Miss June Dairy Days crowned in West Salem
Diane Molitor of West Salem was chosen Miss June Dairy Days at the West Salem Dairy Days opening. Runners up were Claire Ferguson Lori Krome and Carmen Kaplan. Molitor will attend UW Stevens Point to study music and has toured Europe with the African Youth in Concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Salem
Wis
Diane Molitor
Eugene Molitor
Claire Ferguson
Earl Ferguson
Lori Krome
Herbert Krome
Carmen Kaplan
Robert Kaplan
la Crosse
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Europe
Miss Molitor
County Board mulls longer hours at La Crosse landfill
La Crosse County Board considers extending hours or adding Saturday openings for the landfill to improve refuse pickup by Refuse Disposal. Committeemen express reluctance though pressure mounts, citing health concerns and contractor performance. Estimates on costs are to be provided by Tarco Inc. Monday as the board weighs action through August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
County Board
la Crosse
Patrick Zielke
Douglas Farmer
16Th Dist
Charles Pierce
Robert Carroll
13Th Dist
City of la Crosse
Carroll
Farmer
Tarco Inc
Tarco
Robert Tooke
Tooke
Reorganization plan reshapes La Crosse Board leadership
Supervisor Robert Frederick proposes an executive committee of the board chairman two vice chairmen and three other supervisors to initiate legislation and advise on new laws. The board also votes to hire Griffith and Associates for $8,000 to study indirect cost reimbursements and to design a divider at Lakeview Health Center costing about $4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Frederick
Frederick
Gordon Feinberg
2Nd Dist
la Crosse County Taxpayers Association
Hackner, Schroeder, Roslansky and Associates
la Crosse
Lakeview Health Center
Robert Machotka
Griffith
la Crosse County Boards Association
Hit and run suspect bound over for district court
Robert L Engstler 45 of El Paso Texas appeared in Houston County Court and was bound over to district court for a fatal hit and run on Highway 27 near Brownsville. Ar thur Osborn 18 and Alan Hunter 19 of La Crescent were involved. Hunter remained hospitalized as his father Earl Hunter of WKTY Radio said he was due for release. Bond reduced to 2500. Arraignment tentatively set for June 20 or July 7 depending on judge availability.
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Caledonia
Minn
Brownsville
Houston
Robert L. Engstler
el Paso
Tex
la Crosse
Robert Lee
Glenn Kelley
Winona
Houston County Sheriff's Department
Engstler
Arthur Osborn
la Crescent
Alan Hunter
Highway
Hunter
Earl Hunter
Wkty Radio
Lutheran Hospital
Tomah VA Hospital Chief Reassigned to Missouri Facility
Joseph L. Kurzejeski, long time director of the Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital, will become director of the Columbia Missouri facility affiliated with the University of Missouri. The appointment was announced by Max Cleland and the transition is likely before summer end. Kurzejeski has led Tomah since March 1976 and a successor has not yet been named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah, Wis
Joseph L. Kurzejeski
Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Columbia, Mo
Kurzejeski
Columbia
University of Missouri
Tomah
Onalaska budget may raise mill rate 2.5
The 1977-78 tentative Onalaska Area Public School District budget calls for a 2.5 percent mill rate increase based on a 1978 tax levy of 972 691 dollars. The district expects to need 3 1 million dollars for the budget with a city share and notes ongoing salary negotiations. Jerome Malin says further cuts may occur and salaries are a major concern. Negotiations with the OFA began in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayda Hollnagel
Tribune
Onalaska
Wis
Onalaska Area
Roland Peterson
Fiscal Control Board
Medary
Hamilton
Jerome Malin
Malin
Onalaska Education Association
OFA
Witnesses dispute lobbying in Moses firing probe
Three key witnesses at a Wisconsin subcommittee hearing denying they lobbied against a bill to remove John Moses from the Veterans Affairs secretary post. Former aide Greg LaFond had claimed impersonations to influence legislators. Moses and aides said they would take polygraphs as the probe continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
State Veterans Affairs
John Moses
Moses
Greg LaFond
LaFond
LeRoy Litscher
D-Baraboo
Litscher
State Veterans Affairs Board
Lawrence Reilly
Clifford Wills
Wills
Reilly
Timothy Cullen
Dianesville
Cullen
Baraboo
Subcommittee
Sen
Monroe Swan
D-Milwaukee
Coulee area seeks families for foreign student exchange
Western Wisconsin hosts program through Youth for Understanding led by Douglas Patin. Families can host foreign students for six or 11 months or American students for two months or 11 months abroad in 25 countries. Participants must meet language, academic, and maturity requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulee
Wisconsin
Douglas Patin
St. Louis Park
Minn
Youth For Understanding
YFU
Japan
Europe
Iron Curtain
Patin
France
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Denmark
Ecuador
el Salvador
Finland
Germany
Greece
Liberia
Mexico
The
Netherlands
Norway
Paraguay
Philippines
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Uruguay
Venezuela
Teens to be sentenced in Roll ingstone bank robbery case
Two 18 year old Winona area men Donald Stolpa and David Schossow face federal sentencing in St Paul for the Roll ingstone State Bank robbery on March 4. They pleaded guilty in May after FBI and Winona County Sheriff’s investigations. About $230 was stolen and most has been recovered. Stolpa is in custody in Hastings while Schossow is out on a $1000 bond and has recently graduated from Lewiston High School.
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Winona
Minn
Winona Area
Rollingstone
Donald Stolpa
David Schossow
Lewiston
St. Paul
FBI
Winona County
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Lorna Koltermann
Willard Koltermann
Debra Manke
Harold Manke
Bangor
Ann Mattie
Bernie Mattie
Sheryl Uber
Ron Uber
Carol Molzahn
Mary Hickey
James Liska
Sparta
Pierce
Zielke
Refuse Disposal
la Crosse City
Lakeview Center
David Griffith
Griffith and Associates
Glenview
Ill
Max Cleland
Veteran’s Affairs
Washington, D.C
Moses Associates
Mr. Moses
Coulee Area
Minnetonka Blvd
U.S
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
Ed Huebner
State Street
4Th Street
5Th Avenue
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