Parking planners approve Harborview pacts amid space condition
La Crosse Plan Commission approved sales and development contracts for Harborview Plaza on Monday with one condition. The La Crosse Parking Utility must provide 1,000 parking spaces within 500 feet of the project, as per contracts with Boston developer Clifford de Baun and Milwaukee banker Harold Rosenthal. A feasibility report from Wilbur Smith and Associates was not yet received.
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Harborview Plaza
la Crosse
Public Works
Bob D. Schroeder
Parking Utility Board
Red Oaks Estates
Highway 14
Mormon Coulee Park
Bud
Hauser Farm
Utility Board
de Baun
Rosenthal
City faces 24 foot street debate and platting code clash
The planning commission wrestled with a Rand Bracegirdle dispute over a 24 foot street width versus the city 36 foot requirement. Engineer Mullenbach voted no citing drainage for 36 foot streets. Pretasky’s plant plans were revised and approved 3 to 1 after disputes over decorative fronts. A 26 lot Northridge subdivision was approved, and a rezoning request for the Burlington right-of-way was held for referral to expand zoning across multiple districts.
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Ment
Michael Rand
Bracegirdle
Rand
Bernard A. Mullenbach
L. E. Sheehan
Harold
Bud) Pretasky
Hauser Farm
Pretasky
William Kraft
Commission
Woodvale Development Co
Northridge
Robert Hackner
Harry Schroeder
William Gerrard
Alfred Prellwitz
Burlington
Black River
Rose St
Wall Street
Wall
Windsor
Clinton
Retired La Crosse Postal Staff Honored in City Ceremony
Eight postal workers in La Crosse retire after long careers. Herbert Nelson and Ray Kuehl mark notable service with 37 to 19 years, including city carriers Chelsea Tomensky and Bernard Muehr and clerks Leonard Bergen and Walter Terry. The scene shows Nelson's North Side route and Sunshine Ceramic shop on 1021 Rose Street.
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Herbert Nelson
Loomis St
Nelson
la Crosse
Sunshine Ceramic
Rose St
Ray Kuehl
12Th Ave
Onalaska
Bernard Muehr
S. 17Th St
Chelsea
Chet) Tomensky
Market St
Albert French Jr
Cass St
Curtis Lambert
Leonard Bergen
Madison St
Walter Terry
Winnebago St
Tribune
Buckling Floor At New Northern Hills School Needs Testing
Onalaska Wisconsin district officials discuss a buckling gym floor at the new Northern Hills Elementary tied to moisture in the building. A Twin Cities Testing firm may be hired to determine if moisture is above or below the surface.
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Onalaska
Wis
Northern Hills
June Weather: Warmer Month With Heavy Rainfall
June was warmer and wetter than normal says National Weather Service official James Bagnell. Average highs near 81.5 and lows around 59.3 produced a mean of 70.3 degrees with 4.47 inches of rain. The 24-hour peak rain was 1.79 inches on June 11, while La Crosse reported unofficial totals above three inches.
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James Bagnell
National Weather Service
la Crosse
Bagnell
Manager Accused Of Falsely Reporting Burglary
A La Crosse man John Simon 1639 Prospect S faced a county court charge for falsely reporting a burglary at Vickers Service Station Highway 16 Mediary. He is charged with obstructing officers and released without bond as his July 16 hearing on a motion proceeds. The complaint claims the May 16 burglary report involved stolen cash totaling 476.99 and witnesses saw Simon with a large sum that night.
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la Crosse
John Simon
Prospect
Simon
Sheriff Department
Residents enjoy two hour paddlewheel ride on La Crosse Queen
More than 60 residents of St. Francis Home rode the paddlewheeler La Crosse Queen for two hours starting 11 30 a m Tuesday. The outing was funded by arts and crafts items sold at the annual Christmas bazaar and was joined by nursing home staff and occupational therapy personnel.
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St. Francis Home
Nursing Home
Defendants Get Delays In La Crosse County Court
Four defendants had continuances granted after arraignments in La Crosse County Court on Monday. Willard Buchholtz 18 had case moved to Friday for a county evaluation report. Dennis McGrath 24 and Lawrence Bott 20 received time for counsel. Steven Johnson 20 had his case continued for discussion with the district attorney.
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la Crosse County Court
Willard Buchholtz
S. 20Th St
Buchholtz
Saga H. Eckdale
S. 20Th
Roger Imes
Dennis McGrath
Rublee St
la Crosse
Thomas Sleik
William Shepard
Preliminary Set For Fraud Suspect In Wisconsin Case
A La Crescent woman Edna Halverson Sampson 51 faces a preliminary examination in La Crosse County Court on welfare fraud charges for allegedly obtaining 592 in aid for herself and a minor from March 1 to Aug 21 1972 Bond set at 2500 with possible property bond if approved By district attorney Lukoff Sampson allegedly listed La Crosse addresses and divorced status while married to Raymond Sampson later dying The complaint notes mislisted residences and that she had relocated to Omaha and returned for court matters Arneson her lawyer claims the charges are unproved and cites family reasons for being away
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la Crescent
la Crosse County
Edna Halverson Sampson
Eugene Toepel
Mark Lukoff
Hill St
la Crosse
La Crosse weighs 99 year country club lease costs
City planners study costs of running public and private golf courses before deciding on a 99 year lease for the La Crosse Country Club. The commission asked for a 60 day re referral to allow comparative analysis, while Curling Club plans on land subleased from the Country Club depend on the outcome.
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Tribune
la Crosse
Country Club
Kenneth Niedbalski
Thomas Roellich
Niedbalski
Edmund Nix
Commission
Ronald G. Bracegirdle
Bracegirdle
Gilbertson
Country Club and
Curling Club
Richard Pearse
Pearse
Nix
Colman
Citizens’ Committee
Roellich
Skemp
Jan Ver Hagen
Trane Co
Alex Skover
la Crosse Area Economic and Industrial Development, Inc
Alger Palmer
UOP Norplex
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Onalaska High School
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