Milo Knutson

{{Short description|20th century American politician and radio broadcaster}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{infobox officeholder |name = Milo Knutson |state = Wisconsin |state_senate = Wisconsin |district = 32nd |term_start = January 6, 1969 |term_end = January 3, 1977 |predecessor = Raymond Bice Sr. |successor = Paul Offner |order1 = 45th |title1 = Mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin |term_start1 = April 1955 |term_end1 = April 1965 |predecessor1 = Henry J. Ahrens |successor1 = Warren Loveland |party = Republican |birth_date = {{birth date|1917|10|12}} |birth_place = Clear Lake, Iowa, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1981|3|22|1917|10|12}} |death_place = La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. |resting_place = Oak Grove Cemetery, {{nowrap|La Crosse, Wisconsin}} |spouse = Beatrice Louise Wigdahl (died 2004) |children = |education = Coe College |occupation = radio journalist }} '''Milo Garlock Knutson''' (October 12, 1917{{spaced ndash}}March 22, 1981)<ref>'Ex-mayor Knutson dies at 63,' Doug Rainey, La Crosse Tribune, March 23, 1981. The La Crosse Tribune article has Knutson as being born in 1917 as does the Social Security death registry and Oak Grove Cemetery in La Crosse. Knutson's entry in the Wisconsin Blue Book and Politicalgraveyard.com has Knutson being born in 1918.</ref> was an American radio broadcaster and Republican<ref>{{cite web |date=8 August 2017 |title=Milo Knutson |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS9446 |accessdate=August 22, 2019 |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society}}</ref><ref>'Milo Knutson To End State Senate Career,' La Crosse Tribune, January 23, 1976.</ref> politician. He was the 45th mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, (1955–1965) and represented La Crosse for 8 years in the Wisconsin State Senate (1969–1977).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knozak-kocel.html|title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Knozak to Kocel}}</ref>

==Biography==

Born in Clear Lake, Iowa, Knutson attended junior college in Mason City, Iowa, and Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Knutson moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he became the news director for WKTY. From 1955 until 1965, Knutson was the Mayor of La Crosse. Knutson served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1969 until 1977 retiring because of health reasons.

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==External links== * {{Find a Grave|78535133|Milo Garlock Knutson}}

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