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WIZMnews.com NEW YORK (AP) — Target’s chief executive officer met Thursday with the Rev. Al Sharpton, whose civil rights organization has encouraged consumers to avoid U.S. retailers that scaled backed their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Sharpton called the meeting with Target CEO Brian Cornell “very constructive and candid,” according to an update from his National Action Network. Two other…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Elections Commission discussion of uncounted ballots in Madison devolved into a shouting match Thursday, with the Democratic chair threatening to kick a Republican commissioner out of the meeting. The commission is investigating former Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl after she failed to count 200 absentee ballots in the November election…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg warned he could refer the matter for prosecution if the administration does not…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse’s new mayor is now in office. Shaundel Washington-Spivey took the oath at a Tuesday afternoon ceremony in La Crosse City Hall. Washington-Spivey, a former La Crosse School Board member who started and is executive director of the nonprofit B.L.A.C.K. (Black Leaders Acquiring Collective Knowledge) was elected the city’s first black and openly-gay…

WIZMnews.com The La Crosse city council has a new president, with Tamra Dickinson being elected to the post on Tuesday. Dickinson has represented District 1 on the north side of La Crosse for two years. She was chosen as president at Tuesday’s council organizational meeting, receiving 8 votes to 5 for Barb Janssen, who is…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins to discuss potential “DEI” federal funding cuts, the next steps for new La Crosse School Board members, his going to a state Budget Listening session, and the District Vision survey going out next week. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday sued Maine for not complying with the government’s push to ban transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports, escalating a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education based on sex. The lawsuit follows weeks of feuding between the Republican…

WIZMnews.com They’re attempting the impossible.  Phillip and Claire Mitchell are trying to, what we’ve been calling, “Fix Rick.” Now, some WIZM listeners might think, ‘There’s no fixing that liberal.’ But that’s not what’s going on here.  The two own Mitchell Holistic Health (MHH) in Onalaska and have been working with me for the past few…

WIZMnews.com A cash bond has been set for a Jackson County man caught driving under the influence for at least the 10th time in Wisconsin. Aaron Falcon-Radke was arrested outside a West Salem business on Monday, on a probation warrant. A criminal complaint says Falcon-Radke showed signs of having used drugs, and police found a…

WIZMnews.com Two former student Republicans at UW-La Crosse have been chosen as leaders for the 3rd District GOP. Hannah Testin is now chairwoman of the district Republican Party and Ryan Huebsch is vice-chair. The two were elected to the posts over the weekend, during a party caucus held in Osseo, Wis. Both will serve in…