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WIZMnews.com So far this summer, La Crosse has received just one visit from the big riverboats. But that changes this week. The Viking river cruises will make their first stop in La Crosse for 2025 on Thursday, during Riverfest. The Viking Mississippi is scheduled to dock in La Crosse at 9:30 on Thursday morning, July…

WIZMnews.com Efforts to avoid Medicaid cuts in the U.S. have taken many forms, including a computerized lobbying campaign before a recent Moon Tunes show in La Crosse’s Riverside Park. And lawmakers are continuing to go to the public with their concerns about a Medicaid reduction bill. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) argued that Republicans think…

WIZMnews.com D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Famer who became one of the most accomplished trainers in the history of horse racing and a face of the sport for decades, has died. He was 89. His family said Sunday that Lukas died Saturday night at his Louisville, Kentucky, home. Lukas had been hospitalized with a severe MRSA…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans voting in a dramatic late Saturday session narrowly cleared a key procedural step as they race to advance President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline. The tally, 51-49, came after a tumultuous night with Vice President JD Vance at the…

WIZMnews.com One of the most iconic and famous advertising symbols in the country made its way down the streets of La Crosse on Saturday afternoon.   Crowds lined 2nd and Front streets watching and taking video and photos as the Budweiser Clydesdales passed by.  The team, based in St. Louis, was here as a part…

WIZMnews.com Saturday’s ride for the Big River Rally was a trip through the Wisconsin countryside to the home of S&S Cycle.  The company makes parts for motorcycles-everything from engines to carburetors to exhausts.   More than 350 riders left the southside Oktoberfest Grounds on Saturday morning to go to S&S’s factory located just outside Viola.…

WIZMnews.com The Winona Fire Department is crediting the early warning given by a smoke detector with limiting the amount of damage from a porch fire Friday evening.  The department said in a Facebook post that the person living in the home heard the smoke detector going off and found the fire about 9:40 p.m. After…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans voting in a dramatic late Saturday session narrowly cleared a key procedural step as they race to advance President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline. The tally, 51-49, came after a tumultuous night with Vice President JD Vance at the…

WIZMnews.com One of the most iconic and famous advertising symbols in the country made its way down the streets of La Crosse on Saturday afternoon.   Crowds lined 2nd and Front streets watching and taking video and photos as the Budweiser Clydesdales passed by.  The team, based in St. Louis, was here as a part…

WIZMnews.com Saturday’s ride for the Big River Rally was a trip through the Wisconsin countryside to the home of S&S Cycle.  The company makes parts for motorcycles-everything from engines to carburetors to exhausts.   More than 350 riders left the southside Oktoberfest Grounds on Saturday morning to go to S&S’s factory located just outside Viola.…