Betsy Bloom
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Tablets needed for early reading program
Sharing is a useful skill for a child to learn. But it can be tough to learn to read when 12 students share two tablets. → Read More
Referendum sought on ‘wheel tax’
A La Crosse County supervisor wants a public vote on whether the county should have a $20 annual vehicle registration fee, even though there’s no move to bring the controversial → Read More
S&S to get $8.1M in expansion funding through city bonding
S&S Cycle Inc. would be permitted to use city bonding to obtain $8.1 million for its planned expansion in La Crosse and Viola under an arrangement the La Crosse Common → Read More
Program helps teen moms finish school
Trying to figure out parenting for the first time can be overwhelming. Add to that being a teen still juggling classes and it can seem an impossible load. → Read More
Ramp agreement still not ready
The city and a Don Weber-owned development company still are ironing out terms for a new 650-space parking ramp in downtown La Crosse. → Read More
Cities, Harter’s earn award for surge in recycling
It’s a public-private recycling partnership that has created jobs and kept thousands of tons of waste from going to the incinerator or La Crosse County landfill. → Read More
Tourism Expo to focus on region
A new event Thursday will help highlight all that the region has to offer in attractions, lodging and entertainment options on both sides of the Mississippi River. → Read More
Pay raise for city clerk advances
La Crosse’s city clerk would earn about $4,600 more a year starting in 2017 under an amended resolution that cleared its first council committee vote Tuesday. → Read More
City looks at its more modern history
If you see this woman with a camera taking photos of your home, don’t be afraid. → Read More
Outdoors: Wisconsin birders flock to see western woodpecker
Wisconsin eBird team member Tom Prestby was able to confirm the visitor is a Lewis’ woodpecker, only the fourth record of the species in Wisconsin and the first since June → Read More
Wet Thanksgiving ahead
The roads should be at worst wet and gas prices low for motorists heading out for the Thanksgiving holiday. → Read More
Move to rename South Side center for Maney
The man who succeeded Bernard Maney on the La Crosse Common Council wants the South Side Neighborhood Center to bear the name of the late long-time council member. → Read More
Blue Stars founder remembered as ‘visionary’
In the mid-1960s, Frank Van Voorhis had a notion to grow a color guard into a percussion and brass marching band based in La Crosse. → Read More
Gas prices headed down
Deer hunters will have more than snow to be thankful for as gun season opens this weekend — gas prices have plunged along with the temperatures, dropping below $2 a → Read More
La Crosse woman raising sons solo gets note from Obama
“I can tell you are a wonderful mom, and your boys are lucky to have you,” the note read. “Do not be discouraged, and let them know I expect them → Read More
Giant Wisconsin-native spider looks a mean part, but is harmless
People who discover the dark fishing spider - 3 inches across and hairy - needn't be alarmed. But they probably will be. → Read More
La Crosse's Pearl Street Brewery looks to expand
The brewery intends to roughly triple its production in the next five years, going from more than 3,000 barrels to 10,000 by 2020. → Read More
La Crosse eyeing paint that spatters urine back on offenders in parking ramps
A YouTube video posted March 2 that showed the stunned reactions of those unaware of the paint’s urine-repelling powers went viral, with 3.8 million views. → Read More
Hawk survives 140-mile ride stuck in vehicle's grill
Though initially feared paralyzed, the hawk merely had two broken bones in its right wing. → Read More
Survey indicates those living outside La Crosse see the city as unsafe
Those who work with, or dwell in, even the more challenged portions of La Crosse question whether such fears are overblown. → Read More