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Stevens Point is a city in and the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. [6] Its population was 25,666 as of the 2020 census. [7] It forms the core of the Stevens Point micropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 70,377 in 2020.
WDRT studios in Viroqua. WDRT started as an Internet audio stream on June 30, 2005, while Driftless Community Radio, Inc. (DCR) was waiting for the US FCC to accept applications for new non-commercial radio stations. radiodriftless.org (now defunct) streamed audio, both live and pre-recorded for four years.
Stoddard was founded as a farming community. It is notable as one of the few communities along the Mississippi River that was never a trading post or a riverboat stop. The river was originally one mile west of Stoddard, but when Lock and Dam No. 8 was built in 1937, the ensuing lake flooded the lowlands, literally bringing the river to the town.
A death toll of 17 is usually given for this tornado, but according to the History of Vernon County at least 13 people were killed in Viroqua and as many as 12 others may have died later from injuries. The tornado moved at an estimated 60 mph as it approached a schoolhouse 2 miles east of Viroqua containing a teacher and 24 students. The ...
Railroads of southern and southwestern Wisconsin. Wells, Print & Digital Services, Madison, Wi. LOC 85-90976. Rosholt, Malcolm (1992). Trains of Wisconsin. National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI. ISBN 0-9635065-0-1. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. "Travel by rail" Railway and Locomotive Historical Society (1937).
Esofea, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the town of Jefferson in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States located along County Road B. History. In the early 1900s Esofea was a stopping point for travelers on horse going between Viroqua and La Crosse. The community had a creamery, general store, school house, and post office.
List of casinos in the U.S. state of Wisconsin; Casino City County State District Type Comments Bad River Lodge & Casino [1] Odanah: Ashland: Wisconsin: Land-based:
Location of Viola in Richland (lower right) and Vernon (upper left) counties, Wisconsin. Coordinates: 43°30′27″N 90°40′13″W / 43.50750°N 90.67028°W / 43.50750; -90 Country