Army Coulee Flood Plan Revisited By Local Officials
A six year old Corps of Engineers flood control plan for State Road and Ebner Coulee was reviewed at the La Crosse County Courthouse. Residents heard Wayne Knott explain the 1967 study and debated costs, funding, timing, and whether concrete channels or riprap banks best address flooding and groundwater effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
State Road
Ebner Coulee
la Crosse County
Pummel Creek
Corps
Wayne Knott
Congress
Tri-State Deaths Highlight Area Obituaries
Earl Wohlers of New Albin died at 65 on June 30 at home with services pending. Frank Jefferies of Hillsboro died June 27 at 65 from a heart attack with funeral set for 1:30 p.m. Monday. Harold Scobee, 55 of Alexis, Illinois, died in a Sparta Wisconsin mobile camper from natural causes. Maxwell Conant, 51 of Delavan died June 28 at Wood Veterans Hospital in Milwaukee with services at Home Cemetery near Ontario. Mrs. Elmer Helstad, 72 of Ettrick died June 29 in a La Crosse hospital. services Monday in French Creek Lutheran Church. Beatrice Voldahl, 71 of Westby died June 28 in Westby, burial in Viroqua Cemetery. Haaken Williams, 67 of Genoa died June 29 in a La Crosse hospital with services forthcoming. James Krause and Signe Schroeder assumed duties on the Auditorium Board after election by the La Crosse Common Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wohlers
New Albin
Iowa
Earl
Dan) Wohlers
Burke-Thornburg Funeral Home
Lansing
Mr. Wohlers
Hillsboro
Wis
Frank C. Jefferies
Fick Funeral
Benjamine Drown
Mount Vernon Cemetery
John Jefferies
Charlotte McCoy Smith
Wonewoc Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
The
Carnation Co
Valley Dairies
Valley
Neb
Africa
John M. Smith
Menomonie
Albert
Delilah Calloway
Madison
Harold Scobee
Sparta
Alexis
Ill
Benjamin Blair
Black River Falls
Blair
Paul Albrecht
Monroe County
Maxwell Conant
Ontario
Maxwell George Conant
Delavan
the Wood Veterans Hospital
Milwaukee
Home Cemetery
Kenneth Rumppe
Conant
Robert Conant
Fern Rumppe
James
Helen Marie
Wausau
Donald Rumppe
West Palm Beach
Fla
Arthur Parrish
Mabel Harris
Pete Taylor
Ed Rumppe
Taylor
Walter Nesvacil
Elroy
Dale
Merrill
Harley
Germantown
Elmer Helstad
Ettrick
French Creek
la Crosse
Peter Hogden
John Helstad
Helstad
Pyrl
Howard
Racine
James Males
French Creek Lutheran Church
Kenneth Jensen
Fossum Funeral Home
Beatrice Voldahl
Viroqua
Westby
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Charles Sheppard
Jacobson-Vance
Marilyn Grayson
Tulsa
Okla
Ralph
Grafton
Alice Tuve
Mountain Home
Ark
Richard Roberts
Grayland
Wash
Genoa
Haaken
Bill) Williams
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Chaseburg
Lyle F. Schalow
Arneson-Thorson
Norway
William Hanson
Edna Runge
Cutler-Hammer Corp
Halmer
Peter
Emil Hanson
Howard Reed
Beloit
Ray Schultz
Poynette
Ben Fossum
Grand Forks
N.D
James Krause
Loomis St
Signe Schroeder
King St
Krause
Schroeder
Burl Holzer
Oak St
Wisconsin budget plan links district consolidation and welfare shift
The proposed package aims to consolidate all districts into K through 12 by 1975 with guaranteed valuations for K8 and union high districts. A state takeover of local welfare costs is delayed to 1975, with counties to administer programs pending study. Also funds keep Sparta reformatories open at reduced capacity and expand executive pay and ethics rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucey
Green Bay Reformatory
Wisconsin
Sparta
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Conference Committee
Green Bay
Reformatory
Waupun Hospital
Robert Kasten
R-Brown Deer
Bangor Treasurer Dead At 54
Oscar G. Berg aged 54 longtime Bangor treasurer died Friday June 29 in a Madison hospital from cancer. He revised local tax collection, led the Bangor Rod and Gun Club and trout planting, and was a WWII veteran and National Guard member. Survivors include his widow Della three daughters and his mother. Burial at Burns Cemetery with military rites. Funeral arrangements set at Fossum Funeral Home and St. Pauls Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Wis
Oscar G. Berg
Madison
Berg
Berg Fuel Oil Co
Rod and Gun Club
Wisconsin National Guard
Anderson Good American Legion
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Bangor Independent
Della
Homer
Carolyn) Armagast
la Crosse
Cristine
Lyda
Richard F. Berg
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
R. A. Siegler
Burns Cemetery
Fossum Funeral Home
Judgment for Trade Employees Credit Union against Collins
County Court records from La Crosse show a judgment in favor of Trade Employees Credit Union against Diane L. Collins and Thomas Collins of 404 Prospect Street for 2813 dollars 42 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Trade Employes Credit Union
Diane L
Thomas Collins
Prospect St
VFW Auxiliary Elects Manitowoc Woman and Milwaukee Man for Key Posts
The auxiliary to the Wisconsin VFW elected Mrs. Clarence Myrtle Brunner as president and Clem J. Tesensky as state commander, both chosen unopposed or uncontested. Brunner, a 28 year member of Manitowoc unit 659, will lead efforts focusing on visits to retarded children in southern and northern colonies. Tesensky, a Milwaukee retiree and World War II veteran, has held multiple state posts and holds five battle stars and several decorations. Installation of officers occurs Saturday at the American Legion Clubrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wisconsin Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Milwaukee
