Percival Everett’s characters are complex and wonderfully flawed.
Olson: City should invest in housing for the homeless
Police should also stop ticketing the homeless in Cameron Park, the council member said.
Stolen: How to Save the World From Financialization
A book on how we got into this mess, and how we might get out.
Homeless in La Crosse: “I live in this park”
We spoke to homeless people in Cameron Park to hear their stories.
“The cops coming in and kicking them out is not a solution”
Police have been attempting to clear Cameron Park of homeless people in recent nights.
Revolutionary Hope along the Mississippi: Kenneth Rexroth’s “The Motto on the Sundial”
Rexroth’s poem, written during a brief stop in the driftless, offers a vision of the upper Mississippi landscape and his hopes for a political revolution.
Gundersen, Mayo net $39 million bailout for La Crosse facilities
Gundersen and Mayo received millions in federal help in July.
The Rise and Fall of the “Big Indian” Statue
A trip to the archives clears up factual misconceptions about “the Colossus of Kitsch” and puts the statue in its proper historical context.
Barriers and opportunities for oversight of police in La Crosse
The city’s police and fire commission’s relationship with police is too close for it to offer objective oversight, says a former member.
Mayo, like Gundersen, also sues its workers for medical debt
Mayo garnished $74,200 in wages from its own workers in La Crosse and Vernon counties in the last two years.
