La Crosse Tribune, Wis., Joan Kent Column: Tracks, Couches and Sidewalks
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By Joan Kent, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Sep. 12--Lest residents come down too hard on the city regarding the train whistles, this is what I understand happened, in a nutshell.
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If you can see train tracks from your front window, you probably live on the wrong side of them. At one time, my view beyond the tracks was a line of factories nobody wanted to live near. Like the place where they make carpets. Or even worse, the wool scourers, which smell like hot vomit during business hours.  What I don't get is how they got to be classified as being on the right side. Maybe if they did some rezoning and it was the factories that were officially on the wrong side of the tracks, my life would have turned out differently.
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By Anne Jungen, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 1--Before Wednesday night, they were only names on yard signs, Pat Cavadini said.  "I want to know basic information, their experience, what they can do and why they think they are special," Cavadini said.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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By Joan Kent, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 6--Pat Houlihan remembers when La Crosse City Hall was pretty rough and tumble.
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By Beth Velliquette, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.  Jun.
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By Catherine Dolinski, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Dec.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 5--You've got to give La Crosse County officials credit for thinking out of the box. Their "property tax raffle" is an unusual way to draw attention to federal funding cuts to counties.
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Susan Lampert Smith Wisconsin State Journal With so many large tragedies going on in the world, it&#39;s easier to comprehend the small sadness of change.
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By Kent, Joan  Development in La Crosse, from possible parking ramps to accommodate business expansions to building a transit center downtown, should dominate much of' the city government's 2007 agenda, city officials said.  Logistics Health Inc.
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By Daniel Witter, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 14--Kris Painter recalls a day not long ago when parents and children rollerskated up and down her street, blasting music from radios.
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By Jack Komperda  jkomperda@@dailyherald.com  The intersection of North Avenue and Morton Road isn't exactly considered a real estate hotbed in DuPage County.
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By Geri Parlin, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--Food for the table, good nutrition, a sense of neighborhood and a lesson in community spirit.   That's a lot to ask of a carrot.
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By Joan Kent, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 15--La Crosse officials will consider a request in January to have the city engineer prepare plans for other types of barriers on the Riverside Park levee.
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By Kate Schott, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Sep. 14--HOLMEN, Wis. -- The village of Holmen board will discuss tonight a study that shows how and why development fees are set.
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By Reid Magney, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 12--La Crosse County says it has negotiated a substantial reduction  in fines levied by the state against Lakeview Health Center after a resident  died in 2005.