La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI) back issues from September 2007:
Flood notebook.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sep. 1--For Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007 Brat sale fundraiser When the fundraising brat barn outside the Holmen, Wis., Festival Foods store had a cancellation last weekend, store employees decided to staff it themselves to raise money to for the American Red Cross. ...
Summer of 2007 wettest on record.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Scott Rada Sep. 1--Coulee Region residents started the month praying for rain, but after deadly storms and record rainfall, August ended with pleas for sunny skies. Summer had a dry start, with the National Weather Service office in La Crosse reporting just 6 ...
High river levels, debris create boating dangers.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Springer Sep. 1--August's record rainfall and flooding in the region could create risks for boaters trying to get a few late summer runs on the water during the long Labor Day weekend, an area Department of Natural Resources official warned Friday. Water ...
EDITORIAL: House health-care bill would help children, senior citizens.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sep. 1--Wisconsin would have more money to pay for health care for children and senior citizens under a bill that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Let's hope it passes the Senate and gets past a threatened presidential veto. Wisconsin is better off ...
Obituaries.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sep. 1--La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Obituaries Wallace "Wally" E. Brewer -- Shirley A. Dahlstrom -- Ilene A. Ekern -- Kenneth Evenstad -- Leslie "Les" D. Eversole -- Glen S. Kenyon -- Margaret E. Koenig -- Josephine "Jo" R. Nelson KING, Wis. -- Wallace "Wally" Eugene ...
BRIEF: UW-L volleyball opens with wins.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sep. 1--The UW-La Crosse volleyball team opened its season with two impressive victories, winning each in three games, Friday at the UW-L Invitational. Returning All-WIAC outside hitter Brianne Stankus had 23 kills and 24 digs as the Eagles beat Luther College 30-16, 30-18 and ...
Senior tailback Hall ready to be a workhorse this season for Eagles.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Joel Badzinski Sep. 1--The new quarterback looks sharp, the wide receivers are experienced, athletic and fast. But UW-La Crosse coach Larry Terry and offensive coordinator Mick Miyamoto will be constantly tempted to unbalance the Eagles' traditionally ...
Time for the harvest.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Geri Parlin Sep. 2--his is what we've been waiting for -- the harvest. The potatoes are calling to us from under the ground, enticing with images of Yukon Golds so creamy they barely need butter once you bake them. Tomatoes are turning orange and luring us with thoughts ...
Obituaries.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Sep. 2--La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Obituaries Nicholas J. Bentzen -- Willard L. Copus -- Kenneth M. Evenstad -- Leslie D. Eversole -- Eugene W. Gums -- Nanferd Meyer -- Richard V. Niedbalski -- Alice M. Richardson -- Helen F. Rodenberg -- IvaNelle Simak -- Doloris L. Stavlo -- ...
BRIEF: College roundup: UW-L volleyball moves to 4-0.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Sep. 2--The UW-La Crosse women's volleyball team improved to 4-0 with a pair of victories in the UW-L Invitational at Mitchell Hall Saturday. The Eagles beat Wartburg (Iowa) 30-23, 30-15, 26-30, 30-15 and in the championship match defeated St. Benedict (Minn.) 30-27, 30-24, ...
Broken Cup a success.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 2--he name certainly fit the outcome in the first "Broken Cup" at Skyline Golf Club in Black River Falls, Wis., last weekend. The teams tied and shared the broken loving cup. While the eighth annual Challenge Cup between the La Crosse-based ...
Moe passes UW-L to road win.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Sep. 2--ABILENE, Texas -- UW-La Crosse quarterback Griffin Moe played like a veteran in his first start, and the seventh-ranked Eagles made a difficult road trip look easy with a 47-21 win over No. 11 Hardin-Simmons on Saturday. Moe, a junior from Waupaca, Wis., ...
Carlson double dips at Speedway.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Brown Sep. 2--WEST SALEM, Wis. -- As Steve Carlson waited at the opposite end of the track, he had no idea his son was hanging upside down in a stock car that was engulfed in flames. As the fire in Mike Carlson's car grew bigger and more intense, a crowd estimated ...
