Recently added articles from La Crosse Tribune:
GETTING MIXED SIGNALS?
Feb 13, 2009; ... WXOW-TV in La Crosse and sister station WQOW in Eau Claire plan to continue broadcasting an analog signal with very limited programming for 6o days, starting Tuesday. The decision comes after the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday identified 123 stations that won't be allowed ...
Desmond to focus on fundraising
Feb 12, 2009; ... Raising funds for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse will be a top priority for the organization's new executive director, he said Wednesday. Mike Desmond, 56, will look to private and community sources to generate money for the club when he takes the helm March ...
Talk details Milwaukee Downtown initiatives
Feb 12, 2009; ... Public Service Ambassadors who serve as walking concierges downtown, distributing information to visitors. Clean Sweep Ambassadors who keep downtown litter-free and scrubbed. Downtown Dining Week, an annual event with special deals to draw in customers. Downtown Employee ...
Western economy
Feb 10, 2009; ... It was humbling to go back to school after a successful career as a real estate agent, said Vicky Brenes, now a pre-nursing student at Western Technical College. Brenes told a group of area legislators Monday she had to give up her real estate work when she moved to Wisconsin to be ...
Voters' voices
Feb 08, 2009; ... The campaign to be La Crosse's chief executive hasn't strayed much so far from talking about the familiar troubles - property taxes, jobs and economic development. La Crosse voters will go to the polls Feb. 17 to pare the city's mayoral hopefuls from seven to two. Last week, the Tribune ...
Local job cuts continue
Feb 07, 2009; ... TOMAH - Exopack LLC in Tomah is about to lay off 28 more employees, according to a notice filed Thursday with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. The company has decided to shut down a department at the plant, according to the notice. A few employees are expected to be ...
Kicking butts off campus
Feb 07, 2009; ... Student Sabrina Windrom stood in the cold on the Seventh Street sidewalk in front of Western Technical College's Academic Resource Center. The lit cigarette in her hand meant she couldn't step over the edge of the sidewalk onto Western's property, as the campus has been tobacco-free ...
It's not too late to go digital
Feb 06, 2009; ... Most television stations serving the La Crosse and Eau Claire area markets still plan to begin digital broadcasting Feb. 17, even though the federal government has granted an extension to June 12 to make the switch. But don't panic if you don't have a digital converter box yet - local ...
Digital TV switch delayed: Local stations to go ahead with transition
Feb 05, 2009; ... Officials at television stations broadcasting to La Crosse-Eau Claire area markets announced Wednesday they will convert to digital-only broadcasting Feb. 17 as planned, despite the federal approval for a delay. Station representatives from WXOW, WKBT, WLAX, WQOW, WEAU and WEUX said ...
Green job fair at WTC
Feb 04, 2009; ... Landscaping jobs are tied to construction - the more building going on, the more landscaping is needed, said Pete Bemis, who heads the landscape horticulture program at Western Technical College. Unfortunately, neither profession is booming in these economic times, Bemis ...
Local housing market stable
Feb 04, 2009; ... ONALASKA - The local housing market and economy are doing better than national trends, officials said Tuesday at a news conference at the La Crosse Area Builders Association office. Four main points came came out of a Housing Roundtable on local market conditions a few weeks ago, said ...
Health academy to start in fall
Feb 03, 2009; ... Local high school students interested in health science fields will have a new option next school year when the La Crosse School District starts its first academy. The Health Science Academy will partner with Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center and the Health Science Consortium to offer ...
Consolidation talk returns
Feb 03, 2009; ... La Crosse's North Side elementary schools could reorganize their boundaries under a consolidation plan the superintendent presented Monday. The proposal would keep Franklin Elementary School and Roosevelt Elementary School/Coulee Montessori open with grade levels divided between the two ...
Medicaid fastest growing portion of state budget
Feb 02, 2009; ... MADISON - Medicaid - the federal-state program that provides health care for the poor and disabled - is the fastest growing state expenditure, costing Wisconsin about $17 billion during the past decade. But despite facing a $5.7 billion budget shortfall, Gov. Jim Doyle's administration ...
Sparta retailers looking to end 46-year ban on alcohol sales
Feb 02, 2009; ... SPARTA - Could the sixth time be the charm? Sparta retailers are again collecting signatures to put a measure on the spring ballot to reverse a decades-old prohibition on package alcohol sales. City grocers and convenience storeowners need liquor sales to survive, especially in ...
Solving the BUDGET CRISIS
Feb 02, 2009; ... MADISON - The giant economic stimulus bill working its way through Congress should deliver enough money to Wisconsin to keep the state from taking such draconian measures to close its $5.7 billion budget shortfall, such as furloughing prisoners, knocking poor children off Medicaid rolls and ...
Building a better 2009
Feb 01, 2009; ... A slowdown in local home building accelerated in 2008, according to figures from the La Crosse Area Builders Association. Its members are hoping for a better 2009. The number of building permits issued for single-family homes, in La Crosse County declined 30 percent, from 310 in 2007 to ...
Mixed reviews
Jan 31, 2009; ... Despite the slow U.S. economy, 2008 was a good year for local sales of single-family homes, says Jodi Lynne O'Brien, president of the La Crosse Area Realtors Association. A total of 1,001 new and existing La Crosse County single-family homes listed on the Multiple Listing Service were ...
Doyle talks on economic priorities, short on specifics
Jan 31, 2009; ... Gov. Jim Doyle said he'll work to protect priorities such as education, health care, and community police and fire protection during these, challenging economic times. Doyle spoke to a room crowded with University of Wisconsin-La Crosse faculty, staff and students during a visit to the ...
Staying open for now
Jan 31, 2009; ... Three financially struggling Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse sites will remain open for now, the board of directors decided Friday. But the Schuh/Mullen Homes, Huber Homes and La Crescent, Minn., branch will have restrictions that include reduced hours and closing for the ...