Melinda Howe served five years in prison. She’s been out for two years and is slowly trying to piece her life back together. This is her story.
Tag: Make America Read Again
Local Taxpayers Sent $7.8 Million in 2019 to Investors, Wall Street
The U.S. Federal Reserve could lend money to local governments at 0% interest, which would have freed up at least $7.8 million in La Crosse County in 2019 that instead went to investors and banks.
Review: Sharks in the Time of Saviors
In Kawai Strong Washburn’s powerful debut novel, complex characters mix with magical realism and dangerous saviors lurk in the water.
Participatory Budgeting: Could it work in La Crosse?
What if we set aside 5% of the city of La Crosse’s $318 million capital budget, and let the people decide how that money is spent?
Policing Ginseng in an Age of Global Markets and Global Warming
A morning hike in Crawford County, interrupted by a DNR game warden, offers a fascinating glimpse into the global ginseng market.
Archives and the Power of Democratizing History
Trump’s “pro-American curriculum” will never match up with the evidence in our nation’s archives. History is more complicated.
New La Crosse Tribune editor had role in Kenosha controversy
Bob Heisse was editor of the Kenosha News when its only full-time black staffer resigned in protest over an incendiary headline about a demonstration in support of Jacob Blake’s family.
Cia Siab, Inc: “Hope is at the center of everything we do”
Cia Siab, Inc., which celebrated its 4th birthday this week, remains the only fully bilingual, bicultural provider of services for victims of crime in La Crosse county.
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.
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.
