Mike Tighe
LaCrosse Tribune
La Crosse, WI, United States
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Mike Tighe: Melania may not be boss, but she may mock 45
Dear Ann Landers: I normally try not to be judgmental about anyone — certainly not about other people’s marriages, because we never know what we don’t know — so I → Read More
Mayo-Rochester physician to replace Johnson as regional leader in La Crosse
Controlling costs and speeding the delivery of cutting-edge technology to patients are two of Dr. Paul Mueller’s top priorities as the new head of Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare in → Read More
Woman finds A New Me builds confidence before dropping weight
Niki Steele signed up for A New Me with one set of expectations and finished it three months later with a whole new perspective, although she says the result matched → Read More
Mail carriers, volunteers, beef up for Stamp Out Hunger collections
Coulee Region postal workers are primed for as many or more pickups as deliveries during the 26th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive Saturday, when they and volunteers will collect → Read More
Onalaska breast cancer survivor paddles way to Big Blue ambassador
Debbie Koenig never had heard of dragon boating before she first picked up a paddle in 2013, but she took to the sport so well that she’s now a Coulee → Read More
Mayo-Franciscan to enlist diabetes patients in pancreatic cancer study
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse and Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire are recruiting diabetes patients for a Mayo Clinic study that aims to discover the → Read More
Organic farmer with grass-fed cows: 'God created cows to eat grass'
Organic dairy farmer Ron Holter cuts to the chase to explain why he made the “moral decision rather than financial” to switch his herd to pasturing on grass instead of → Read More
Mike Tighe: When terrorized youths speak, we must listen
As odd as it may seem, the raging debaters over gun control — especially in light of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre in Parkland, Fla. — could learn much from → Read More
MOSES honors farm family that was organic before organic was cool
Ron and Maria Rosmann were organic when organic wasn’t cool. → Read More
MOSES organic conference to draw 3,000 to La Crosse
More than 3,000 people are expected to be in La Crosse Feb. 22-24 for the 29th annual MOSES Organic Farming Conference, the country’s largest educational event about organic and sustainable → Read More
7-year-old La Crosse girl orders doctor: 'Fix my favorite grandma'
Seven-year-old Kenzie Smith set an emergency room physician straight when he said her grandmother, Donna Bryan of La Crosse, would be severely incapacitated if she survived a recent health crisis. → Read More
Mom credits La Crosse doctor: 'She saved my daughter's life'
HOLMEN — Being born on Easter Sunday, Marbree Ustby had the miracle of life going for her from the get-go, bolstered by steadfast parents and a marvelous confluence of doctors → Read More
Quest for self-esteem propels 105-pound weight loss
Kasie Von Haden got fed up with the low self-esteem that weighing 260 pounds gave her, so she immersed herself in the Mayo Clinic Diet Program, which basically is a → Read More
Mayo-Franciscan plans $4.9 million cancer center project in La Crosse as patients double
A $4.9 million expansion and renovation project is expected to enable the Cancer Center at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse to accommodate its more than doubling of → Read More
La Crosse Mayo worker honored for excellence in interpreting
Talk about multi-tasking: Jennifer Carr’s job as a hospital interpreter requires her to listen to a doctor deliver a diagnosis to a patient who can understand only Spanish, with her → Read More
Taste of victory has silver savor for Freit-Hammes in China
Lori Freit-Hammes might have to see her dentist first before she goes home to West Salem, with all the metal medals she’s chomping on after proving her mettle — and → Read More
Skemps spread like-father, like-son over four generations
Dr. Adam Skemp is continuing the four-generation like-father, like-son Skemp lineage at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse. → Read More
Organic Valley rides 'biggest surge ever' to billion — and beyond
Organic Valley business is “never better than now,” coming off of its first billion-dollar revenue year and riding the “biggest surge in the market we’ve ever seen,” CEO George Siemon → Read More
Frozen water pipe forces Gundersen Tomah Clinic closure for 2 weeks
TOMAH — Gundersen Health System’s Tomah Clinic will be closed for at least two weeks as crews work to repair extensive water damage apparently caused by a frozen water pipe. → Read More
Winter chill also helps drive down gas prices
Coulee Region drivers passing gas stations are doing a double-take, perhaps wondering whether they took a wrong turn, caromed through a time warp and ended up in 1977 — the → Read More