La Crosse Tribune back issues from July 2009:
Population holds steady in La Crosse
Jul 01, 2009; ... La Crosse's population held steady in 2007, but the region continues to grow. Onalaska and the village of Holmen added about 700 residents from July 2007 to July 2008, according to U.S. Census population estimates released today. Since the beginning of the decade, the city of La ...
West Salem settles lawsuit with principal for $140,000
Jul 02, 2009; ... MADISON--West Salem Elementary School principal John Smalley received $140,000 to settle a lawsuit he brought against the school district after it put him on administrative leave for a domestic disturbance and investigated him for an alleged extra-marital affair. Attorney James Birnbaum ...
UW-L tuition, room and board to increase
Jul 09, 2009; ... University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students can expect to pay more but get less this coming school year due to budget cuts, said Erik Kahl, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Student Association president. The UW System Board of Regents will vote today on increasing tuition by 5.5 percent ...
New business group identifies its focus
Jul 09, 2009; ... A day after the organization's creation was announced, some officials of the new Wisconsin Business Council said Wednesday in La Crosse they want to work with leaders throughout the state to make it a better place to start and expand businesses. The council initially will focus on four ...
Local taxpayers to pay more to Wisconsin's pension program
Jul 09, 2009; ... Area local governments and their taxpayers will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars next year to help offset double-digit investment losses in the Wisconsin Retirement System. The state, cities, counties and school districts face what the system secretary called "modest increases" in ...
County: Crisis center needed
Jul 10, 2009; ... A man and woman are having an alcohol-fueled argument. Police are called when the man announces he wants to end his life. How should law enforcement handle the situation? The answers are at the core of a debate about plans for a new regional mental health crisis center, La Crosse ...
Nestor complaint costs city $10,000
Jul 15, 2009; ... The city of La Crosse spent more than $10,000 processing and defending city officials against an ethics complaint that ultimately was dismissed for being without merit. Craig Nestor's ethics complaint racked up more than $7,500 in legal bills; 67 work hours in the city clerk's office and ...
City to study 'wish list'
Jul 15, 2009; ... La Crosse officials today will begin paring down more than $97.5 million in capital improvement projects in 2010 to meet the $6.5 million cap on borrowing. But some city leaders say that limit is overdue for a raise. The 2010-14 proposed capital improvement program outlines more ...
Talking about farms: Organic dairy farmers urge enforcement of milk rules
Jul 17, 2009; ... WEST SALEM - Organic dairy farmers Thursday urged Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to crack down on large "factory" farms they claim bend or break federal organic rules and pose unfair competition. Vilsack, who attended the second half of the farmers' hourlong rally at the La Crosse ...
Talking about farms: Concern over economy dominates fair session
Jul 17, 2009; ... WEST SALEM - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack shared the stage Thursday at the La Crosse Interstate Fair with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Gov. Jim Doyle. But Vilsack became the focus once the questions started, as it became clear farm issues and the rural economy ...
Dawn of the Dead Mayflies
Jul 14, 2009; ... The mayflies had their annual summer bash this weekend--and La Crosse area residents are stuck with cleanup chores. The winged insects regularly have a mass "hatch" each summer, usually in early July, in which the aquatic larvae in the river develop into Iioards of winged adults that ...
'Pay It Forward': Planned Giving not just for the rich
Jul 12, 2009; ... When Jim Taylor decided to give to charity, he gave away his house. That's not to say he's homeless. The 83-year-old continues to live in the four-bedroom rambler he bought after moving to Onalaska in 1977. Taylor and his late wife, Marjorie, began planning several years ago how ...
Realtors group launches foreclosure aid Web site
Jul 16, 2009; ... A new Web site developed by the Wisconsin Realtors Association aims to help consumers take steps to avoid foreclosure or navigate through the process for a better outcome. The Wisconsin Foreclosure Assistance Resource Center site debuted Monday, said Joe Murray, the association's ...
