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WIZMnews.com New Year’s resolutions can mean many things for many people. A kickoff to being healthier, working out, losing weight, giving up a vice or reading more. But what those resolutions are mostly about are failure. This isn’t about you starting some new, or kicking some old habits, though. This about the Wisconsin state Legislature.…

WIZMnews.com The suspect in a recent drug-related death in La Crosse County is now charged with new drug offenses. A new criminal complaint has been filed this week against Todd Pfaff of La Crosse. The 47-year-old is already accused of reckless homicide for another man’s overdose death, which occurred at a residence last summer. Pfaff…

WIZMnews.com For almost 100 years the La Crosse Skyrockers have put on a New Year’s Eve fireworks show on Grandad Bluff. The club has its equipment all set for two New Year’s Eve shows at 6 p.m. Tuesday and midnight. The New Year’s tradition began in the late 1920s, as a way to boost people’s…

WIZMnews.com New Year’s resolutions can mean many things for many people. A kickoff to being healthier, working out, losing weight, giving up a vice or reading more. But what those resolutions are mostly about are failure. This isn’t about you starting some new, or kicking some old habits, though. This about the Wisconsin state Legislature.…

WIZMnews.com The suspect in a recent drug-related death in La Crosse County is now charged with new drug offenses. A new criminal complaint has been filed this week against Todd Pfaff of La Crosse. The 47-year-old is already accused of reckless homicide for another man’s overdose death, which occurred at a residence last summer. Pfaff…

WIZMnews.com For almost 100 years the La Crosse Skyrockers have put on a New Year’s Eve fireworks show on Grandad Bluff. The club has its equipment all set for two New Year’s Eve shows at 6 p.m. Tuesday and midnight. The New Year’s tradition began in the late 1920s, as a way to boost people’s…

WIZMnews.com It was a whirlwind of a year in La Crosse from just about every angle. Presidential campaigns barnstormed the city, including the very last day before the election. Leadership at UW-La Crosse changed hands, while the city will be seeking someone new. And development in the area saw some things change — like every…

WIZMnews.com The owner of Pearl Street Books, Beth Hartung, and La Crescent’s public library director, Jess Witkins, stopped in the WIZM studio to discuss, what else, books, including the best of 2024, book bans, reading as a New Year’s resolution, and what’s changed in popularity over the year and years. This is part of a…

WIZMnews.com Here’s a look at the Top 25 heading into ‘25 most viewed WIZM News stories of the year.  The most notable being the two (Nos. 2 and 7) about La Crosse Talk host Mike Hayes, announcing his pancreatic cancer in September and his passing on Thanksgiving. Hayes hosted La Crosse Talk beginning in 1986…

WIZMnews.com WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — At the end of a long social media post mostly hovering around his opinions on the election, President-elect Donald Trump on Monday endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson. The Louisiana Republican is preparing for what is expected to be another contentious speakership race this week. Two years ago, the…