Converted club car becomes Triple C clubhouse in Viroqua
The Corporation for Concerned Christians known as Triple C opens its converted Amtrak dining car as a coffeehouse for youth in Viroqua Wisconsin. Old 8152 moved to a Simon Park site behind King Edward Tobacco warehouse for a yearly one dollar lease with room for parking and access.
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Coffeehouse On Wheels
Corporation of Concerned Christians
Triple C
Amtrak
Viroqua
Wis
Corporation For Concerned Christians
King Edward
Parkinson and
Rusk Streets
Milwaukee Road
Main Street
Indiana
Kim Fredrick
Steve Kirking
Shelley Matson
Julie Nelson
Ken Fortney
King Edward Tobacco Company
Florida
Funds Sought to Replace Elm Trees in La Crosse
The La Crosse Common Council weighs a $5,000 appropriation to replace Dutch elm disease afflicted trees citywide including parks and streets. A survey June 11 will count infected trees, with city officials planning a parks focus and nominal costs to property owners.
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Eugene Fry
la Crosse
Common Council
Fry
Donald Medinger
Onalaska
Wis
Lack of Sod Delays North Side Beautification Project
Jaycee organized effort at Black River Beach in La Crosse is delayed as sod for the project will not arrive on time. spokesman Robert Allen said the work, planned for today and Sunday, will be rescheduled.
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Black River
la Crosse
North Side
Jaycee
Robert Allen
Alleys in city blamed as unsafe by alderman
Alderman Gene Strittmater of the 17th District urges review of alley maintenance and enforcement after an accident on Jackson Street. He notes illegal uses and insufficient signage, while officials differ on signs alone solving the problem and call for public education and zoning review.
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Gene Strittmater
17Th Dist
Strittmater
Oleson
Strittmaier
John Flanagan
Bob D. Schroeder
Schroeder
Security guards arrested in La Crosse strike confrontation
Police report two men believed to be La Crosse Telephone Corp. security guards were arrested for disorderly conduct after harassing picketers outside the firm at 5th Avenue and Jay Street during a shift change. One 42, of rural La Crosse, and a 33-year-old from Grand Prairie Texas, were involved in a shove and verbal harassment. Local 953 of IBEW has been on strike since Feb 10. A separate purse snatching near South 10th Street left Bernice Rollins injured. she was treated at St. Francis Hospital in good condition with a shoulder injury.
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la Crosse Telephone Corp
5Th Avenue
Jay Street
la Crosse
Grand Prairie
Tex
The
International
South 10Th Street
Bernice Rollins
S. 10Th St
9Th
King Streets
St. Francis Hospital
Holmen Receives $11 400 EPA Grant for Wastewater Plans
Holmen Wisconsin officials announce an $11 400 Environmental Protection Agency grant for wastewater treatment facilities plans and studies. Rep Alvin Baldus says the award starts a three stage process toward building a new plant.
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Holmen
EPA
Wis
Environmental Protection Agency
Cheese giveaway aims to inform on dairy products in La Crosse markets
Area Future Farmers of America members from five chapters visited three La Crosse supermarkets to sample Wisconsin cheese and collect consumer feedback on nutritional value quality and availability. The program, led by Al Herrman, is a pilot that could expand next year with prize and report plans.
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Area Future Farmers of America
FFA
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Melrose
Sparta
Cashton
Viroqua
Westby
al Herrman
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Kmart Foods
State Road
Robert Quast
Sparta Ffa
Super- Valu
Mike Hesse
Frank Contario
Melrose-Mindoro Ffa
A&p
Hesse
Contario
Herrman
Sunfish Days Festival in Onalaska Weekend Events
Sunfish Days continues with a derby at Brice Prairie upper boat landing, carnival rides at Onalaska High School grounds, and helicopter rides. A Sunday parade at 1 30 p.m. features parade marshal Gary Skogen and over 50 units. Mayor Earl Phillips speaks at the high school about Onalaska’s 125th anniversary.
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Onalaska High School
Gary Skogen
Earl Phillips
Onalaska
Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Early Seeks Secretaries Post
On June 13 a hearing was set on the petition as former state commander West Bend and Universal Corp. figures were involved. Atty. Gen. La Follette ruled Krajewski remains a board member until a successor is named. Early, 59, a WWII paratrooper and veteran affairs chair, applied for the secretary post amid controversy over Moses firing and board accountability.
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West Bend
American Legion
Universal Corp
Jones
Krajewski
Atty
Bronson la Follette
Early
Assembly
House backs energy bill to create new cabinet department
The House approves a plan to enact the Senate energy bill creating a new energy department to absorb the FPC, FEA, and ERDA, offering job guarantees for affected workers and starting with 20,000 employees and a $10.6 billion annual budget. The president and energy secretary gain more power than the House version, with a conference committee expected to craft a compromise.
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Senate
House
Jack Brooks
Texas
Conference Committee
Congress
Cabinet Department
Department of Transportation
FPC
Federal Energy Administration
Energy Research and Development Administration
Federal aid sought to move dangerous highway intersection
The Wisconsin Division of Highways applied for Federal Safety Improvement Project funds to relocate the intersection of U S Highway 16 and County Highway B near the La Crosse River Bridge. The $200 000 project would be funded at about 90 percent by federal aid.
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la Crosse River Bridge
Ronald Gullickson
la Crosse County
County Board Highway Committee
Wisconsin Division of Highways
Saturday Sunfish Days festivities schedule
Saturday Onalaska celebrates Sunfish Days with a fishing derby at Brice Prairie Upper Landing at 9 a.m. across from Swarthout Park, a 11 a.m. kiddie parade at Pertzsch School, a noon softball tournament at the high school field, and a 9 p.m. Bellows of Brass Orchestra dance in Sand Lake American Legion clubrooms.
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Onalaska
Brice Prairie Upper Landing
Swarthout Park
Pertzsch
Bellows of Brass Orchestra
American Legion
Sand Lake
Pacific Northwest Faces Saturday Showers Along Cold Front
Weather forecast predicts a band of showers along a cold front from Arizona to the Great Lakes Saturday with additional showers in Florida.
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Pacific Northwest
Arizona
Great Lakes
Florida
Weather Notes Across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Variable cloudiness and warmth with thunderstorm chances in central and northwest Wisconsin. Scattered showers and storms in the south. Minnesota sharpens with possible thunderstorms and cooler vibes Sunday. Iowa lacks forecast. Dresbach Lock readings show flow at 15 100 cfs rising. Mississippi River barge traffic details and a record high 94 in 1934 noted.
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Wisconsin
Innesota
Iowa
Dresbach Lock & Dam
Mississippi River
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Eileen Schandle Photo
Auditorium Board
Mary E. Sawyer
James Krause
Krause
William Sauer
la Crosse Tribune
Lee Enterprises, Inc
N. 3Rd St
Nuriuer iv
Saleon
Rachel Holthaus
Main St
Holthaus House
John Bosshard
Beverly Stuhr
Bernard Mullenbach
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Alvin Baldus
D-Menomonie
Jon Meyer
Walter G. Engler
Park Lawn Estates
Future Farmers of America
R. 2
Frank Ponterio
R. 1
Mindoro
Bridgeview Plaza
Rose St
West Ave. S
Wisconsin Cheese Producers Association
Agriculture Department
California
Oregon
Washington
Sackson Plaza
Miss Onalaska
Cleo Mulock
Ans Affairs Committee
Monroe Swan
Milwaukee
Moses
Richard Carbonneau
Racine
Coulee Region
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Tri-State
Dresbach
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