Annexation and Funk Road plan gain county committee approval
La Crosse County boards approve a Funk Road and Hillview annexation plan with a $16 000 county road fund share to be drawn from the city aid program. The proposal would relocate 2.59 acres to the city and annex Hillview grounds, aiding fire rates and state aid benefits while a unified county board ordinance faces delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funk Road
Hillview Home
City of
la Crosse
Hillview
Elizabeth Gundersen
34Th Dist
Pummel Creek
Shelby
Oscar Lindgren
Guidance Clinic
Paul Zei
Finance Committee
Guidance Clinic Committee
Robert Frederick
35Th Dist
Convicted Kidnapping Ties Streeter and Gallington to Austin Case
Two men Roy H. Gallington and Wilbur E. Streeter were found guilty in federal court in St. Paul of kidnapping James P. Goergen, an Austin gun dealer, after abducting him in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Jurors deliberated briefly before delivering verdicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Minn
la Crosse
Vernon County
St. Paul
Minn
Edward J. Devitt
Roy H. Gallington
Wilbur E. Streeter
James P. Goergen
Goergen
State Rep Gibson Attacks Budget as Credit-Card Plan
Wisconsin Assembly passed a 54 42 budget with all 37 Republicans and five Democrats opposing. Rep Lawrence Gibson labeled it a credit card budget, saying it funds new programs with future tax hikes and stokes voter appeal while shifting costs to local governments and education. He highlighted GOP amendments that were defeated and urged the Senate to reject the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Gibson
la Crosse
Assembly
Senate
Gibson
Divorce actions dominate La Crosse County Court docket
Mary Frommelt Riesing seeks a divorce from George Riesing on cruel and inhuman behavior with custody of three children. Joan Conway Van Riper divorces Charles Van Riper Jr. with no minor children. Francis W. Harter divorces Arlene Harter on cruel and inhuman conduct and adultery with custody split. Local hospital and illness transfers listed for multiple individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Mary (Frommelt) Riesing
N. Salem Road
George E. Riesing
Winneshiek Road
Red Wing
Minn
Joan
Conway) van Riper
6Th Ave
Onalaska
Charles van Riper Jr
Zeisler St
Francis W. Harter
Stoddard
Arlene J. Harter
Lakeshore Drive
Brookwood High to Stage Spring Concert in Gym
Ontario Wis The Brookwood High School Band and Chorus present the annual spring concert at 8 p m Monday May 14 in the school gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Wis
Brookwood High School
Marriages registered through area clerks in Wisconsin and nearby states
A list of couples from Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa planning weddings in May and June. Entries include names street addresses towns and expected ceremony locations such as Coon Valley La Crosse Bangor Sparta Chaseburg Shorewood Eau Claire Chaseburg and Chaseburg WAUKON IOWA and Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David S. Christian
N. 17Th St
Kathryn K. Anderson
Chaseburg
Coon Valley
Craig A. Barney
Gohres St
Theresa M. Duve
la Crosse
Gary J. Althoff
Bangor
Karen B. Grandall
Keith E. Swett
Laux Hall
Jean E. Esichinger
Hutchison Hall
Eau Claire
James P. Finn
S. 20Th St
Nancy L. Frost
Jackson St
Richard D. Rumppe
Main St
Patty S. Terpstra
Adams St
Knute E. Nelson Jr
Coate Hall
Judy A. Haldeman
Division St
Sparta
Bruce C. Cole
Linda J. Peterson
State St
Shorewood
Frederick W. Genz
Avon St
Stephanie R. Ingham
Middleton
Dennis A
Tri-State Deaths: Mrs Ledo Stebbins of Sparta
Services for Mrs Ledo Stebbins 62 of Sparta will be held at Lanham Kann Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Monday with visitation after 6 p.m. Sunday and on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Ledo Stebbins
Lanham-Kann Funeral Home
Obituaries for Hamilton Sieber Hale in Wisconsin notices
Mrs. Mary Hamilton 75 formerly 1514 George St died Saturday May 12 in a local hospital. Hellwig Morris Fossum Funeral Home La Crosse will announce arrangements. Gregor T. Sieber 79 Anderson Trailer Court West Salem formerly of La Crosse died Saturday May 12. Services set for Tuesday 9:30 a.m. Dickinson Caledonia Street Chapel and 10 a.m. St Joseph the Workman Cathedral. Edward R. Hale 83 314 N 14th St died Friday May 11 in a local hospital Schumacher Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hamilton
George St
Hellwig- Morris-Fossum Funeral Home
la Crosse
Gregor T. Sieber
Anderson Trailer Court
West Salem
Dickinson Caledonia Street
St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Edward R. Hale
N. 14Th St
Schumacher Funeral Home
Students Paint 90 Year Old Woman’s Home in Trempealeau
In Trempealeau Wisconsin 35 Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School students painted the exterior of 90 year old Arilla McCarty’s home. The school project addressed a 12 year paint gap supervised by Ed Scheller and three faculty members. Paint donated by T C Esser Co La Crosse and Beaver Builders of Galesville. Pepsi Cola Bottling Co provided cooling ice from Bud Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
Galesville
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Bud Hunter
WLSU To Carry Watergate Hearings
Radio station WLSU from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse will broadcast Senate Select Committee hearings on the Watergate case. The schedule runs Thursday through Friday and on May 22 23 and 24 with a Memorial Day recess, resuming June 12 13 and 14. Broadcasts start at 9 a.m. each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLSU
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Senate Select Committee
