Yesterday in la Crosse
- Remembering 1965, when the Mississippi River recorded its largest flood in La Crosse April 25, 2025WIZMnews.com In early April of 1965, the Mississippi River was rising quickly. The water had reached the flood stage of 12 feet in La Crosse by April 9, and forecasters expected the flood level of 15 feet set in 1952 to be beaten by a couple of feet. The city of La Crosse ordered 15,000 […]
- To Tell the Truth, it was like January during one April, 52 years ago in La Crosse April 18, 2025WIZMnews.com On April 8th and 9th of 1973, La Crosse saw one of its biggest snowstorms on record to that time. The 16-inch total easily beat the previous record for April snow in the city, set 21 years earlier. Only two other storms delivered more snow to La Crosse…in 1959 and 1971. The total of […]
- Springtime, must be candidate season in the Coulee Region April 12, 2025WIZMnews.com The La Crosse area has elections every April, but there’s only a race for president every four years. The 1976 primary campaign, in which Gerald Ford was the incumbent, brought the leading candidates to La Crosse during a two-week period. Ford led a Saturday night rally at the Sawyer Auditorium downtown, less than a […]
- When the Catbirds and Bobcats ruled downtown La Crosse April 3, 2025WIZMnews.com La Crosse basketball fans all remember the names Stephen Jackson, Mark Davis, Vince “The Prince” Hamilton and Flip Saunders. They were part of the show that were the La Crosse Catbirds and Bobcats in the 1980s and 1990s at the La Crosse Center in the heyday of the CBA (Continental Basketball Association). The Center […]
- Three courthouses in less than 40 years…it’s been known to happen, Yesterday in La Crosse March 21, 2025WIZMnews.com Some counties in Wisconsin have used the same courthouse for a century or more. For example, Vernon County has used the same building in Viroqua for its court system since the 1880’s. In La Crosse County, however, there have been three courthouses occupied over the last 70 years, as the county updates its facilities […]
- Remembering when the India Curry House burned but fire crews saved downtown La Crosse March 14, 2025WIZMnews.com Just a few years ago, the northwest corner of 4th and King streets in La Crosse was home to a couple of popular businesses — the India Curry House and Glory Days sports bar. A 4 a.m. fire April 28, 2022 destroyed those two buildings. It took about three hours for the front wall […]
- Remembering when the La Crosse Community Theatre had its own version of the “Oscars” March 7, 2025WIZMnews.com Most of the major entertainment awards are handed out in Hollywood, or New York, but La Crosse had its own award ceremony for several years. The La Crosse Community Theatre (LCT) was founded in the early 1960s, and came up with the Dionysos Awards to honor performers in its local stage productions. The award’s […]
- The 1973 La Crosse mayor race and the city’s first female council member February 28, 2025WIZMnews.com The year 1973 was one of breaking barriers in La Crosse, when the city elected its first female council member, Sharon Imes. That was the same year W. Peter Gilbertson was running for his second term as mayor. In the 1970s, La Crosse used to have elections for mayor every odd-numbered year. That’s when […]
- Did you ever “Swing Down to Sandy’s?” Popular La Crosse burger joints spots past and present February 22, 2025WIZMnews.com For all of the businesses that can operate at one location for decades, you can find many others that have much shorter lives, or move around. Drive-ins and burger places often fall into that category, and the La Crosse area has seen its share of changes where folks used to go for fast food. […]
- Big Bridges, Big River, Big Name Campaigns in 2004, Yesterday in La Crosse February 7, 2025WIZMnews.com The year 2004 was big for La Crosse in different ways. A presidential election year brought candidates to the city, including the incumbent president, George W. Bush. That May, the president took a bus ride along the Mississippi for rallies at Prairie du Chien, and then at Logger Field in La Crosse. The ballpark […]