Take the Social Needs Survey

From La Crosse County: Please participate in the La Crosse County Survey found here and encourage friends and family who live in our county to do so.

The survey looks at accessibility, awareness, and satisfaction with La Crosse County services. It is being run by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Political Science and Public Administration in partnership with La Crosse County.

The goal is to make it an annual community check-in. It will also help us measure progress toward goals in our Strategic Plan. Participation is confidential. Overall results will be shared once the survey closes.

Please note that this survey is intended for current residents of La Crosse County only.

Take the survey.

WW T and our environment

We've all seen pictures of the utterly destroyed no man's land of World War I France or read about the devastation caused by bombs, toxic waste, and deforestation of World War II.

World War Trump is looking to be as bad or worse. He has kneecapped the fight to reduce carbon emissions as global heating is accelerating and red-line tipping points reached. Abroad he is supporting destruction of fossil fuel infrastructure and dropping banned and toxic chemicals in the middle East. Here, he is unleashing those sick with greed on our forests, sacred spaces, and boundary waters. He is ending or twisting environmental protection programs and tossing centuries of experience and knowledge out of science-based agencies.

All this hits close to home as research and programs to protect the upper Mississippi River are closed and defunded. 

On Wednesday, April 8, the Friends of the Refuge Mississippi River Polls 7 & 8 will host “The Fish Thief, ” a documentary primarily based on the science from the USGS Midwest Environmental Science Center in La Crosse. The film will be shown at the Weber Center (click here to reserve your seats). Tickets will also be available at the door. The reception (drinks and appetizers provided) will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Weber Center atrium. The screening will follow from 6:30-8, concluding with a panel discussion with the film's director, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Sea Lamprey Control Program Director and others. Learn more at the group's Facebook page.

Impeachment Now

 

Tell your rep: We need emergency impeachment proceedings!

Citizens’ Impeachment is an organization that connects American citizens with a single goal: to get the U.S. Congress to impeach Donald Trump, convict him, and remove him from power. The organization was co-founded by a former senate staffer who worked inside the legislative branch during both impeachments, and Keira Havens, who is a United States Air Force veteran, a former scientist, and a longtime political activist.

Citizens' Impeachment is not the only group working to educate citizens and push Congress to hold this criminal regime accountable. The Friends Committee on National Legislation determined in 2021 that "The Impeachment Process is Imperative to Preserve our Democracy." Free Speech for People is spearheading an Impeach Trump Again.  Texas Rep. Al Green introduced articles of impeachment in December. On April 6, Connecticutt Rep. John Larson introduced articles of impeachment based upon those drawn up by Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein.

On Wednesday, April 8 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein Present: Expert Legal Symposium on Impeachment and the Meaning of “Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors.”  This program will be streamed on YouTube at The Real News Network, Jessica Denson's (The Removal Coalition) YouTube channel, and the YouTube and Facebook page of Free Speech for People. 

Ralph Nader, the legendary Consumer Advocate, and Constitutional lawyer and scholar Bruce Fein will hold a symposium at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 8^th, 2026. This event will feature eminent legal scholars and activists discussing matters related to impeachment.

This event will begin with opening statements by Ralph Nader and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (pending confirmation) arranged into three panels:

Panel 1: President Trump’s usurpation of the congressional war power conferred by Article I, section 8, clause 11 exemplified by his gratuitous, ongoing, criminal war of aggression against Iran.Moderator: Theresa Amato. Speakers: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Doug Bandow, Jeffrey Sterling

Panel 2: The credible fear that President Trump will obstruct, interfere with, or outright cancel the 2026 midterm elections unless impeached and removed from office.Moderator: John Bonifaz. Speakers: Bruce Fein, Oliver Hall, Jared DeMarinis

Panel 3: President Trump’s industrial scale bribery and extortion exemplified by auctioning pardons, demanding free legal services to escape government retaliation, and conferring government favors or benefits in exchange for unlawful donations to Mr. Trump’s sprawling business empire or pet projects like the White House ballroom.Moderator: Prof. Jack Rakove. Speakers: Prof. Alan Morrison, Rob Weissman, Isabel Munilla (pending confirmation)

These expert, bipartisan panelists – including former Congressman Dennis Kucinich, the Cato Institute’s Doug Bandow, POGO Executive Director Isabel Munilla, Maryland State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis, whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, and more –  will lay a firm legal foundation for potential future impeachment proceedings including preliminary “shadow hearings” on impeachment. This event is co-sponsored by RootsAction, Free Speech For People and Essential Information.

Read more here: https://capitolhillcitizen.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=199e0ac376069d75d8a203ae3&id=efae7e8ac4&e=bc9842b741

Vote

Please vote Tuesday if you haven't already. MTU buses are free on election day. Find your polling place in the City of La Crosse from the clerk: https://www.cityoflacrosse.org/your-government/departments/city-clerk/elections-and-voting/polling-places

If you have an absentee ballot, take it to your polling place. You can register to vote at your polling place. 

Help wanted

This year, the Hmong Education Project will be at Lincoln Middle School starting with a COMMUNITY NIGHT, open to all, on Friday, April 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. with food, music, demonstrations, and tours of the project. This annual event helps students and community members understand Hmong history and culture.

La Crosse students will visit the project from April 27 through May 1, with two sessions daily - 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

VOLUNTEERS can help during the student visits as teachers (some training required) or as general helpers who will help with simple tasks that don't require training.

This is a great chance to expand and strengthen our caring community.

To volunteer for either role, please contact Tony Yang, Cultural and Family Connection Program Coordinator, School District of La Crosse. HEP Director. Phone: (608) 789-5879  Cell: (608) 386-4438  Email: nyang@lacrossesd.org