LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) -- The 20th annual Irishfest opened Friday afternoon with a ceremony at the Oktoberfest Grounds in La ...

The 20th annual Irishfest kicks off Friday afternoon at the Oktoberfest grounds. The three-day event will feature Irish food, live music, vendors, and activities for kids.

1991 Oktoberfest Festmaster, Karl Friedline, sings the German national anthem at the 60th Oktoberfest in La Crosse on Friday, Oct. 1.

Bakalars moved to La Crosse in 1990 to begin working at Bakalars Sausage Co. He met his future Frau Bethany Godwin, an Onalaska High School and UW-L graduate.

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - The first day of Oktoberfest kicked off Thursday in La Crosse with festival organizers unveiling a new statue. The statue is of “The Patron Saint of Beer”, King ...

Oktoberfest nearly went broke in the late 1960s because the festival spent so much on big-name entertainment, and the La Crosse Common Council came within one vote of cancelling the event, Moore ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Oktoberfest lit up the night with the torch-light parade Thursday night. Dazzling floats, marching bands, and specialty units transformed the neighborhood into a spectacle of ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Throwing candy during Oktoberfest parades in La Crosse is prohibited this year. According to a press release from Oktoberfest UDA, at the recommendation of the La Crosse ...

The 30-year-old from Seymour rose to prominence on the short tracks racing for La Crosse-based car owners, and the team’s shop is only a few miles from the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway.

The new titleholder will be announced at the Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest Scholarship Program at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, in The Bluffs at the UW-La Crosse Student Union.

The 2024 Oktoberfest Torchlight Parade begins at 7 p.m. Thursday on the North Side of La Crosse. It gets rolling on Gillette street near the intersection with Kane, marches west and hangs a left ...