Roger Staffaroni

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All welcomed at Peace and Justice Stations of the Cross

1 week ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

La Crosse, Wis. - (WXOW) - The Peace and Justice Stations of the Cross took place Friday morning, a La Crosse tradition through the Franciscan Spirituality Center. "Regardless of our faith traditions, our political beliefs, our identities, we are all human and we're all in this together," said Sister Julia Walsh, who participated in the walk. The 2 mile walk begins at the Spirituality Center and ends about two hours later at Riverside Park.
Pump House seeking inspired artists

1 week ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) — The La Crosse Pump House Regional Art Center is calling out to all artists to enter their work for the "Inspired by La Crosse" competition. The contest is a celebration and recognition of the local and area creative community. "It's a competition that highlights La Crosse as an inspiration — the topography, the culture," said Kenzie Berg, Marketing Manager.
WTC Horticulture students hold plant sale

1 week ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

La Crosse, Wis. (WXOW) — The Western Technical horticulture students held a plant sale on Thursday, raising money for the class club. The campus greenhouse had a wide array of house plants, vegetable plants and flowering baskets. The students also helped with any plant questions people might have had. "It's a little early to put the plants in the ground," said Brayden Sparks, a horticulture student.
District Cuts by the numbers - What's next for PDC?

1 week ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

Prairie du Chien, Wis. - (WXOW) - The tough decisions continue for the Prairie du Chien school district after major cuts were announced at Monday's meeting. "With our declining enrollment and our funding, we can't keep up," said District Administrator Andy Banasik. Two attempts at referendums to close the funding gap were presented to voters back in November and then again in April. Both failed. Now the district faces a $1.5 million dollar deficit reality.
The Reality of budget cuts begin at Prairie du Chien School District

1 week ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

Prairie du Chien, Wis. - (WXOW) - In the wake of a failed budget referendum, Prairie du Chien's school board announced the current academic and co-curricular cuts to be expected moving forward. Listed and passed to move forward were a reduction of academic programming. The list included the Criminal Justice class, student driven enrollment classes and having the school cover the cost of student AP exams.
Happy and healthy at the Holmen Community Center

1 week ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

Holmen, Wis. - (WXOW) - The Holmen Community Center held what they called the Bee Well health fair on Tuesday morning. The event, aimed at seniors, included free blood pressure checks, a fitness class demonstration and plenty of health and fitness information. There were also area health systems and assisted living facilities on hand to answer any and all questions. The even was a way to let people know how the community center is there for everyone.
Stamp Out Hunger looking for volunteers

2 weeks ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

La Crosse, Wis. (WXOW) — The La Crosse post office and the Great Rivers United Way is looking for volunteers to help "Stamp Out Hunger." It's the 33rd annual year of the food drive that has local mail carriers picking up donations while out on their routes. "We're looking for volunteers in our area to help letter carriers and our community partners in collecting the food," said Aileen Ledesma, city letter carrier.
Hundt pleads no contest, receives extended supervision sentence

2 weeks ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

La Crosse, Wis. - (WXOW) - Anthony Hundt was in La Crosse County court on Wednesday afternoon for a plea hearing and sentencing. The 34 year old faced numerous criminal complaints dating back to 2019. Charges included misdemeanor intimidation of a witness, fourth degree sexual assault, battery, and battery/domestic abuse. Hundt and his attorney Chris Doerfler sat before Judge Elliott Levine, and entered no contest to three different charges.
Vernon County Sheriff investigates threats to Organic Watchdog group

2 weeks ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

Vernon County, Wis. - (WXOW) - OrganicEye, a local organic watchdog group, received severe threats that local law enforcement was able to investigate and track down a suspect. The threats began shortly after OrganicEye had filed a legal complaint against CCOG, the nation's largest organic certifier out of California. Through the work of the Vernon County Sheriff's office with search warrants, continuous investigative efforts and some assistance from out-of-state agencies, a suspect was identified.
Glass doors smashed at several downtown businesses

2 weeks ago | wxow.com | Roger Staffaroni

La Crosse, Wis. - (WXOW) - Some downtown La Crosse businesses discovered their glass front doors had been smashed. One of those shops was Deaf Ear Records on 4th Street. Last week Wednesday night, the record store owner called police shortly after 11 p.m. having discovered the damage to his front door. "They broke out the entire window, so had to replace the entire thing," said Jason Mills, Owner of Deaf Ear.