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WIZMnews.com ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of people, some clutching candles or carrying flowers to lay in front of a memorial, gathered outside Minnesota’s Capitol on Wednesday evening for a vigil to remember a prominent state lawmaker and her husband who were gunned down at their home. As a brass quintet from the Minnesota Orchestra…

WIZMnews.com The Aquinas Blugolds season ended on Wednesday morning with a 5-2 loss to Seymour in the Division 2 semifinals in WIAA State Baseball. They played the first game of the Wednesday schedule Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute. After Seymour scored one run in the top of the second inning,…

WIZMnews.com Moon Tunes co-founder, Terry Bauer, in the WIZM studio to preview Week 3 of the Thursday concert series in La Crosse’s Riverside Park. 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 all the podcasts here or…

WIZMnews.com DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them.” The second public appearance by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei since the Israeli strikes began six days ago came as Israel lifted…

WIZMnews.com MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration: the death penalty. Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911, and the state’s last execution was a botched hanging in 1906. But federal prosecutors announced charges…

WIZMnews.com Multiple charges of sexual assault have been filed against a man from La Crosse County who appeared in court on Tuesday. A cash bond of $5000 was set for Jeffrey Michel II, and he has been released from jail, with his next court date set for Thursday. County court records show that Michel is…

WIZMnews.com Repairs to the La Crosse Center roof could happen soon. The center board will ask the city to provide $60,000 from existing funds to fix a leaky roof on the main arena. Jay Odegaard, the center manager, says the arena is the only portion of the La Crosse Center where leaks have been detected…

WIZMnews.com Multiple charges of sexual assault have been filed against a man from La Crosse County who appeared in court on Tuesday. A cash bond of $5000 was set for Jeffrey Michel II, and he has been released from jail, with his next court date set for Thursday. County court records show that Michel is…

WIZMnews.com Repairs to the La Crosse Center roof could happen soon. The center board will ask the city to provide $60,000 from existing funds to fix a leaky roof on the main arena. Jay Odegaard, the center manager, says the arena is the only portion of the La Crosse Center where leaks have been detected…

WIZMnews.com The first taste of hot summer weather comes to the Coulee Region this weekend. For the most part, we’ll have sunny weather into early next week, with a few chances of thunderstorms and rain possible according to the National Weather Service. A warm front moves into the region bringing with it higher temperatures, humidity,…