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Bob Lamb outdoors column: BOB LAMB COLUMN: Flooding brings bad and good news to trout streams.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 2--ecent heavy rain and high water is a mixed blessing for area trout streams and local anglers, according to Dave Vetrano, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources fisheries supervisor in La Crosse. While DNR crews had to spend time repairing ...
AREA REPORT: Panfish are biting.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 2--nglers searching for panfish shouldn't have to look far. Panfishing is excellent, according to Scott Gartner, owner of Bob's Bait and Tackle on French Island. "Panfishing is unbelievable right now and will continue like this all the way through next ...
It's time to talk holidays, flood advice.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Geri Parlin Sep. 2--tart thinking the holidays. Yes, we're still cleaning up after all the rain, but here in the Home section we're thinking ho-ho-ho and gobble-gobble-gobble. In our October Home & Garden magazine, coming in the Oct. 26 Tribune, we will once ...
OPINION: First Amendment is what sets U.S. apart.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Richard Mial Sep. 2--Do I have a First Amendment right to say something that makes people unhappy? Does the Constitution guarantee my right to march past a Holocaust survivor's home wearing a Nazi uniform? Or stand outside a fallen veterans' funeral saying ...
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Marc Wehrs column: Toward civility and and better conversation on our site.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Marc Wehrs Sep. 2--The comments function on stories at www.lacrossetribune.com has made "bloggers" out of thousands of our online visitors in the past year and a half. As of 4 p.m. Saturday, readers had submitted 148,387 responses to our stories and columns ....
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Larry Olson column: A yearning for the barber's hot shave of yore.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Larry Olson Sep. 3--As a preschool child in the early 1940s, I would accompany my very quiet-natured father to the barbershop for his every five-or-six-weeks haircut. Without exception, he'd get a hot shave, too. This seemed to refresh him. Gone were the stubbles; ...
Obituaries.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Sep. 3--La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Obituaries Wallace E. Brewer -- Gerald Colsch -- Walter J. Godlewski -- Elizabeth Lee -- Evelyn Randall -- Tim Riehm -- Helen F. Rodenberg KING, Wis. -- Wallace "Wally" Eugene Brewer, 80, of King, formerly of Black River Falls, Wis., ...
BRIEF: College roundup: Cory leads UW-L women's soccer to victory.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Sep. 3--Senior forward Amy Cory scored both goals for the UW-La Crosse women's soccer team, including the game-winner 28 seconds into overtime, in a 2-1 season-opening victory over Minnesota-Morris on Sunday. Cory scored just one goal last season. UW-L finished with ...
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Jeff Brown column: BROWN: Teamwork leads to dominating 1-2 finish at Speedway.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Brown Sep. 3--WEST SALEM, Wis. -- As Tim Jacobs so astutely pointed out, the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway Kwik Trip Late Model season ended in the same fashion it started -- Steve Carlson in first, Kevin Nuttleman in second. It was, in a word, a ...
Speedway notebook: Gilster claims Sportsman title.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Jeff Brown Sep. 3--WEST SALEM, Wis. -- In all the hoopla surrounding Steve Carlson's Kwik Trip Late Model track championship at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway and possible national short-track title, there was another champion decided Saturday night. Even ...
Moe made all the right moves for UW-L football.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Joel Badzinski Sep. 3--UW-La Crosse quarterback Griffin Moe knew after his second offensive series Saturday night that something good was happening. Moe, a junior from Waupaca, Wis., making his first collegiate start, led the Eagles to 678 total yards, ...
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Bob Lamb outdoors column: BOB LAMB COLUMN: Flooding brings bad and good news to trout streams.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 3--ecent heavy rain and high water is a mixed blessing for area trout streams and local anglers, according to Dave Vetrano, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources fisheries supervisor in La Crosse. While DNR crews had to spend time repairing ...
