Pierce elected board chairman in La Crosse County
Charles Pierce narrowly defeated William Ipsen 16 to 15 to become the La Crosse County Board chairman filling the unexpired term of William Bush. Pierce, 52, a Town of Onalaska supervisor since 1970, will be a part time chairman and continues to run his 250 acre dairy farm.
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la Crosse County
William Ipsen
Pierce
Ipsen
William Bush
Dist
Bush
Onalaska
Donald Harman
Harman
Laurence Hauswirth
Wilbert Ipsen
Gerald Bess
Douglas Farmer
Town of
Wisconsin Senate backs Assembly budget in bid to send to Lucey
The Wisconsin Senate approved the Assembly version of the 1977-79 state budget 21-12, ending a debate as Gov. Lucey nears a Mexico posting. Democrats held that Lucey would line‑item veto four Assembly items, but agreed to avoid a conference committee and risk a delayed signing.
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Lucey
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Fred Risser
Statehouse
Maurer
Lynn Adelman
New Berlin
James Flynn
West Allis
Paul Offner
la Crosse
Walter Chilson
Wausau
Gerald Lorge
Appleton
Daniel Theno
Ashland
El Paso man to face Houston County on fatal hit and run
Robert L. Engstler, 45, of El Paso Texas, driver in a fatal hit and run near Brownsville, to appear in Houston County court. He is free on 10 percent of a $5,000 bond set in La Crosse County after he turned himself in. The crash on Highway 26 killed Arthur Osborn 18 and seriously hurt Alan Hunter 19, both of La Crescent. a warrant charged leaving the scene, failing to report a fatal injury, and criminal negligence.
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Caledonia
Minn
Robert L. Engstler
el Paso
Tex
Brownsville
Houston County
Engstler
Philip Arneson
la Crosse
la Crosse County Court
Houston County Sheriff's Office
Arthur Osborn
la Crescent
Alan Hunter
Robert Lee
Zluticky
Exchange State Bank of la
Franciscan nun marks 75 years in order with diamond jubilee
Sister Eustella Olbertz, 95, observes 75 years as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. A two foot evergreen planted in her name at Villa St. Joseph Nursing Home symbolizes her devotion. A Mass at St Rose Convent will honor her and 38 other nuns with 25 plus years.
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Eustella Olbertz
Villa St. Joseph Nursing Home
Eustella
St. Rose Convent
Ashland
St. Francis Hospital
St. Francis
Mary of the Angels
Frederick Freking
la Crosse
Campbell may hire administrator to aid town operations
Campbell may hire a full time office administrator after a 4 to 0 vote to prepare a job description and accept applications. The proposal, discussed at a finance meeting, aims to improve administration and record keeping amid past disclosures of financial trouble.
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Campbell
James Finn
Finn
Town Hall
David Zluticky
McKee to face battery charge over student incident
La Crosse District Attorney Michael Mulroy plans to charge Myron McKee a former Longfellow Junior High principal with battery related to a June 8 fight with 15 year old Andy Oldenburg McKee faces potential jail or fine and may seek a jury trial Mulroy based the charge on police and medical reports and a Lutheran Hospital doctor’s findings Oldenburg was treated at Lutheran Hospital after the incident which occurred as classes were ending for the summer McKee says the incident stemmed from Oldenburg throwing firecrackers and wrestled with the boy before witnesses who observed a facial impact on the playground.
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Dist. Atty
Michael Mulroy
Myron McKee
McKee
Longfellow
John Bosshard
Mulroy
Andy Oldenburg
S. 10Th St
la Crosse
Leonard Roraff
Oldenburg
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse Area
Board of Education
Washburn School
Central High School
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