Clarence
Myrtle) Brunner
William Schwandt
Pell Lake
Clem J. Tesensky
Tesensky
New Guinea
City of Milwaukee
43Rd Infantry Division
169Th Regiment
Otto Oas
Brunner
Kenneth Brown
James Kurz
Racine
Local obituaries list Hafner Bautsch and Fitting deaths
Walter P. Hafner 87 longtime La Crosse resident died June 29 at Bethany Home. Survived by three sons a daughter and 11 grandchildren. Lena D Bautsch 93 died June 29 in a local nursing home born in Germany and married Harry L. Bautsch. Services Monday Schumacher Funeral Home. Bradley C Fitting 1 year old son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Fitting Merrillan died June 29. Services Monday Sletten McKee Hanson Funeral Home. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter P. Hafner
la Crosse
Bethany
Northern Engraving
Electric Auto- Lite
Trinity Lutheran Church
North la Crosse
A.M
Scottish Rite
Eau Claire Consistory
Lena D. Bautsch
Haniff Road
Germany
Schumacher Funeral Home
Fritz Miller
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bradley C. Fitting
Kenneth Fitting
Merrillan
Gerald Fitting
Orville Hesselbacher
Scales Mound
Ill
Ernest Hesselbacher
B. Winterdyk
Simcoe
Ontario
Canada
Sletten-McKee - Hanson
Wisconsin Minnesota college tuition pact eases cross border study
Minnesota and Wisconsin sign an agreement allowing residents from both states to attend colleges in the neighboring state without nonresident tuition. The deal, awaiting ratification, includes an annual accounting of lost revenue and could save about 1200 dollars per student for roughly 800 Minnesota students this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Richard Hawke
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Commission
James Jung
Wisconsin Higher Education Aids Board
North Dakota
Wendell Anderson
Anderson
Senate compromise on bombing limits sparks war debate
Bombing 15 would require approval of both houses of Congress. It would not be used to escalate US bombing in Cambodia or Indochina unless provoked. All efforts should minimize casualties and damage. Some antiwar senators resisted. Mansfield called the compromise a capitulation. Church defended it as the only way to end the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cambodia
Indochina
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Frank Church
Idaho
ECB tower southwest of La Crescent meets FAA requirements
ECB chief engineer said the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board tower near La Crescent complies with FAA rules after an inquiry by La Crosse Aviation. The FAA’s determination was not completed at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Aviation
Cai
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
ECB
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
la Crescent
Friday
Federal Communications Commission
William Woods
Aviation Board
Whla-Fm
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Federal
Department of Health, Education ,and Welfare
W. Peter Gilbertson
James Senty
Richard Shimshak
James Cote
Cote
Robert Johns
Harry Wiggert
Gilbertson
Council
Shoger
Senty
Shimshak
Roberts Baltz debate format moved to Wing Center auditorium
A debate between State Rep. Virgil Roberts and Walter Baltz will be broadcast from Wing Communications Center at 7 30 p m Sunday. Each will deliver a 10 minute opening and five minute rebuttals with media questions and five minute summations. Baltz pressed for a format change citing Roberts votes and campaign practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Roberts
D-Holmen
Walter Baltz
West Salem
Baltz
Wlsu-Fm
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Wing Communications Center
Roberts
Tribune rates notice for La Crosse publication
The Tribune lists circulation and advertising rates for La Crosse Wisconsin. City carrier price is $1.60 every two weeks and mail subscriptions within 75 miles cost $30 per year with advance payment and limitations on non-carrier regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
S. 4Th St
la Crosse
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Army Coulee
34Th Dist
Elizabeth Gundersen
Knott
Ferdinand Sontag
Department of Natural Resources
Dale Erlandson
Ronald Bracegirdle
Bracegirdle
Mississippi
Wedgewood Terrace
Hagen Road
Sharon Imes
11Th Dist
Low Ward Avenue
la Crosse City
Public Works
Bob Schroeder
Town of
Shelby
Ralph Lee
Hagen
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Jon Caylor
Caylor
Soil Conservation Service
Winona
Sartz
Erlandson
DNR
Coulees
Conservancy
Frank Jefferies
Haaken Williams
Heileman Board
Bernard C. Reese
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Heileman Bakery
Janesville
Eau Claire
Rice Lake
University of Wisconsin-Madison
VFEW
George Fansin
Pewaukee
Ray Savas
Greendale
Auxiliary
Myrtle Brunner
Minn
Says
Annesota
James E. Burgess
K. Q. Blanchard
Sanford Goltz
Edit Hutzler
John Vik
Wallace 4Eefe
Lawrence Lered Rigston
Kenneth Teachout
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