AREA REPORT: Panfish are biting.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 3--nglers searching for panfish shouldn't have to look far. Panfishing is excellent, according to Scott Gartner, owner of Bob's Bait and Tackle on French Island. "Panfishing is unbelievable right now and will continue like this all the way through next ...
EDITORIAL: Virginia Tech report shows how difficult mental health issues are.(Editorial)
Sep 03, 2007 ... Sep. 3--A report evaluating Virginia Tech's response to the shooting massacre there last April also points very clearly to the mental health issues involved. The report, prepared by a committee appointed by Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, criticized university officials for not ...
'I gave up my life for Elvis'.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Geri Parlin Sep. 4--Patti Perry met Elvis Presley when she was 17, and it was just as you might imagine it. The year was 1960 and it was a sunny day in California. She and her girlfriend were driving down Santa Monica Boulevard in an old Buick on their way to a ...
EDITORIAL: There is evidence of concern about health insurance access.(Editorial)
Sep 04, 2007 ... Sep. 4--Wisconsin's largest business lobby group has concluded, after seeing the results of a statewide survey it commissioned, that Wisconsin residents are concerned about the cost of health care -- but not about access to health care. The organization might have jumped to the ...
A search for the meaning behind the Labor Day parade.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Orso Sep. 4--They came for the candy. They came to watch family march in the parade. And they came because it was Labor Day, although not all of them knew why. Steve Rodriguez sat on a chair watching the annual Labor Day parade ...
BRIEF: Holmen repairs sewer leak into creek.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Sep. 4--Heavy rains may have caused a Holmen sewer line to crack and leak into Halfway Creek, said Village President John Chapman. Doug Conklin, 211 S. Holmen Drive, said he noticed the leak into Halfway Creek on Saturday morning and contacted the Wisconsin Department of Natural ...
Obituaries.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Sep. 4--La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Obituaries Walter J. Godlewski -- James Heath -- Berniece L. Hoffman -- Raymond Newbury -- Evelyn Randall -- Tim Riehm -- Helen F. Rodenberg -- Nels Ray Stalheim -- Myrtle (Sullivan) Thomas Walter J. Godlewski, 54, died Sunday, Sept ....
BRIEF: Man dies in Jackson County crash.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Sep. 4--BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- An Osseo, Wis., man died early Sunday in a single-vehicle crash near the Jackson-Clark county line, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department. About 3:02 a.m. Sunday, a vehicle driven by Douglas Hoshal, 39, went off Hwy. K at the ...
BRIEF: Dairyland Power gets biomass study grant.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Sep. 4--La Crosse-based Dairyland Power Cooperative has been awarded a $50,000 federal grant for a study for a biomass cogeneration project at Western Wisconsin Energy's ethanol plant near Boyceville, Wis. The Rural Business Opportunity Grant, from the U.S. Department of ...
ADRENALINE: Check out the view from the top of a tall bike.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Myers Sep. 4--What could be more fun that jumping on your bike and going for a ride on a beautiful summer day? How about jumping on two bikes? That is what local bike enthusiast Brady Blankenship and his buddies decided last winter when things got a ...
ADRENALINE/MYERS: Life presents us with 'tall bikes' all the time.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Myers Sep. 4--There are two types of people in this world. People who look at strange or out-of-the-ordinary activities and say 'Why not,' and people who look at the same things and say 'Absolutely not!' Brady Blankenship is definitely a 'Why not?' kind ...
Pens, pencils, sticky shirts must mean it's ... School time.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Simmons Sep. 5--Hy-per-bo-le: "Exaggeration used as a figure of speech." Taylor Hoesley: "You could have a heart attack it's so hot!" Hoesley, a sixth-grader at Lincoln Middle School, has yet to learn the meaning of "hyperbole." But she ...
EDITORIAL: Putting restrictions on slope development makes sense.(Editorial)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Sep. 5--In light of the recent flooding, La Crosse County officials are right to recommend that slope development in rural areas be further restricted. The county now restricts development on slopes that are steeper than 30 percent, but county officials are considering a 20 ...
