Library Guides: Government Information: State/Local Resources

La Crosse County/City Government Resources

City of La Crosse
The official web site of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin.
City of La Crosse Online Mapping
Mapping layers include: transportation labels, storm water utility, tax parcels, zoning, tax increment finance districts, parks and recreation, archeologic sensitive areas, hospitals and clinics, colleges and universities, K-12 schools, historic districts, neighborhood associations, future land use, buildings, street centerlines, railroads, council districts, DNR wetlands, lakes and streams, city limits - with fill, surrounding municipality label, surrounding communities, flood info, city limits - boundary
City of Onalaska
Official web site of the City of Onalaska, Wisconsin.
La Crosse County
Official web site of La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
La Crosse County Code of Ordinance
Coverage: current ed.
La Crosse County Econowatch
Statistical social and economic indicators for the county. Published by the La Crosse County Economic Development Committee with assistance provided by the Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission. Coverage: through September 2011
La Crosse Municipal Code
Coverage: current ed.
Web Archives project, Wisconsin Historical Society
The Wisconsin Historical Society crawls and archives Wisconsin state, county, and municipal government websites (among other websites related to Wisconsin).

Tracking Federal Funding: The Effect on Wisconsin

Tracking Federal Funding: The Effect on Wisconsin
How Federal funding changes affect Wisconsin's students, schools and libraries. From the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Wisconsin Government Resources

Wisconsin Digital Archives (Wisconsin Document Depository Program) This link opens in a new window
Provided by the Wisconsin Document Depository Program. State documents are primary resources that provide information about the activities, functions, and policies of government on a wide range of topics and current events including research, statistics, and studies about topics such as the environment, education, unemployment, public health, crime, and the economy.

GetFacts
From the Applied Population Laboratory (APL) at UW-Madison. An interactive mapping and data extraction tool for Wisconsin demographics. Allows users to choose demographic variables and append it to the geography of their choice. Includes Census 2000, Census 2010, and the latest ACS data since 2005.
OpenBook Wisconsin
Look up payments made by state agencies, the legislature, the courts and the University of Wisconsin System for purchasing goods or services, travel and vendor payments.
State of Wisconsin
Official web site of the State of Wisconsin.
Web Archives project, Wisconsin Historical Society
The Wisconsin Historical Society crawls and archives Wisconsin state, county, and municipal government websites (among other websites related to Wisconsin).
Wisconsin Acts
Laws enacted in the Wisconsin Legislature during each biennial session are referred to as "acts" and are numbered chronologically as they are enacted. (At the end of each session, they are published in a hard bound set entitled Laws of Wisconsin and are known as the Wisconsin session laws.) Coverage: 1849-
Wisconsin Administrative Code
The official rules/regulations of the executive agencies of the State of Wisconsin. Coverage: current ed.
Wisconsin Blue Book
Official information and data covering distinguishing characteristics of the state of Wisconsin and its residents. Coverage: 1995/96-
Wisconsin Constitution
Official source for the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin. With or without annotations. Coverage: 1989/90-
WisconsinEye
State Capitol and related civic programming produced by the independent, non-profit WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network.
Wisconsin Ordinances & Codes
Collection of links to online municipal and county laws from across Wisconsin, kept by the Wisconsin State Law Library.
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
The official codification of all the laws that are in effect at the end of each legislative session. The statutes are arranged by subject and numbered decimally. Coverage: 1941/42-
Wisconsin Supreme Court Opinions
The opinions of the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin. Coverage: 1995-
WISEdash
Compare and explore statistics about Wisconsin public schools

Minnesota Government Resources

State of Minnesota
Official web site of the State of Minnesota.
City of La Crescent
Official web site of the City of La Crescent, Minnesota.
Houston County
Official web site for Houston County, Minnesota.

Wisconsin Document Depository Program

March 2025

Here are some new documents we’d like to highlight that were added to the Wisconsin Digital Archives this month:

Budget in brief (2025/27) – The Wisconsin Governor’s State budget development, major State budget initiatives, and State budget overview, summarized for the latest biennium.
DMV 2024 Facts and Figures – Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles statistical data from 2024, including historical DMV facts, figures, and graphs containing various dealer, driver, and vehicle information.
Wisconsin statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plan (SCORP), 2025-2030 (Jan. 2025) – “SCORP” details how Wisconsin residents interact recreationally with the outdoors.
School Health profiles (2024) – The 2024 health profiles include a trend analysis report, health education teacher survey results, and principal survey results.
Understanding Wisconsin's job outlook : industry and occupation projections, 2020-2030 in brief (Mar. 2023) -- The Wisconsin Office of Economic Advisors long-term, 10-year outlook of employment in industries and occupations in Wisconsin.

Additional Resources

Local and Regional Government Information by Mary Martin
Call Number: Z1223.5.A1 L63 2005 Reference
ISBN: 1573564125
Tapping State Government Information Sources by Lori L. Smith; Daniel C. Barkley; Daniel D. Cornwall; Eric W. Johnson; J. Louise Malcomb
Call Number: Z1223.5.A1 T36 2003 Reference
ISBN: 1573563870
Tapping State Government Information Sources by Lori L. Smith; Daniel C. Barkley; Daniel D. Cornwall; Eric W. Johnson; J. Louise Malcomb
Call Number: Z1223.5.A1 ONLINE
ISBN: 9780313053528
Publication Date: 2003

Wisconsin Public Notices
Public notices from Wisconsin newspapers: adoptions, advertisements for bids assessments, court proceedings, delinquent taxes foreclosures, name changes, school & government finances, school board minutes, unclaimed property