Hunger Task Force of La Crosse distributes 10,000 pounds of food a day to support local families, many of whom are food insecure.
Zine and Heard
Learn about feeling plotzed and measuring time in Keanu Reeves’s movie years from the women of Ope! Publishing, La Crosse’s DIY purveyor of artful zines.
Supporters, opponents air views on cops in schools at forum
Speakers at a forum on the School Resource Officer program asked whether other professionals could take over much of the work now performed by police.
UWL puts all residence halls on lockdown, suspends in-person classes
All classes have been canceled Monday and Tuesday but will resume virtually on Wednesday, chancellor Joe Gow has announced.
La Crosse priest suggests Covid a hoax, part of a “feardemic”
“Realize the hoax that’s been pulled on the entire world,” Father James Altman told his parishioners on Sunday.
VARC paid CEO $1.5 million in bonuses, deferred compensation
VARC’s former CEO Anthony Ugo was paid over $1 million in 2016 by the charity, which employs workers with disabilities on subminimum wages.
Protesters use Pence visit to talk solidarity, labor and health care
Demonstrators outside the Pence event in La Crosse turned their protest into an opportunity to hear the voices of local activists.
Labor Day: Remembering, Revising, and Reclaiming the Holiday
Here is a day to lean and loaf and ponder that word that consumes so much of our lives: work.
CDC eviction order brings temporary relief for tenants
The CDC’s new eviction moratorium is welcome, but without a program for rent relief it could lead to a wave of evictions in January.
UWL student worker strike called off but covid concerns remain
The students are worried adequate safeguards have not been put in place to prevent a large covid outbreak as thousands return to campus.
