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So, Elon Musk tells America, watch me pull a third party out of my hat. To which President Trump says, But that trick never works! He says third parties in America always fail. Musk says he’s forming the America Party, as an alternative to the Big Two political parties. But who was the last third-party […]

At the end of the outdoors show I host every Saturday morning on our sister station WKTY, I say, “Get your kids outside and teach them the joys of the outdoors.”  The longer I do the program, the more important those words become.   I don’t have any scientific data to back it up, although I’m […]

You may have already heard about it, but it bears repeating the message: some people face food insecurity issues in our community.   Organizations such as the Hunger Task Force are doing the best that they can although the need is growing.   Fortunately, there are a couple of ways you can help.   The […]

Donald ‘Deke’ Slayton, originally from Monroe County, was the only one of the seven original Mercury astronauts who did not get to fly in space in the 1960’s. His mission scheduled for 1962 was scrubbed, because he had a heart problem. When Slayton finally made it onto the crew of a joint American-Soviet mission, the […]

You can find about two dozen casinos, primarily operated by Native American tribes, all over Wisconsin. One place you won’t find a casino is La Crosse, because the local population has traditionally spoken out against organized gambling. There have been exceptions. In 1966, TV Bingo could be seen on some Wisconsin television stations, including Channel […]

The 1991-92 academic year was one of the most chaotic in the La Crosse school system, with school leaders and citizens arguing for most of the year about busing plans and socio-economic balance, and leading to attempts to recall six of the nine school board members. The proposal in La Crosse to equalize kids from […]