La Crosse Fire Department to run Holmen Area Fire Department for $14,583 a month in new pact
July 8, 2021 7:38 PM Mike Tighe
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) The La Crosse Fire Department will assume administration of the Holmen Area Fire Department for a year under a resolution the La Crosse Common Council approved Thursday night.
Council members Mark Neumann and Doug Happel characterized the approval, at a cost of $14,583.33 a month to the Holmen district, as one of the most important actions the council took Thursday, if not stretching back further.
The resolution, which has been considered in one form or another for years and is similar to La Crosse pacts with other municipalities, is the result of the Holmen department’s request for the La Crosse department’s chief and subordinates “to serve as the Acting Chief and management and administration” for Holmen.
Petition calls on La Crosse to stop demolition of historic Fire Station No. 4
March 9, 2021 12:17 AM Molly Ringberg
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The group said the station has historic value and should be preserved, explaining in their petition, “the building is a cultural and economic asset that belongs to the taxpayers.”
Station No. 4 was built in 1940.
The petition stated that it could be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
In a statement released to News 8 Now Monday, the City of La Crosse Fire Department said the Mayor’s Fire Station Task Force submitted a recommendation to the council in 2018 to demolish and replace Stations No. 2 and No. 4 with new, modern facilities.