A program connecting police officers with students in the classroom, called GREAT, has been going strong in La Crosse schools for decades, but changes this year for the local program have implications on a national scale.
Each year they present a check to area D.A.R.E and G.R.E.A.T programs, as well as the La Crosse Public Education Foundation.
Students from Logan Middle School graduated Friday from the Gang Resistance Education and Training, otherwise known as the "G.R.E.A.T" program.
Before it gets too cold people were enjoying some homemade chili outdoors on Saturday.
21 officers from 9 different states are in town with one goal in mind; to learn how to keep kids out of gangs.
Police officers from across the U.S. are in La Crosse to learn about the G.R.E.A.T. program.
The La Crosse Police Department will partner with the G.R.E.A.T. Midwest-Atlantic Training Center for Officer Training from Monday, June 23-July 2.
