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La Crosse

American  
[luh kraws, kros] / lə ˈkrɔs, ˈkrɒs /

noun

  1. a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.


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Amtrak’s new Borealis route runs daily between Chicago and Minneapolis, stopping in La Crosse, Wis., an easy gateway to the region.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 3, 2025

“This is a moment where we must stand up for foundational, fundamental values and principles,” she told roughly 100 people at a community center in La Crosse, in the western part of the state.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2024

Thousands of people like White who died this year without a permanent home are being memorialized on Thursday in communities from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Riverside, California.

From Seattle Times Dec. 20, 2023

La Crosse encephalitis virus, which is principally carried by Aedes triseriatus mosquitoes, has caused, on average, fewer than 100 cases of human disease in the U.S. each year since 2003.

From Scientific American Jul. 31, 2023

He graduated from Western Reserve College in 1854, commenced the practice of law at La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1856, practiced at High Forest, Minnesota, until 1870, when he discontinued practice.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman

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