First, the creation of a public intoxication ordinance in La Crosse. Now, the La Crosse common council is looking at new barriers to keep people from falling into the Mississippi River from Riverside Park.

The council approved the $30,000 barriers at a meeting Thursday night.

The vote comes almost three years to the day that a college student drowned in the river. Investigators believe another UW-La Crosse student, Lucas Homan, fell into the river from the same spot last fall and drowned. Both men had high blood alcohol levels.

The city's alcohol oversight committee says the initial idea for the barriers was to stop drunk people from falling, but say they will be a general safety measure as well.