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Test your knowledge of La Crosse with annual architectural treasure hunt
This year we would like to help celebrate National Historic Preservation Month with focus on turrets and towers, those wonderful embellishments that help identify the Queen Anne style of architecture.
Family support helps Viterbo grad, single mom to doctoral degree
Christina Carney finished her educational journey the same way she started it — surrounded by family.
On Wisconsin: Janesville begins to reveal its past for the future
A flood of development in the city's downtown is designed to draw more residents, businesses and workers.
Chris Hardie: Of Winking Marybuds and other signs of spring
 Winking Marybuds begin To open their golden eyes.
Omnium road race tests cyclists endurance in hilly southeast Minnesota
La Crosse cycling fans will have one more chance to see La Crosse Omnium competitors in action today as the third leg of the competition, the criterium, pits racers against one another in close quarters on the streets of downtown…
Festival Grandad Half Marathon aerobic fitness celebration off to warm start
The Festival Grandad Half Marathon weekend got off to a hot start Friday: Temperatures were still in the 80s as cyclists and runners took on one of La Crosse’s natural wonders.
Things That Matter: The Imperial Camera Co. of La Crosse
At the turn of the century, this striking camera captured images of many businesses in La Crosse. Photography itself was growing in popularity, and studios opened all over La Crosse, including floating studios that traveled on barges up and down…
Jourdan Vian: Video games deserve their recognition
A piece of my childhood (and, who I am I kidding, my everyday) received some national recognition this week.
R.M. Ciechanowski: Thanks for help with fundraiser
The members of the Knights of Columbus wish to thank the generous people of La Crosse and all the volunteers who contributed to the success of the 2016 Tootsie Roll campaign, which helps people with intellectual disabilities. Many of our…
FSC workshop aims to curb anger, addiction
The Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market St., will offer a workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, that offers advice for ending patterns of anger, blame, self-hatred and addiction.
Kind honored by UW-L students as advocate for higher ed
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, has won the support of student leaders at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Francis Homes' new frontier: Courting investors to rent to homeless
Having profited from financial investments, John and Marilyn Hempstead of La Crosse now say they feel compelled to invest in human capital through Francis Homes’ quest for housing for homeless people or those otherwise in dire straits.
Lewiston-Altura kindergartners visit bison farm
WINONA, Minn -- As 40 Lewiston-Altura kindergartners piled off the school bus at Rockie Hill Bison farm in Winona Friday morning, it didn’t take long for them to see their first big, burly buffalo.
Collaborative vision: Housing for homeless instead of charity
A dynamo in a national machine that helped secure housing for more than 105,000 homelessness people in 186 cities across the country will arrive in La Crosse on Monday to help Coulee Region agencies, businesses and organizations get on the…
Wisconsin frac sand industry weathering economic storm, looking for hope in rebounding oil prices
Dogged by low oil prices, Wisconsin’s once-booming frac sand mining industry is down but not out.
La Crosse committee OKs Memorial Pool closure
The future of Memorial Pool will likely close for the 2016 season after a Thursday vote by the city’s Finance and Personnel Committee, despite vocal public support for keeping the pool open.
Ben Bromley: Word misuse is literally a crisis
One of the English language’s most overused words — “literally” — faces a fight for its life. Literally.
UW-L finals to get off to a screaming start
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students will join in a campus-wide scream to celebrate the end of the semester and the start of finals.
UW-La Crosse faculty senate voices no confidence in UW Board of Regents, UW president
In a unanimous vote Thursday evening, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Faculty Senate supported a resolution of no-confidence in the UW System Board of Regents and the system's president, Ray Cross.
