Ground to Be Broken Next Fall for $7 Million La Crosse Post Office
La Crosse prepares for a $7 million two-building Post Office project with 61,000 square feet for postal operations and a second building for a federal courtroom and agencies. Groundbreaking hoped for by fall with operation planned in coming years as part of Civic Center renewal.
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la Crosse
John L. Vreyens
Madison
Postal Service
Capital Investment Committee
Board of Governors
Army Corps of Engineers
Vreyens
4Th
6Th Streets
State and Vine Streets
Post Office
Mary E. Sawyer
Harold Ristow
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Hoeschler Realty Co
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Old City Hall
4Th & 6Th
State & Vine
First St Patrick's Day parade set for La Crosse
The Shamrock Club schedules a 30 unit parade from Nine’s Steak at 11 a.m. Saturday, with events including a Friday Irish tenor concert, a St Patrick’s banquet, and multiple dignitaries. Parade participants span civic leaders, Irish groups, band units, and local clubs.
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la Crosse
Sons of Erin
Nine’s
Copeland Ave
Causeway
4Th Street
Main
6Th Street
6Th
State Streets
Shamrock Club
Viterbo
Black Box Theater
Fred Patrick Kelly
U.S
Cleveland
Crystal Room
Stoddard Hotel
Eagles Club
Shriners
Cavalets
Warriors
Ed Sullivan’s
Trempealeau
American Legion
Lincoln Junior High
Dunne
County Roscommon
Northern Ireland
Floods Keep Some Wisconsin Roads Closed
Floodwaters rose in Wisconsin with many eastern roads shut, including U.S. 45 in Clintonville and New London and Wisconsin 156 from Leeman to Nichols. The Wolf River area saw evacuations as crest approaches, while other rivers near flood stage inch toward peaks and cooler air returns with forecasted falls in temperatures.
Weather synopsis for Midwest states
Wisconsin reports colder Thursday night with a light snow rain mix possible in the north and snow chances in the south. Clouds ease Friday. Minnesota sees partial clearing by Friday morning with light showers ending eastward. Iowa shows clearing west and cloudy east Thursday night with sunny spells Friday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
League Conducts School Census in La Crosse District
The biennial census by the League of Women Voters surveys households to count children in the La Crosse Area Public School District. Chairman Margaret Nelson says census takers record ages and special education needs, guiding school planning and assignment areas. Some begin now, most on April 1, with completion by April 15.
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la Crosse Area
The
League of Women Voters
Margaret Nelson
S. 16Th St
Mrs. Nelson
League
Probation Ordered For Contributing To Delinquency
A rural Holmen man Jeffery J. Blum 18 pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of minors and was placed on probation for 1% years in County Court. He allegedly harbored a 14 year old boy and a 15 year old girl, with sexual contact, between March 5 and 7 in a cabin in the Export Hill area of the Town of Holland.
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Holmen
Jeffery J. Blum
Blum
Export Hill
Holland
Mannerisms Distracting In Concert By Pianists
Two young pianists Delores Hodgens and Samuel Howard delivered a technically brilliant concert at Viterbo College, featuring Liszt Concerto Pathetique and Lutoslawski Variations among other works. While the ensemble was energetic and engaging, Howard’s exaggerated facial expressions and posturing distracted some listeners, though Hodgens carried the program with musical focus.
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Delores Hodgens
Samuel Howard
Brahms
Haydn
Lutoslawski
Paganini
Rachmaniov
Johann Christian Bach
Gershwin
Viterbo College
Howard
Bible Study Change for Key 73 Led by Sister Clarentia
Correction: the 73 Bible study led by Sister Clarentia now meets Monday March 19 at 7 30 p m in St Josephs Home 2415 Cass St instead of Wednesday March 21. Attendees should read the second half of Luke before the first meeting date.
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Clarentia
St. Joseph's
Cass St
Church Women United
Four Hurt in Two-Car Crash on Losey Boulevard
Four people were injured in a two-vehicle collision at Losey Boulevard and Ward Avenue late Tuesday. In St. Francis Hospital, Mrs. Phillis Young and passenger Doris Frick were treated for a sore arm and a forehead cut. At Lutheran Hospital, Mrs. Jeanne Zeman suffered a sore leg and Diane Lupico facial cuts. Clifford Copus, 22, was charged with leaving the scene after his car allegedly struck Jane Olsen, with Olsen refusing medical care for a headache.
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Losey Boulevard
Ward Avenue
Phillis Young
R. 2
la Crosse
Doris Frick
S. 20Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Lutheran Hospital
Jeanne Zeman
Stoddard
Diane Lupico
Clifford Copus
Rose St
Copus
Jane Olsen
North 6Th Street
Kenneth Alexander
R. J. Stoddard
Olsen
Tribune staff notice and circulation contact
The Tribune announces contact options for delivery issues with a staff list including Wallace Gr Edward Keefe and Lawrence Le Red Ristow. It lists office hours and phone number 782 8040 and notes city carrier pricing of 1.60 every two weeks.
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Ders Hook
Wallace Gr
Edward Keefe
Lawrence Lered Ristow
Kenneth Teachout
the Tribune
S. 4Th St
LaiCrosse
Stabbing Death Near South Minneapolis Apartment
Police identify Lois Hattling, 24, of Minneapolis, as the victim of a stabbing outside a south Minneapolis apartment building on Wednesday night. Authorities say two juveniles are being sought in connection with the incident.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Lois Hattling
Mississippi River Set to Crest at 12.5 Feet
Abnormally warm wet weather boosts Mississippi River levels with forecasts calling for a crest at 12.5 feet by Saturday, above flood stage. Forecaster Finn Johnson notes ground frost and March rainfall drive high runoff as record warmth persists. Local meteorologists expect potential temperature records in La Crosse with readings near 67 or 68 degrees.
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Finn Johnson
National Weather Service
James Bagnell
la Crosse
Mercury
Bagnell
February Jobless Claims Reach Low Not Seen in Four Years
Unemployment compensation claims in February totaled 15,578, the lowest in four years and about 70 percent of the 1972 figure. Wisconsin led with 12,824 unemployed claimants, while totals by type included 1,073 initial claims and a February weekly average near 3,700. End-February unemployment stood at 55,000, down from 68,000 a year earlier. The nine week period shows claims about 20 percent below last year.
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Keith B. Straight
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Straight
Wisconsin
Man Gets Probation For Theft Of Rifle
A La Crosse man pleaded guilty to stealing his brother s rifle and selling it. Dennis L. Stewart 22 of 1803 Gohres Sr was placed on probation for a year in County Court and ordered to make restitution. The rifle valued at 90 was recovered from Badger Sport Shop where Stewart sold it for 45.
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la Crosse
Dennis L. Stewart
Gohres Sr
David
Black River Falls
Margaret Stewart
Onalaska
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