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La Crosse: The solvents from the landfill have contaminated the groundwater beneath the site, causing the contamination of an adjacent homeowner's drinking water well that the town of Onalaska replaced in the early 1980s. A floating layer of hydrocarbons, which acts as a source of groundwater contamination, was found to be emanating from the ...
www.cityoflacrosse.org. La Crosse (/ ləˈkrɒs / lə-KROSS) [6] is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. [7] La Crosse's population was 52,680 as of the 2020 census. [2]
R+4 [ 3 ] Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district covers most of the Driftless Area in southwestern and western Wisconsin. The district includes the cities of Eau Claire, La Crosse, and Stevens Point, as well as many Wisconsin-based exurbs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It borders the states of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.
La Crosse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.At the 2020 census, the population was 120,784. [1] Its county seat is La Crosse. [2] La Crosse County is included in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 170,341 and is the most populous county on Wisconsin's western border.
410 Cass Street. 43°48′30″N 91°15′05″W / 43.808333°N 91.251389°W / 43.808333; -91.251389 (Mons Anderson House) La Crosse. Gothic Revival-styled home with large square turret built from 1861 to 1877 for Anderson, a Norwegian immigrant who ran a store in La Crosse and later shifted into wholesale dry goods.
636 ft (194 m) [2] Hydraulic head. 25. NIDID# MN00587. Lock and Dam No. 7 is a lock and dam located on the Upper Mississippi River at river mile 702.5 near the cities of La Crescent, Minnesota and Onalaska, Wisconsin. It forms pool 7 and Lake Onalaska. The facility was constructed in the mid-1930s and placed in operation in April 1937.
During the first half of the 20th century, Wisconsin's utility companies pioneered efficiency improvements for coal-fired electricity generation at the former East Wells (Onieda) Street Power Plant, [6] and former Port Washington Power Plant. [7] Nuclear power has generated Wisconsin's largest share of carbon-free electrical energy since 1970. [8]
Riverside Park is a public park located on the riverfront of downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin. It hosts events such as Riverfest, Fourth of July fireworks, Oktoberfest, Moon Tunes, and the Rotary Lights. The steamboats American Queen, La Crosse Queen, and Julia Belle Swain make stops along the river in the park.