La Crosse Footwear, a major employer for more than a hundred years in western Wisconsin, will close today . Just Wednesday Trane Company announced it would lay off more than 70 employees when it closes its north side La Crosse compressor plant. The Footwear plant has hit a financial slowdown and for the last few years has gradually moved production overseas. At one time the La Crosse plant employed more than 15-hundred people, putting out a sturdy line of boots, raincoats and shoes. Today the last hundred and thirty-nine will clock out for the final time. MainStreet Radio's Laurel Druley has this report. Most plant workers were not surprised a month ago when they got their lay off notices. The company, which has had trouble competing for several years with other shoe manufacturers, has been gradually farming out jobs overseas to Asia.