, click here. Dick Riniker photo
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