Broken Cup a success.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 5--he name certainly fit the outcome in the first "Broken Cup" at Skyline Golf Club in Black River Falls, Wis., last weekend. The teams tied and shared the broken loving cup. While the eighth annual Challenge Cup between the La Crosse-based ...
UW-L offensive line off to solid start.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joel Badzinski Sep. 5--Tommy Olsen refused to declare that the UW-La Crosse offensive line played a perfect game against Hardin-Simmons. No such thing, the senior left tackle insisted Tuesday. "There's always something you can improve on," Olsen ...
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Bob Lamb outdoors column: BOB LAMB COLUMN: Flooding brings bad and good news to trout streams.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 5--ecent heavy rain and high water is a mixed blessing for area trout streams and local anglers, according to Dave Vetrano, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources fisheries supervisor in La Crosse. While DNR crews had to spend time repairing ...
AREA REPORT: Panfish are biting.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 5--nglers searching for panfish shouldn't have to look far. Panfishing is excellent, according to Scott Gartner, owner of Bob's Bait and Tackle on French Island. "Panfishing is unbelievable right now and will continue like this all the way through next ...
A wonderful tale of Seussian woe.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Simmons Sep. 5--Dr. Seuss can't be reached, but here's what Cathie (Daley) Prindle imagined he might say: "Don't be sad that's it over, be glad for what you had." The words would be in black crayon, next to a hand-drawn red-white-and-black Cat ...
Houghton's owner hopes to break ground next month.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Anne Jungen Sep. 5--Jim "Houghton" Wiley said Tuesday he hopes to break ground early next month and begin the process of rebuilding his landmark South Side restaurant destroyed by a fire earlier this year. The new Houghton's Fine Food and Cocktails at 1002 ...
Obituaries.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Sep. 5--La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Obituaries Walter J. Godlewski -- Sophie T. Jasinski -- Raymond A. Newbury -- Bernice Olson -- Stanley W. Peterson -- Ronald Gene Potaracke -- Beatrice Roberts -- Marian M. Smick -- Nels Ray Stalheim -- Myrtle (Sullivan) Thomas Walter ...
BRIEF: Man injured after hitting power pole.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Sep. 5--A man was hospitalized Tuesday evening after coming in contact with a downed power line after his vehicle struck a power pole in Trempealeau County, according to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department. At about 7:38 p.m., the man's vehicle left Fuller Coulee Road ...
United Way kicks off campaign.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Orso Sep. 5--Sixteen local pacesetter companies and 30 United Way agencies raised $637,929 in the first leg of the Great Rivers United Way's annual fundraising campaign. The number, which is about one-third of the way towards the $1,875,000 goal, was ...
City makes appearance in murder book.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Anne Jungen Sep. 5--Martin Hintz's newly released book titled "Got Murder? The Shocking Story of Wisconsin's Notorious Killers" pours into the twisted minds and heinous crimes of the state's serial and mass murderers, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein and Chai Vang. ...
BRIEF: Ramirez trial delayed.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Springer Sep. 6--The trial for an Onalaska, Wis., man charged in the January death of a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point woman has been rescheduled after attorneys on both sides asked to have the trial delayed. La Crosse County Circuit Judge Ramona ...
Mammogram reminder saves La Crosse woman's life.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Terry Rindfleisch Sep. 6--A reminder in the mail probably saved Sue Fox's life. That reminder was a letter from a breast cancer survivor as part of Gundersen Lutheran's employee program, In the Pink, reminding her to get her mammogram. "It was the ...
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Bob Lamb outdoors column: LAMB COLUMN: Buster's catfish legacy alive and well.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 6--t's been 15 or more years since I last fished in Buster Bright's annual catfish tournament. Come to think of it, Buster's tourney is the only competitive fishing event I have ever entered. Buster doesn't fish in his tournament anymore. Age ...
Obituaries.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Sep. 6--La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Obituaries Josephine B. Anderson -- Lucille G. Giese -- Agnes N. Handke -- Stanley W. Peterson -- Doris Ellen Phelps -- Donald W. Robinson -- Eileen M (Sagen) Stupka -- Victor R. "Ackie" Zahn VIROQUA/VIOLA, Wis. -- Josephine B ....
