Second Trial For Same Offense Is Ruled Out
A former Rockland man Terry Betts, 21, cannot be retried for burglary of Curran Elevator Co. in Bangor. Judge James Doyle ruled a second trial would violate double jeopardy after Betts pleaded guilty originally and was sent to two years. the Wisconsin Supreme Court later allowed a new trial but federal ruling blocks it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
James Doyle
Terry Betts
Curran Elevator Co
Bangor
Doyle
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Betts
Supreme Court
Second Bid Round Fails for County Fuel Pact
La Crosse County Highway Department again fails to receive any bids for its annual fuel contract totaling about half a million gallons of gas and 150 000 gallons of diesel. Assistant Highway Commissioner Roland Gullickson says negotiations will start with Texaco and Midland to secure month to month supplies, with the department ready to purchase as needed if talks stall. The county already has a gasoline stock from the old contract while negotiations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Texaco
Midland
Gullickson
Ex Merrillan Man Killed In Mexico
Giles Rickard 61 formerly of Merrillan and San Diego resident was killed in a May 29 auto crash in Tiajuana Mexico. He operated a funeral business in Merrillan Fairchild and Alma Center area for years and is survived by a son and three daughters. Graveside services set for 4 p.m. Monday at Oakwood Cemetery Merrillan with Rev. Calvin Carey. Togerson Chapel Black River Falls in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrillan
Wis
Giles Rickard
San Diego
Calif
Tiajuana
Mexico
Oscar Rickard
Fairchild
Alma Center
James
Dayton
Ohio
Sharon Calvan
Ray Brendum
Westby
la Crosse
Westby-Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
H. O. Aasen
Vosseteig
Joseph Brendum
Marlene Aarness
Paul Sherling
Dalton City
Ill
Arden Ostrem
Kathryn Brendum
Lamont
LeRoy
Ellsworth
Vernon Telephone Cooperative
Mandel Anderson
Leon
Torrance
California
First Congregational Church
Douglas Howard
Forrest Walters
Robert Page
Sparta
Accessibility push and tax deduction proposed in Wisconsin
A health panel leader urged accessibility improvements for public buildings and a state tax deduction for voluntary upgrades. Darlene Fossum, a wheelchair user, highlighted ongoing local accessibility problems at the La Crosse Vocational Rehabilitation office. In Sparta, 17 year old Steven Dutton was seriously injured by a homemade bomb blast while experimenting with pipe caps and matches behind a garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Fossum
la Crosse
State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Mormon Coulee Road
Sparta
Wis
Steven Dutton
Eldon Dutton
St. Mary's Hospital
Steven
Janusheske
Angelo
Deaths Mudge Kronberg and Several Local Obituaries
The notice lists Mrs Mudge L Kronberg 93 of 1209 La Crescent St died Saturday June 2 in a local hospital. Also listed are Anna Midtlien 84 and Emil F Will 77 with funeral details and survivors. Additional obituaries include James Stenberg 81 and Mrs Elmer C Olson 79 with service plans and survivor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mudge L. Kronberg
la Crescent St
Brownsville
Minn
Amy Butterfield
Stoddard
Melvin
Alice) Peck
Milwaukee
Richard
Orris) Stahl
Lake Worth
Fla
Harold
Virginia) Bernd
Anna Midtlien
S. 3Rd St
Hellwig-Morris-Fossum Funeral Home
Elmer C. Olson
Elmer C
Haldis) Olson
Cliffview Terrace
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Norman E. Wall
Mabel
Schumacher Funeral Home
Elroy man guilty of taking bribes in public work
Raymond Olson, 46, a former Town of Elroy part time worker, was found guilty on two counts of accepting bribes. He received six months probation and $600 fines on each count after testifying in the Winnebago County probe into public official corruption linked to Precision Labs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maulton
Wis
Raymond Olson
Olson
Elroy
Winnebago County
John Doe
Precision Labs
Northbrook
Ill
Juneau County
William Curran
Doe
Wisconsin Attorney General
La Crosse Tribune Staff and Delivery Notice
Editorial editor Sanford Goltz and city editor John Vik lead staff including Sanders Hook and Richard Westerfield. Carrier delivery contact 782 8040 by 7 pm or 849 39 Sundays. Publication address 435 S 4th St La Crosse Wisconsin 54601 with biweekly city carrier rate at 1.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Goltz
Sanders-Hook
Wellace Hutzier
Edward Keefe
Lawrence Lejeune
Fred Ristow
Kenneth Teachout
John Vik
Richard Westerfield
the Tribune
S 4Th St
la Crosse
Eight Injured In Jackson County Car Crashes
Four accidents investigated by Jackson County officers from Friday afternoon to Saturday early morning left eight people with cuts and bruises. Notable incidents include Tom Rutherford 16 losing control near Black River Falls. Arlene Quinlan and Russell Peterson collision. Dennis Bue hitting a reflector pole. and William Meyer and Edward Gordon sustaining injuries in a north of Black River Falls crash. None were believed seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
