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WIZMnews.com Adam Fravel has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2023 murder of his former girlfriend, Madeline Kingsbury. Fravel received the mandatory life sentence from Winona County Judge Nancy Buytendorp during a hearing in Winona on Tuesday. In November, a jury in Mankato convicted Fravel in the killing of Kingsbury, who was reported…

WIZMnews.com Carol Abrahamzon, executive director Mississippi Valley Conservancy, in the WIZM studio highlighting the work they do, how they do it and how we can take advantage. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska). Find…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a “combination of factors,” a police chief said Tuesday as he appealed to the public to share what they might know about the 15-year-old girl who attacked a…

WIZMnews.com The so-called shortest day of the year in this part of the world, the winter solstice, is almost here. But La Crosse has already recorded its earliest sunset of the season. It was 4:27 p.m., for 10 days in a row. Now, sundown is gradually getting later, but it still gets dark around 5…

WIZMnews.com How low can you go, when it comes to paying taxes? According to recent figures, La Crosse County has lower property taxes per person than only three other Wisconsin counties. The county administrator, Jane Klekamp, tells WIZM’s Rick Solem that the amount of county property taxes collected works out to about $307 per taxpayer…

WIZMnews.com The so-called shortest day of the year in this part of the world, the winter solstice, is almost here. But La Crosse has already recorded its earliest sunset of the season. It was 4:27 p.m., for 10 days in a row. Now, sundown is gradually getting later, but it still gets dark around 5…

WIZMnews.com How low can you go, when it comes to paying taxes? According to recent figures, La Crosse County has lower property taxes per person than only three other Wisconsin counties. The county administrator, Jane Klekamp, tells WIZM’s Rick Solem that the amount of county property taxes collected works out to about $307 per taxpayer…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 15-year-old student killed a teacher and another teenager with a handgun Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, terrifying classmates including a second grader who made the 911 call that sent dozens of police officers rushing to the small school just a week before its Christmas break. The female…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 15-year-old student killed a teacher and another teenager with a handgun Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, terrifying classmates including a second grader who made the 911 call that sent dozens of police officers rushing to the small school just a week before its Christmas break. The female…

WIZMnews.com The hours when you have to pay to park in La Crosse’s downtown ramps could be expanded soon. City police are suggesting that the dollar-an-hour parking rate in the ramps be increased by four hours on weekdays, and extended to Saturdays as well. A study determined that the added hours could bring in an…