Western Technical College News
Browse past news stories for Western Technical College in La Crosse, WI:
- News in brief (West Salem Coulee News)
posted on March 17, 2010 at 07:01:08 am
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper. - ‘Get over the name and play the game' of cornhole (La Crosse Tribune)
posted on March 17, 2010 at 05:00:46 am
Jayda Lamprich won't call it a sport. "It's more like a hobby,"she said. But she does enjoy the game of cornhole. - The national count affects local organizations (WKBT La Crosse)
posted on March 16, 2010 at 03:52:08 am
The 2010 Census is officially underway. In La Crosse one person can make the difference in whether we get federal funding for some programs. - Opinions on law for livestock siting aired at hearing (Vernon County Broadcaster)
posted on March 15, 2010 at 05:07:09 pm
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) were dragged through the proverbial dirt during a public meeting about the state’s livestock siting law in Viroqua last Thursday. - GCT’s Flanery signs with Wisconsin school (Jonesboro Sun)
posted on March 13, 2010 at 06:11:12 am
PARAGOULD — Matt Flanery could not be prouder of his younger brother, Dayton. - Winning video on risky drinking draws on students' experiences (La Crosse Tribune)
posted on March 12, 2010 at 04:15:04 am
They've been to parties, witnessed the drunken crowds and feltthe morning hangovers. - Meyer autopsy reveals less alcohol, no drugs in drowning victim’s blood (West Salem Coulee News)
posted on March 11, 2010 at 04:19:45 pm
Final autopsy results show a Western Technical College student who drowned Feb. 14 in the Mississippi River had a 0.19 percent blood-alcohol concentration and no drugs in his system. - Plan for Resource Center in Downtown (WXOW 19 La Crosse)
posted on March 11, 2010 at 12:21:32 am
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW)- The first ever "Aid Station" opened up during Oktoberfest in 2007. It's an area of assistance for people who need medical help, directions, or a ride home from the downtown - State lawmakers meet with WTC students (WXOW 19 La Crosse)
posted on March 8, 2010 at 11:37:12 pm
La Crosse, WI (WXOW) - A Couple of State Lawmakers met with students and staff at Western Technical College Monday morning. The annual session allows Western Representatives to talk directly with the - News in brief (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
posted on March 8, 2010 at 01:32:52 pm
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper. - UW-La Crosse's Bebeto Yewah urged to keep up frenetic pace at national wrestling meet (La Crosse Tribune)
posted on March 5, 2010 at 05:33:32 am
Bebeto Yewah has heard their advice, absorbed it, and now he'seager to put it into practice. - Alcohol contributing factor in river death (WXOW 19 La Crosse)
posted on March 3, 2010 at 05:23:44 pm
Associated Press - March 3, 2010 12:05 PM ET LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - Final autopsy results show alcohol intoxication contributed to the death of a La Crosse college student whose body was found... - Autopsy: Alcohol contributed to death of La Crosse student (Pioneer Press)
posted on March 3, 2010 at 05:16:24 pm
Final autopsy results show alcohol intoxication contributed to the death of a La Crosse college student whose body was found in the Mississippi River. - People Voice Ideas for Safer La Crosse (WKBT La Crosse)
posted on March 2, 2010 at 04:43:05 pm
Sunday people met in Riverside Park to share ideas on how to solve the problem of people drowning in the river, and there was a range of solutions. - Autopsy: Blood-alcohol level of Wisconsin student who drowned was lower than preliminary results (Pioneer Press)
posted on March 2, 2010 at 01:53:10 pm
Final autopsy results show a Western Technical College student who drowned Feb. 14 in the Mississippi River had a 0.19 blood-alcohol concentration and no drugs in his system. - Autopsy: Meyers' BAC was lower than preliminary results (La Crosse Tribune)
posted on March 2, 2010 at 04:48:45 am
Final autopsy results show a Western Technical College studentwho drowned Feb. 14 in the Mississippi River had a 0.19 percentblood-alcohol concentration and no drugs in his system. - Community members rally in Riverside Park (La Crosse Tribune)
