LACROSSE — After losing its only grocery store more than a dozen years ago, a tiny town in southeast Whitman County is making a comeback.
A group of residents determined to save LaCrosse took ownership of their main street — literally. They formed a nonprofit, LaCrosse Community Pride, that purchased vacant buildings and encouraged new businesses to move in, including a grocery store, a bank and a cafe.
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