Mayor Mitch Reynolds, La Crosse Municipal Transit Manager Adam Lorentz and members of the visually impaired community proclaimed October 15 as White Cane Safety Day in La Crosse.
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Rhonda Staats is one of about 100,000 voters in Wisconsin who are visually impaired or blind. When it came time to vote in November, Staats had two choices: potentially expose herself to COVID by casting a ballot in person or risk having her vote changed without her knowledge. She is photographed outside her La Crosse, Wis., home on Jan. 8, 2021. Diane Knothe for Wisconsin Watch
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