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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Inside Murphy Library at the UW-La Crosse is something called Special Collections.

La Crosse, Wis. — Steamboat photos and memorabilia continue to flow into the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.  The university’s Murphy Library Special Collections/Area Research Center holds one of the nation’s largest image collections related to historic steamboats and inland river scenes. There are roughly 40,000 images on site, nearly 30,000 of which can be viewed […]

Rabbi Aaron Schimmel of Postville, Iowa lights a menorah Monday during a ceremony at City Hall. Monday marked the fifth day of the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. Peter Thomson, La Crosse Tribune On its fifth night, the city of La Crosse held its first public celebration of Hanukkah, lighting a menorah outside of city hall Monday. “We thought this year, because we’ve been through a difficult year, with [the pandemic] and everything, we thought, we need to add light,” ...