Tom Rutherford
Maya
Marla Engum
Harland Stavis
Arlene Quinlan
Russell Peterson
Peterson
Alma Center
Virgil Bue
William Meyer
Merrillan
Edward Gordon
Gordon
Fair Board Okays Buildings at La Crosse Fairgrounds
The La Crosse Interstate Fair Association approves bids for two 24 by 100 foot livestock barns and a 21 foot diameter octagonal communications building with five ticket windows at the West Salem fairgrounds. Bids from Bangor Lumber Co. win the barns and the new building is to be ready by July 1, with barns by July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Bangor Lumber Co
Sleik
Whitehall Man Jailed On Battery Charges
Karl P. Pierce from Whitehall appeared in La Crosse County Court for battery trial without counsel. Judge Thomas Barland ordered a $500 cash bond for Pierce to secure his release as the case proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
la Crosse County Court
Thomas Barland
Eau Claire County
Leonard Roraft
Karl P. Pierce
Caledonia St
Pierce
Barland
la Crosse
Alan Cole
Matthew Corry
Patrick Doyle
Asst. Dist
Michael Mulroy
Elizabeth A. Phillips
Jo Anne M. Olson
la Crosse St
Olson
Joyful Surprise planned for South Side seniors
A series of senior events is announced for South Side Senior Citizens Inc. at the La Crosse Community Center with card parties, euchre, and a friendship dance from Sunday to Friday. Separately, Pierce’s trial is rescheduled to June 29 after court concerns over representation and delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Senior Citizens, Inc
la Crosse Community Center
Denton St
Tri-State Deaths Highlight Wisconsin Obituaries
Multiple obituaries from Wisconsin and Iowa detail deaths on June 1 in towns like Westby Readstown Sparta and New Albin. Notable figures include Evelyn Nuttal Ray Brendum Clara Meyer Frances Carrol Mandel Anderson and others with services in Lutheran Catholic and Methodist churches. Burial details and survivor lists accompany each notice.
Former Supervisor J. B. Stenberg Dies at 81
James B. Stenberg 81 of 912 N. 9th St. died in a local nursing home on Thursday May 31 after 27 years on the La Crosse County Board. Born March 5 1892 in Onalaska he served 1941 1968. a World War I veteran and retired Burlington Northern Railroad employee. Survived by a sister Hulda Gavin Holmen and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements by Sletten McKee Hanson pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stenberg
N. 9Th St
Sletten- McKee-Hanson
William Schumann
Halfway Creek Cemetery
Holmen
Holmen American Legion
Mayme Gavin Wauk
Iowa
Mayme Gavin
Waukon
St. Pius Catholic Church
Cherry Mound
I. J. Kalb
Bakke- Hanson
Charles McGeough
Allamakee County
Andrew Gavin
James Powers
Lansing
Emmett Cahalan
Harpers Ferry
Joseph Norton
Rossville
Erwin Schmidt
la Crosse
Mary Rooney
Newhall
Vincent McGeough
James B. Stenberg
la Crosse County
Onalaska
Burlington Northern Railroad
la Crosse Rubber
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leonard Roraff
Reformatory
Roraff
Merwin Mellor
Mellor
State Supreme Court
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Buffalo
Gary Schlosstein
Randolph
Emil F. Will
Emil Fred Will
Milwaukee Railroad
Margaret
R. A. Simon
Immanuel Lutheran Church
John Parcher
Woodlawn
Nelson Funeral Home
Mrs. Olson
Oslo
Norway
Joseph
Thelma) Mattie
la Crescent
Norman
West Salem
Carsten Fredrickson
Ralph Bjorge
LA Crosse Tribune
James E. Burgess
K. O. Blanchard
Jackson
Fair Board
N. Winneshiek School Dist
North Winneshiek
Merlyn Helland
Dist. I
David Lange
Fred McLain
Jerome Henry
Earl Winter
V. McLain
Lange
Winter
Helland
Henry
Evelyn Nuttal
Iver Este
Readstown
Viroqua
Peace Lutheran Church
David Guetzke
Lime Funeral
U.S
Etta Mills
Cedarburg
Lorene Hammann
Bettendorf
Oscar Levies
Minneapolis
Paul
Chili
John
Portland
Ore
Alois Marx
Alois J. Marx
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Bernard Kelly
Joseph Marx
Vernon County
Beaver Creek
Eldora Weibel
Catherine
Lynette
Agnes Weiner
Elizabeth Marx
Cashton
Leona Hundt
Martha Elsen
Lucinda Olson
Chetek
Mond, Sylvester
Arthur, Lawrence
Levi
Irvin
Dyersville
Frances Carrol
New Albin
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ
New Albia
Clyde Lee
Potter- Haugen
Caledonia
John Kannenberg
Lee Aluminum Co
Edmund
Barbara Schwert
Wauzeka
United Methodist Church
Lawrence Goebel
Lake- Thornburg
Prairie du Chien
Harold Chunat
Sauk City
Amy McFall
Waureka
Floyd Parker
la Farge
William Hepburn
Holcombe
Bernard
Leo
Chicago
Alfred Monserud
Waterville
East Synod Lutheran Church
Herbert Larson
Martin Brothers Funeral
Torkel Leikvold
Herbert Jenkins
Sylvia Lemme
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Jr
Clarence Leikvold
Decorah
Clara Meyer
Stanley Wiese
Roger Pfaff
David Skipton
Steven Larson
David Johnson
Marty Glenz
Bonnie Merchlewitz
Bonnie Angst
John Michark
Richard Sartz
Robert
Dean Whiteway
Alfred
Erick Knorr
J. B. Stenberg
A.m. To
Angel Food
Old Milwaukee
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