posted on March 1, 2010 at 04:35:56 am
A concerned mother stood side by side with a downtown bar ownerat the edge of the Mississippi River on Sunday. - A night at Crossfire: Downtown youth center a safe place to go (La Crosse Tribune)
posted on February 28, 2010 at 06:13:19 am
Editor’s note: A recent letter to the editor from CrossfireMinistries volunteer Cindy Ford invited “anyone to come down on a Friday and see what we do and what we offer.” Reporter Stacey Kalastook that invitation on Feb. 19. Here’s what she observed: - Sisters to hold event on Wisconsin river drownings (Pioneer Press)
posted on February 25, 2010 at 04:54:46 pm
A weekend demonstration at Riverside Park hopefully will draw thousands to offer solutions to the city's string of river drownings, said two women whose brother drowned in 1986. - UW-L's sign push at crossroads (La Crosse Tribune)
posted on February 24, 2010 at 05:44:28 am
Brian Popp sought last semester to add pedestrian yield signs atUniversity of Wisconsin-La Crosse crosswalks to slow traffic andperhaps prevent a student from getting hit. - Scholarship set up to honor Craig Meyers (La Crosse Tribune)
posted on February 24, 2010 at 04:38:12 am
Students in Western Technical College’s Supervisory Managementclass have established a scholarship in memory of a fellow studentwho drowned Feb. 14 in the Mississippi River. - Scholarship set up in memory of Craig Meyers (WEAU Eau Claire)
posted on February 23, 2010 at 09:03:44 pm
A scholarship has been set up in memory of the Western Technical College student who was found dead in the Mississippi River last week. - Western students start scholarship in memory of Craig Meyers (WXOW 19 La Crosse)
posted on February 23, 2010 at 05:02:23 pm
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) - Students at Western Technical College start a scholarship fund for a classmate. - Police: 4 drunken males found near Riverside Center (La Crosse Tribune)
posted on February 22, 2010 at 05:56:10 pm
La Crosse police directed four drunken men away from RiversideCenter early Sunday, exactly one week after a La Crosse collegestudent drowned in the Mississippi River near the downtown officebuildings. - Western Technical College recently passed a policy to help combat underage drinking (WEAU Eau Claire)
posted on February 19, 2010 at 01:18:40 am
Parental Notification policy will go into affect in the fall - Autopsy Says La Crosse Student Drowned (WISC-TV Madison)
posted on February 19, 2010 at 01:04:59 am
An autopsy has been completed on a 21-year-old college student whose body was pulled from the Mississippi River Tuesday in La Crosse. - La Crosse drowning brings up familiar questions (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
posted on February 18, 2010 at 05:37:24 am
No one wants to be the guy who sounds a reckless alarm, but this latest drowning in La Crosse serves to resurrect a confounding story. For the ninth time since 1997, a missing person was found drowned after a night of reported binge drinking there. - Search continues for missing La Crosse student (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
posted on February 16, 2010 at 01:37:23 pm
The search continues for a missing college student in La Crosse, the La Crosse Tribune reports this morning. Craig Meyers, a student at Western Technical College and a former state high school wrestling champion, went missing early Sunday morning after attending a wedding reception and visiting two downtown taverns, police have said. In new developments, the Tribune is reporting that a police ... - La Crosse student missing after night of drinking (The Oshkosh Northwestern)
posted on February 16, 2010 at 10:21:38 am
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - A La Crosse college student is missing, and authorities are considering whether to search the Mississippi River after footprints were found on the ice. - Search for missing La Crosse student turns to the river (Winona Daily News)
posted on February 16, 2010 at 05:14:56 am
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Authorities searching for Craig Meyers willreturn today to the Mississippi River, after a dog tracked hisscent to the ice and video footage showed what appears to be themissing college student walking alone through downtown LaCrosse.