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WIZMnews.com Extremely hot weather moves into the Tri-State region on Saturday. Temperatures are expected to reach into the mid-90s on Saturday and Sunday in the La Crosse area. Due to the heat, the National Weather Service in La Crosse issued a Heat Advisory from noon Saturday to 9 p.m. Sunday evening. It affects portions of…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse County continues to look for buyers who would like some county-owned property at West Salem. This spring, a county committee called off the sale of more than 100 acres of land along Lake Neshonoc, which the Country Boom festival was interested in buying. County board chair Tina Tryggestad says the county will…

WIZMnews.com The “big beautiful bill” promoted by the Trump White House to manage the national budget isn’t very beautiful to many Democrats, like Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. Baldwin says the Senate version of the proposal “floods the zone,” offering so many spending cuts and tax changes that it’s hard to keep them all straight.…

WIZMnews.com A manhunt that began in West Salem on Tuesday has led to an arrest in a western suburb of Chicago. The West Salem village Facebook page says 19-year-old Derek Braudt was apprehended in Bellwood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, on Wednesday. Braudt was stopped Tuesday in West Salem after being seen driving at a…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse County continues to look for buyers who would like some county-owned property at West Salem. This spring, a county committee called off the sale of more than 100 acres of land along Lake Neshonoc, which the Country Boom festival was interested in buying. County board chair Tina Tryggestad says the county will…

WIZMnews.com The “big beautiful bill” promoted by the Trump White House to manage the national budget isn’t very beautiful to many Democrats, like Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. Baldwin says the Senate version of the proposal “floods the zone,” offering so many spending cuts and tax changes that it’s hard to keep them all straight.…

WIZMnews.com A manhunt that began in West Salem on Tuesday has led to an arrest in a western suburb of Chicago. The West Salem village Facebook page says 19-year-old Derek Braudt was apprehended in Bellwood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, on Wednesday. Braudt was stopped Tuesday in West Salem after being seen driving at a…

WIZMnews.com PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday to mark the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas. The events include one in Galveston — the holiday’s birthplace — where former President Joe Biden was expected. Juneteenth has been celebrated by Black Americans…

WIZMnews.com Anyone interested in saving time when going through screening at airports in the US can sign up for the Transportation Security Agency’s (TSA) Pre-Check program next month in La Crosse. An enrollment event runs from Tuesday-Friday, July 8-11 at the La Crosse Regional Airport. Times are from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m.…

WIZMnews.com A proposed two-hour parking ordinance during the day in West Salem’s downtown business district is voted down after input from village residents. On Tuesday, the village board voted 6-0 against the ordinance which would have carried a $75 dollar fine. The ordinance would have established a two-hour parking zone along the two-block length of…