Births LACROSSE area May record of new babies
Birth announcements list newborns across La Crosse area hospitals from May 6 to May 11. Notable entries include a daughter to Garry Foltz and spouse in Cashton and sons to Kabat Onalaska Hogendorn Waukon and Evenson Edina. An adoption notice notes John Joseph Yehle in Brownsville Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse St. Francis Hospital
Garry Foltz
Cashton
Connie Turner
Gerard Kabat
Onalaska
Barbara Williams
David Hogendorn
Waukon
Iowa
Sharon Sweeney
Lutheran Hospital
Gary Nudd
Maple St
Mary Maule
Russell S
John Joseph
John C. Yehle
Brownsville
Minn
Diane Schieber
City Abandons Schilling Farm Landfill Plan Near La Crosse
The La Crosse Common Council voted to drop buying the L. J. Schilling farm in Onalaska as a landfill site citing costs. Appraisers valued land between 640,000 and over 1.5 million dollars. The city considers a Brueske offer for a Farmington 345 acre site while county officials study a county operated option. The council also waived the annual audit for the La Crosse Transit Co. and sought health and safety funding and staff to ensure OSHA compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
L. J. Schilling
Onalaska
Stellpflug
Schilling
Madison
Warren W. Brueske
Farmington
County Board Agricultural Committee
Albert Becker
la Crosse Transit Co
Wisconsin Division of Health
Dennis Mihalovic
George Baldwin
la Crosse Area
Innocent Plea, Continuance In 2 Check Cases
Innocent pleas entered in La Crosse County Court for two men accused of issuing worthless checks. Bernard Edwards of Yuba pled through attorney Rodger Kramer. judge to schedule a jury trial. Gary Schnick of Onalaska released on bond. case continued to allow legal consultation despite a $40.08 check at Ridgeview Super Valu and $453.09 of wallpaper held by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Rodger Kramer
Bernard Edwards
Yuba
Leonard Roraff
Edwards
Menard
Cashway Lumber
Gary Schnick
Onalaska
Cour
Schnick
Ridgeview Super-Valu
Asst. Dist. Atty
Mark Lukoff
Island Man Pleads Innocent in Wisconsin Case
Gerald J. Weis Sr., 40, of 100 Church Drive, pleaded innocent in La Crosse County Court to receiving stolen property from a burglary of the Donovan Borsheim residence on 1913 Sharon St. A June 28 trial date was set to be presided over by Judge Gary Schlosstein without a jury. A defense motion seeks suppression of evidence arguing an illegal entry by sheriff's deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Island
la Crosse
Gerald J. Weis Sr
Church Drive
Thomas Olson
Buffalo County
Gary Schlosstein
Leonard Roraff
Weis
Asst. Dist. Atty
Mark Lukoff
Donovan Borsheim
Sharon St
Schlosstein
Man Injured In Car Mishap Near Sparta
Larry R. Amundson 23 Cashton was injured when his car lost control on STH 27 five miles south of Sparta at 12 05 am Saturday. He was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Sparta with head cuts and chest injuries and is in good condition. The car went into a ditch and struck a tree eight feet from the ground after becoming airborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Larry R. Amundson
Cashton
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kenneth Varley
Amundson
Hearing Held On Fired Welfare Aide Discharge
Sparta Wis testimony focused on Earl Dutton 49 alleging wrongful discharge from Monroe County Public Welfare Department. Board members heard from Weiczorek Moe and attorneys as ruling expected in six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Wisconsin State Personnel Board
Earl Dutton
Monroe County Public Welfare Department
William Arkens
Muskego
Michael McAlpine
Steve Abbott
Dutton
John Weiczorek
Public Welfare Department
Curtis Moe
Monroe County Public Welfare Board
Weiczorek
Moe
Wausau
Welczorek
Camp McCoy
Thomas Reiland
Peort
Tedehedeee
McAlpine
Ted Ross
Lincoln Boys School
Monroe County
Ray Harris
Country Kitchen
Abbott
Reiland
Welfare Department
Trial Continued Fallout as Judge Dismisses Ellsberg Case
Judge Byrne dismissed all charges against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo rather than grant a mistrial. He cited government document suppression and to spare the defendants the risk of a second jury trial. Supporters reacted with applause tears and cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsberg
Russo
Byrne
Ellsberg-Russo
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Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services
Klos
Oak Forest
Thomas
Martin Serstad
7Th Dist
Monroe
Vernon
General Fund
Michael Mulroy
Herbert Garbers
Milton Upland
Kenneth Guthrie
The
Institution Board of Trustees
Streeter
Gallington
Rochester Area
Fire Department
State Streets
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Winnebago Sts
North St
Lincoln Junior High School
22Nd St
Northern States Power Co
4Th and
King Streets
P. J. Buttner
Highway 14
City
Dennis Tolvstad
Foot
John Farrell
Mormon Coulee Road
Tolvstad
Farrell
Richard Herlitzkr
Health Life
Mormon Coulee RD
Wisconsin
Green Bay Reformatory
Lloyd Burke
Mississippi St
Violet R. Shaw
S. 21St Terrace
St. Francis Hospital
William Stoltz
Liberty St
Laura Bendel
Acces
Lanahan
House of Aluminum
Holmen
Randy R. Schulte
Marie M. Wadsworth
Spring Grove
Patrick L. McCabe
Peggy M. Hangartner
Postville
Keith D. Hegnauer
Mary L. Hayle
Minneapolis
Ronald C. Miller
Jean Hahn
Wisconsin Rapids
Kenneth W. Ryan
Salina
Ohio
Lianne T. Johnson
Jay Street
Russell J. Gile
Man
Pte
Handy Builders
ERD
Loseyb
Black Hills
Sioux Falls
Badlands
Nat’ S. Park
Rapid City
Mt. Rushmore
Custer State Park
Deadwood City
Wall
Univ. of So
Goli Travel Service
Greyhound Bus Depot
S. 4Th
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