Northern Engraving to reopen plant in Spring Grove
Jul 16, 2009; ... SPRING GROVE, Minn. - Spring Grove residents and business people said Wednesday they're happy to hear Northern Engraving Corp. apparently plans to reopen its plant, a month after the city's largest employer closed. "Just a very small amount" of production will resume next week, said ...
Former Quillin's store to be remodeled
Jul 18, 2009; ... The Quillin's supermarket that closed in July 2008 at 325 West Ave. N. is about to be redeveloped into three commercial suites, including two where ethnic restaurants are expected to open about Oct. 1. One will be the VietThanh Restaurant, which will feature Vietnamese food. Trang Dang, ...
GIs ON CAMPUS
Jul 18, 2009; ... The beefed-up education benefits available for veterans helped convince Adam Reinsvold to enroll at Western Technical College this fall. "After serving in the Marine Corps four years, I didn't want to just waste the benefit," said Reinsvold, of Onalaska. "I want to have more knowledge ...
A new direction for urgent care
Jul 19, 2009; ... Urgent care centers sprung up nationwide in the 1980s and '90s to meet a need for medical treatment after hours without turning to the emergency room. They also made good business sense, as hospitals and clinics could provide more night and weekend service and reduce more costly ...
LHI wins National Guard contract
Jul 21, 2009; ... Logistics Health Inc. and two other companies have been awarded contracts to provide physical examinations and related medical consultations to people who apply to enlist in the Army National Guard, LHI said Monday. La Crosse-based LHI's contract is expected to help continue growth in its local ...
UW-L at 100
Jul 23, 2009; ... Larry Lebiecki has fond memories of 1959. He was the linebacker in jersey number 72 out on the football field, playing for Wisconsin State College, La Crosse. He was living it up that season, as the team won eight of nine games. Today, he gets to relive those days ...
Truckers Inn to close
Jul 23, 2009; ... NODINE, Minn.--Dale Johnson took a sip of coffee, shifted the toothpick in his mouth and looked around the mostly vacant restaurant at the Truckers Inn late Wednesday morning. He will miss this place, he said. The 63-year-old truck driver from Stewartville, Minn., had his rig ...
Health care cost, quality discussed at conference
Jul 23, 2009; ... La Crosse area representatives joined others from across the nation at a conference in Washington, D.C., on ways Congress could best improve health care. Gundersen Lutheran and Franciscan Skemp officials, community representatives and state Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, were among those ...
UW-L teachers school could lose accreditation
Jul 21, 2009; ... The state has warned the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse--founded 100 years ago as a school to train teachers--it is at risk of losing that ability. "When the state superintendent looks you in the eye and says that, it gets your attention," said UW-L Chancellor Joe Gow. A ...
Xcel offers green energy program
Jul 21, 2009; ... Xcel Energy has begun making its Windsource voluntary green energy program available to Wisconsin customers, the utility said Monday. More than 70,000 residential and 1,000 business customers already participate in the Windsource program in Minnesota, Colorado and New Mexico, making it ...
Developers to break ground on hotel; billboard still standing
Jul 22, 2009; ... The development team behind a planned extended-stay hotel on Copeland Avenue in La Crosse said it will break ground on the site in two or three weeks, despite the nearby billboard they want removed. Crews already have begun moving dirt and tearing down the former Chameleon Club just ...
Kinds in need
Jul 25, 2009; ... Area agencies that work with children anticipate many families will be financially challenged when it's time to get kids ready for school. "A lot of people are telling us that one of the parents in the home is either laid-off or is not working currently and is looking for a job," said ...
Low gas prices hurt sales of high-ethanol E85 fuel
Jul 25, 2009; ... Lower gasoline prices, while a boon for drivers, were a gut punch for ethanol producers and promoters of the high-ethanol blend known as E85. And they've had a negative effect on E85 sales in the greater La Crosse area. In Minnesota, the nation's leader in E85 pumps, sales fell off by ...