(2009/01/09)
Viterbo University senior Angela Hebda learned what she really wanted to do in life thanks to the Trustees Annual Opportunity Fund at Viterbo University.
(2009/01/08)
I called Bob Pucci the other day. My main question was: Has Bob found another companion animal in the wake of his black Lab Rocco’s demise last summer?
(2009/01/07)
Well, the bright red boxes of bon-bons and bags of pastel conversation hearts have already taken over the department store end caps, relegating the old-fashioned ribbon candy to the 70 percent off shelves next to the orphaned Christmas trees and leftover twinkle lights. The marketers have lurched on to the next holiday, leaving our confections struggling to keep up.
(2009/01/06)
La Crosse police officials aren’t even close to declaring victory in their war on public intoxication and binge drinking, but things appear to be heading in the right direction.
(2009/01/05)
Saturday, Betty and I arrived at our residence in Texas for a two-month stay to reacquaint ourselves with family and to monitor repairs — made necessary by September’s Hurricane Ike — to our Pearland home. My weekly column will resume in early March.
(2009/01/04)
The sun speaks gently sometimes. As I turned off Hwy. 162 and onto Acorn Drive in Sparta on Friday, the heat from the sun struck my face, and I realized I didn’t need my heater to keep warm any more.
(2009/01/03)
When I asked Mary Lou Burrichter to share her predictions for 2009, she didn’t want to.
(2009/01/02)
La Crosse School District referendums in April and November were the biggest school news stories for much of 2008, but board members said they’d rather have spent the year talking about student achievement and board policy, not aging facilities.
(2009/01/01)
It was a brutal end to a difficult year. Credit tight despite the infusion of $700 billion in (future) taxpayers’ money into the credit market.
(2008/12/31)
It’s New Year’s Eve, but I don’t expect I’ll be getting drunk tonight.
(2008/12/30)
If you needed proof beyond the weekly candidacy announcements that an election is nearing, look no further than this month’s council agenda.
(2008/12/29)
A few days ago in a talk with good friend Ken H., he said some things about the art of conversation and manners that should be shared.
(2008/12/28)
Let’s see what’s in the Inbox today. Hmm, I’ll bet this one is useful: Subject: “Stuffy Your Stocking with Boogie Wipes!”
(2008/12/27)
Every year the same gifts are bought. One year you get socks and underwear and give out a tie and some DVDs. Next year more of the same.
(2008/12/26)
Enjoying the holidays in college first meant surviving the Greyhound Bus trip home.
(2008/12/25)
Let the sentimental journey begin — Christmas Day has finally arrived.
(2008/12/24)
“The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.” Clement Moore, 1823
(2008/12/23)
In the coming days, Tribune readers will start to see our annual tradition of welcoming the new year with a look ahead instead of a look back.
(2008/12/22)
Joyous holidays! Today I share “points of joy” with readers who think of the current economic downturn as “points of pity” and tend to take things for granted.
(2008/12/21)
Producing a newspaper column can be serious work, especially for those of us sometimes accused of being too serious.
(2008/12/20)
It’s the time of year when everyone runs around squabbling about the “true” meaning of things.
(2008/12/19)
New Year’s Eve isn’t as glamourous when you’re a parent.
(2008/12/18)
Last spring, I gave my 14-year-old son permission to look into adopting a dog.
(2008/12/17)
Maloney’s Baloney at 113 E. Main St. in downtown Arcadia has been processing fresh meats and sausages since 1912.
(2008/12/16)
Propane customers who pre-bought this year got burned when prices plummeted.
(2008/12/15)
This isn’t about how La Crosse’s Hillview Greenhouse Life Center Project is doing financially — much better with recent donations (La Crosse Community Fund among the donors).
(2008/12/14)
We all know about the gunmen in Mumbai who killed 171 people during a three-day rampage.
(2008/12/13)
When I was very young, I heard a rumor concerning the existence of a certain Mr. Claus. I’ve questioned the logic of making a wish list to the big guy ever since. But a new group has surfaced this year that appears to have that spirit of giving.
(2008/12/12)
Former first lady Nancy Reagan championed a campaign to “Just say no to drugs” during the 1980s. Some people at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse are changing that message slightly to “Just say know to drugs.”
(2008/12/11)
WINONA, Minn. — Jesse Ventura is a hard act to follow, even for the Pope.
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