$2 Million Complex Could House Seniors In La Crosse
La Crosse Housing Authority eyes a $2.55 million senior citizen complex on Holy Trinity Convent site at 1449 S. Park St. Parish council debates selling land while noting not to rush. Authority to study environmental impact before any offer, with no firm commitment yet.
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Holy Trinity Convent
S. Park St
Holy Trinity School
Joseph Becker
la Crosse Housing Authority
Becker
Holy Trinity
Housing Authority
Developer Pledges Court Fight Over Zone Change
Hoeschler vows legal battle to overturn the City Plan Commission approval of nine to ten eight-plex dwellings on 14.5 acres annexed to La Crosse in March. Opponents warn property values would fall and spot zoning possible, while supporters cite tax base gains and city population goals.
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City Plan Commission
Hoeschler
Supreme Court
Hoeschler Real Estate Corp
Hoeschler Enterprises
Common Council
Cass Street
Fowler & Hammer Inc
John Flynn
la Crosse Floral
Alan C. Cole
Paul Schneider
16Th Dist
Curtis Storck
14Th Dist
Treasurer Whaley Enters Race For 95th Assembly Seat
La Crosse County Treasurer Charles R. Whaley, 54, joins a GOP field for the 95th District Assembly seat. He argues state government must curb spending and adopt business methods, aiming to eliminate nonessential programs. Whaley has long been a local official and would face a November re election if elected.
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la Crosse
Charles R. Whaley
Whaley
Michael Forer
Marion Road
Wisconsin Delegation Backs FEC Reconstitution Bill
The Wisconsin delegation split 7-2 to support a bill reconstituting the Federal Election Commission as the House approved the measure 291 to 81. Support came from Reps. Aspin Baldus Cornell Kastenmeier Reuss Zablocki and Kasten. opposed by Reps. Obey and Steiger.
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Washington
Wisconsin
House
Federal Election Commission
Les Aspin
Alvin Baldus
Robert Cornell
Robert Kastenmeier
Henry Reuss
Clement Zablocki
Robert Kasten
David Obey
William Steiger
Unknown Pilot Killed In Crash Near Lake Geneva
An unidentified man was killed when a World War II vintage open cockpit airplane he piloted crashed in a field east of Lake Geneva Wisconsin. The cause remains undetermined and the victim’s name was not released.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Fired County Jailer Faces Court Charge
La Crosse County deputy sheriff Gregory Joseph Murphy 24 was fired after involvement in a Monroe County drug case emerged. Murphy posted bond for a man and woman linked to drugs, prompting Sheriff William Black to dismiss him for possessing a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Murphy faces pending charges and is due in County Court Branch 2.
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la Crosse County
Monroe County
William
Bill) Black
Gregory Joseph Murphy
R. 1
West Salem
Murphy
Black
Monroe
Glenn Schultz
Sparta
Schultz
Wisconsin
Patricia Ann Ziemke
Tick
Dist
Edmund Nix
Pepin
Joseph H. Riedner
Arneson
Riedner
la Crosse
Leonard Roraff
Hammill
Viroqua
Train Crash Near Rotterdam Kills About 20 Including Schoolchildren
A head on collision near Schiedam between the Rhine Express and a local commuter train killed about 20 people, many of them schoolchildren. Rescue crews reported four to eight still trapped as engineers survived, with investigators unsure why both trains occupied the same track near The Hook of Holland.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Here
Hook of Holland
Rhine Express
Schiedam
Hook
Britain
Innsbruck
Dortmund
Cologne
Munich
The
Tjerk Westerterp
Hammill doubles jeopardy claim faces ruling in La Crosse
La Crosse assistant district attorney argues Hammill cannot be tried twice for kidnapping and false imprisonment stemming from the Riverside Park incident, as different proof is required than for the July 4 murder and related crimes. A ruling is due next Wednesday in County Court.
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Jerold Hammill
la Crosse Asst. Dist
Michael Hoerl
Hammill
Patch Grove
John Hutchiss Jr
la Crosse
Diane Merfeld
Hotchkiss
Riverside Park
Goose Island
Vernon County
Philip Arneson
la Crosse County
Hoer
Arneson
Wisconsin
Hoerl
Mill
Winnebago County
Menasha
Vernon County Home addition plans in jeopardy
Vernon County faces a funding and management dispute over a 100 bed Vernon County Home expansion project valued at 1.39 million dollars. The state says CM Corp. cannot operate the facility due to elected trustees rule. Alternatives are reviewed while plans proceed under a license renewal deadline.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
State Planning Board
CM Corp
Sioux City
Iowa
CMN
State Department of Social Services
Atty
Larry Sieger
Sentative of
Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization
WWHPO
CMN Corp
Vernon County Board
Chester Erlandson
Bureau of Health Facilities and Services
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James O’connell
Holy Trinity Parish
Father O'Connell
Jake Hoeschler
Steven Campbell
San Leandro
Calif
James Harrell
Milwaukee
Ethiopia
State Department
Ronald B. Michalke
Mabel, Minn
Saul Bellow
Chicago Tribune
Onalaska
Lawrence
Ai Crosse Cribune
Hoerl Friday
Washington, D.C
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