Tavern Owners Fight City Move On Theater License
Sparta tavern operators led by John Kress Jr failed to force nonrenewal of The Theater liquor license at the City Council meeting. The Theater license, tied to a Town Tap transfer, has sparked legal fights since a state court ruled it invalid under the majority law, with a Supreme Court appeal and a stay of judgment delaying closure.
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Sparta
Wis
John Kress Jr
Kress
David Sullivan
Donna Leffingwell
Gus Wittmershaus
Town Tap
Tap
Peter Pappas
la Crosse
Pappas
Phillip Thurston
Con Ell Concessions
Chris Kelly
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Steven L. Abbott
Abbott
John Drew
Drew
Kelly
Thurston
Racine
Marion C. Davis
Keith Kenyon
Ernest Reynolds
Wisconsin St
Sparta Building Corp
Sparta Area Ambulance Service
Mark Winkus
Sparta Jaycees
Jaycees
Thomas W. Gomez
Wisconsin Child Center
Annexation weighs costs for Onalaska property owner
Onalaska builder Robert Stephan urged the Common Council to clarify costs before annexing his 61.88 acre property north of the city. The council approved first two readings to speed the process, while Stephan weighs concessions and who pays which costs as Park Ridge development proceeds.
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Onalaska
Wis
Robert Stephan
Stephan
van Riper
Donald Huggett
Huggett
Council
Stephen
Glenn Streblow
Fond du Lac
Vilas Street
Rider's Club
Robert Tooke
Raymond Development, Inc
City Plan Commission
Park Ridge
Plan Commission
Board of Public Works
Jim O'Connor
Layne Northwest
Milwaukee
O'Connor
la Crosse
Black River Falls
Blair
Whitehall sets minimum lot sizes and court fight looms
Whitehall City Council plans a Friday special meeting to adopt an ordinance defining a lot as the building site and setting minimums of 8000 square feet with 35 percent building coverage. The measure follows builder Jerry Goehner’s 70 to 83.61 foot wide Clare Street proposals and court challenges. The council also weighs short term borrowing and sewer rate changes amid fiscal strains.
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Whitehall
Wis
Jerry Goehner
Whitehall Builder
Clare Street
Goehner
Roof leaks unavoidable on Onalaska school project
A roofing contractor stated leaks during repairs are unavoidable when rain hits uncovered sections at Pertzsch Elementary School in Onalaska. Donald Zahn of Victor Zahn Roofing noted vandalism and foot traffic on the roof worsened damage, with estimated 8700 dollars in recent losses.
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Onalaska
Donald Zahn
Victor Zahn
Onalaska Area
Surance
Zahn
Onalaska contractor aids La Crosse garbage pickup
An Onalaska firm Johnson & Hougom Rubbish Inc. assists Refuse Disposal Inc. with La Crosse garbage collection. Route delays due to landfill hours and truck malfunctions now stretch service, with Friday pickups likely delivered twice this week. The county landfill near Medary is closed weekends and operates shorter hours.
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la Crosse
Asst
Public Works
Robert Larkin
Johnson & Hougom Rubbish Inc
Onalaska
Refuse Disposal Inc
Copeland Ave
Larkin
Refuse Disposal
Harter
Caledonia St
Isle la Plume
Medary
US Highway 16
McKee Fate Nears Decision in Longfellow Scuffle Case
Principal Myron McKee faces possible criminal charges after a confrontation with 15 year old Andy Oldenburg at Longfellow Junior High. La Crosse police and the county child protection unit are reviewing evidence including material gathered by James Birnbaum.
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Myron McKee
la Crosse
James Birnbaum
McKee
Andy Oldenburg
S. 31St St
Longfellow Junior High School
Oldenburg
la Crosse Area
la Crosse County
Department of Social Services
Dist
Michael Mulroy
Richard Miller
Douglas J. Oldenburg
Mulroy
Miller
Larry Hagar
Hagar
Birnbaum
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Longfellow
Les
Police say officer fired fatal shots in Humboldt Park riot
Chicago police Superintendent James Rochford disclosed that Sgt. Thomas M. Walton fired the bullets that killed Raphael Cruz and Julio Osorio, both 25, at a Puerto Rican Day demonstration in Humboldt Park, claiming self defense as clashes began two nights of rioting left over 100 injured and more than 100 arrested.
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Chicago
Humboldt Park
James Rochford
Rochford
Thomas M. Walton
Wood Street
Raphael Cruz
Julio Osorio
Walton
Osorio
Cruz
Two area teens to be sentenced for bank robbery
Two 18 year old men from Minnesota faces sentencing after pleading guilty to robbing a Rollingstone bank earlier this year. Donald Stolpa of Winona and David Schossow of Lewiston were arrested after a two month FBI and state agency investigation. Stolpa is jailed in Hastings while Schossow was released on bond after graduation from Lewiston High School.
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Winona
Minn
Rollingstone
U. S
Ann Montgomery
Donald Stolpa
David Schossow
Lewiston
Stolpa
Hastings
Schossow
Lewiston High School
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Winona County
Sheriff officials return without murder suspect
La Crosse County detectives went to Medicine Hat Alberta to bring back Ralph Vaughan 19 of 805 State St on a first degree murder warrant for the shooting of Craig Hoof 21 near an island by a marsh southeast of La Crosse. Vaughan is jailed in Medicine Hat awaiting possible deportation or extradition.
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la Crosse County
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Canada
Ralph Francis Vaughan
State St
Vaughan
Medicine Hat City
United States
Craig Hoof
Farnam St
la Crosse
Hoof
Fred B. Howly
Roland Puent
William Black
Roy Wiedemann
Edmund A. Nix
Weather update for Wisconsin and Minnesota regions
Weather briefing notes partly cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms across Wisconsin north tonight and Thursday. Minnesota shows cloudy north and partly cloudy south with occasional storms and a few severe threats in the south. River traffic reports two upriver towboats with 23 barges and two downriver with one barge, plus a discharge figure at Lock and Dam 7.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
al Dresbach Lock
Mississippi River
Weather Data Snapshot From Last Year
The report lists last year values with 6969 as normal and 7478 as record high. It notes a record low of 42 in 1927 and a 1913 high of 95. Sunrise is 5 22 am and sunset 8 49 pm tomorrow.
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N. 3Rd St
Bea
Palmer Johnson
Highway D
Holmen
Johnson
Eyvind Peterson
Lynn Johnson
Electric
Seware
Farmers’ Home Administration
FHHA
City Parks and Recreation
Lutheran Hospital
Stokke Tower
Southside Sr. Citizens Center
Sauber Manor
Northside Sr. Citizens Center
Congregational Church
Area
Canadian Immigration Service
Wiedemann
Tri-State
Dresbach
NC Winona
T.w
NC Dakota
Mt NC Dam
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Guttenberg
Guttenberg A3 “Nc Black At Galesville 2 27 la Crosse
West Salem
Root
Houston
Hokah
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