OPINION: Why so much anger about those who are different?
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Richard Mial Sep. 6--As I was walking into a local retail store, an older couple was walking in front of me. Suddenly, the woman stopped, shook her fist and pointed to something. What was it that so outraged her? It was an instruction sign written in Spanish ...
Broken Cup a success.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 6--he name certainly fit the outcome in the first "Broken Cup" at Skyline Golf Club in Black River Falls, Wis., last weekend. The teams tied and shared the broken loving cup. While the eighth annual Challenge Cup between the La Crosse-based ...
Leadership training.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Kirk Bey Sep. 6--The fact Hannah Sleznikow could have kept running had she wanted to was a positive sign. It didn't matter if Sleznikow was running six or seven miles on a weekday, or out for a 10-mile run on Sundays. The last two or three miles always seemed ...
State champion now wants a team title.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Medinger Sep. 6--When Aquinas High School senior Zach Wilhelmy left football to join the cross country team as a sophomore in 2005, he had no idea he would become a state champion. And if you would have told him he would do it after just two years, well, ...
Is Onalaska ready to pass Central?
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Kirk Bey Sep. 6--There is guarded optimism on Darin Shepardson's part, and rightly so. As much as Shepardson likes what he sees in the Onalaska High School girls cross country team, the Hilltoppers' coach realizes the season just started. Four of his top ...
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Dave Myers column: MYERS COLUMN: Minnesota's Childress starting to show his mettle.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Myers Sep. 6--If Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress isn't careful he is going to develop a reputation as a coach with some moxy. Last Sunday while doing a radio show, Childress recounted a recent conversation he had with New England Patriots coach ...
College roundup: Viterbo rebounds to split volleyball matches.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Sep. 6--Viterbo University volleyball coach Ryan DeLong is quick to point out that this is not last year's record-setting team. But it is a fun and energetic team. That energy came through in the second match Wednesday night when the V-Hawks beat St. Mary's University ...
AREA REPORT: Raisins on the hook entice biting bluegills.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 6--aisins? You have to be kidding. Tony Christnovich, at Schafer's Boats and Bait on Brice Prairie, said bluegills are biting so well they will even gobble up raisins dangling from the end of a hook. "The bluegills are going nuts," he said ...
BRIEF: Kwik Trip to close in Brownsville.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Simmons Sep. 6--The Kwik Trip store in Brownsville, Minn., will close Sunday, leaving the town of 519 people without a local convenience store. A petition started by Wendy Noel and signed by 617 people failed to change the decision. Noel said ...
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Marc Wehrs column: Marc Wehrs: Mother Teresa's woes inspired site visitors.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Marc Wehrs Sep. 6--There's no one like reporter Joe Orso when it comes to writing a story or column that leads to a long string of comments from our readers. Joe's story about public baptisms at Goose Island ...
City unveils its first green playground.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Byline: Samantha Marcus Sep. 7--La Crosse's first green playground is in full swing. The environmentally friendly playground at Hood Park in the city's Powell-Hood-Hamilton neighborhood is part of a larger effort to revitalize the South Side community, while promoting ...
La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Bob Lamb outdoors column: LAMB COLUMN: Buster's catfish legacy alive and well.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Lamb Sep. 7--t's been 15 or more years since I last fished in Buster Bright's annual catfish tournament. Come to think of it, Buster's tourney is the only competitive fishing event I have ever entered. Buster doesn't fish in his tournament anymore. Age ...
Obituaries.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Sep. 7--La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Obituaries Marvin C. Ball -- Joe Branson -- Vernadine La Vonne (Frederickson) Gmur -- John "Hank" Lee Hankey -- Evelyn F. Heath -- Ronald Lee Heinz -- Gertrude A. "Tudy" Herlitzka -- Douglas Hoshal -- RoseMary Lamb -- Ethan Troy Livingston -- ...