New Rotary Lights features include ice skating rink, Santa Express
Some big changes are coming to Riverside Park for this year's Rotary Lights display.
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Rotary Lights preparations begin
Once Halloween is over, Thanksgiving will be here before you know it.
Big landscape change in Riverside Park as a dozen trees are cut down
La Crosse's Superintendent of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, Jay Odegaard, says the trees were unsuccessfully treated for nearly four years for the Emerald Ash Borer.
Rotary Lights begins cleanup
It's been 35 days since the Rotary Lights first lit up Riverside Park for the holiday season, but after another successful year, it's time once again for the cleanup.
Rotary Lights seeing record donations, crowds
The Rotary Lights president says there have been three weddings and about 20 marriage proposals under the lights this year, but those are pretty typical numbers. With one week before the lights are turned off, the donations are believed to have already reached an all-time high.
Warmer weather not hurting annual Rotary Light donations
The warmer temperatures aren't stopping people from taking part in the season of giving.
Hundreds participate in Ugly Sweater 5K in La Crosse
For the third straight year in a row, people picked out the ugliest Christmas sweaters they could find and went for a run in La Crosse.
La Crosse's Rotary Lights kicks off with a parade
Hundreds of people lined the streets in downtown Friday evening for the Rotary Lights parade.
Rotary Lights opens for first time without long time volunteer
It's the 21st edition of Rotary Lights, but the first without a long time volunteer. To honor and thank him for his years of dedication to Rotary Lights, the 2015 display is dedicated to him.
Organizers test out annual display for annual Rotary Lights
We're just a few days from one of our area's biggest traditions, the lighting of the Rotary Lights.
