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WIZMnews.com It’s hard to believe, but the U.S.A. is about to celebrate another major birthday. We’re 13 months away from the year 2026, and that’s the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a document signed by a room full of white males. No black, or Latin, or Indigenous men in the famous painting of…

WIZMnews.com A 43-year-old woman is facing her 7th drunk-driving charge, after an arrest on Tuesday in Black River Falls. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 12:46 a.m. that a car nearly hit a pole while leaving a Black River Falls gas station . A deputy located the vehicle, observed poor driving and…

WIZMnews.com A crash involving an SUV and two semi-trucks has led to two traffic deaths on I-94. The collision happened north of Tomah on Monday night. The state patrol says an SUV went across the median, hitting two trucks in the opposite lane. The semis both reportedly crossed the median as well. Two people riding…

WIZMnews.com GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man, who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children for Eastern Europe willingly returned to the U.S. after four months and was charged Wednesday with obstructing an intense lake search for his body. The criminal complaint charging Ryan Borgwardt with misdemeanor obstruction offers…

WIZMnews.com A possible change in local parking standards could be passed by the La Crosse city council this week. On Tuesday, citizens were asked for their opinions on a need for off-street parking lots during a listening session at the Nature Place. Many of those attending called for ways of reducing the demand for parking,…

WIZMnews.com It’s hard to believe, but the U.S.A. is about to celebrate another major birthday. We’re 13 months away from the year 2026, and that’s the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a document signed by a room full of white males. No black, or Latin, or Indigenous men in the famous painting of…

WIZMnews.com Ben Wikler, Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair, is vying for the national job. Heading into the fall election finale, Wikler joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk PM to discuss Wisconsin’s $4 billion surplus and those fall elections, where Democrats won in the Legislature and for US Senate but lost the presidential race. Wikler clearly took…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joined to discuss the good and bad after Act 10, new school start times, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ budget listening session and some of the more interesting field trip proposals he’s experienced. Also, proposed an idea to Engel that San Diego State’s women’s basketball is doing —…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse County administrator, Jane Klekamp, in the WIZM studio Tuesday for La Crosse Talk with an update on the homeless plan, how the co-response unit has done this year — pairing police and crisis responders — where the civilian review board is at and how county taxes compare to the rest of the…

WIZMnews.com A 43-year-old woman is facing her 7th drunk-driving charge, after an arrest on Tuesday in Black River Falls. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 12:46 a.m. that a car nearly hit a pole while leaving a Black River Falls gas station . A deputy located the vehicle, observed poor driving and…