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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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If you want to base yourself out of the region’s hub, La Crosse, a good option is the Charmant Hotel, a former candy factory, which combines comfy digs with sensational cocktails on the Mississippi River.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Before that, on Monday, he will give an Earth Day speech in Virginia, and Vice President Kamala Harris will be in La Crosse, Wis.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

The Minnesota DNR began deploying real-time receivers in the Mississippi backwaters forming the Minnesota-Wisconsin border around La Crosse three years ago.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 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 died at La Crosse Aug. 17, 1877.

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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