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WIZMnews.com Realtor Dan Stacey was chosen Thursday night to throw out the first pitch for Explore La Crosse Day for the Milwaukee Brewers. Stacey, who helps bring a caravan of kids each year to the game, will do that June 25 when the Brewers host the Pittsburgh Pirates. This is the 28th year La Crosse…

WIZMnews.com A La Crosse woman accused of causing her 15-month-old child’s death through neglect has been convicted on a lesser charge. Brittany Basley has reached a plea agreement in court, pleading no contest to child neglect, leading to great bodily harm. She had faced a charge of child neglect leading to death. Basley will now…

WIZMnews.com Several members of the La Crosse city council, and Mayor Mitch Reynolds, have attended their last regular monthly session, before new Mayor Shaundel Washington Spivey is sworn in next week. At the April meeting on Thursday, the mayor and departing members of the council expressed their thanks to colleagues and the public. Reynolds chose…

WIZMnews.com In 1974, Congress made a stunning and disturbing discovery. It had actually written rules that limited its ability recklessly spend taxpayer money. So what did it do? It changed the rules. It created something called reconciliation, a sneaky procedural shortcut that has eliminated the filibuster, limits public debate to 20 hours and lets massive…

WIZMnews.com He worked the crowd like a seasoned emcee. Only this emcee happened to have a Super Bowl ring as a player and another as the Green Bay Packers president. Mark Murphy seemed in his element Thursday night at Stoney Creek Hotel in Onalaska, weaving around the crowded room full of green and gold, during…

WIZMnews.com Realtor Dan Stacey was chosen Thursday night to throw out the first pitch for Explore La Crosse Day for the Milwaukee Brewers. Stacey, who helps bring a caravan of kids each year to the game, will do that June 25 when the Brewers host the Pittsburgh Pirates. This is the 28th year La Crosse…

WIZMnews.com A La Crosse woman accused of causing her 15-month-old child’s death through neglect has been convicted on a lesser charge. Brittany Basley has reached a plea agreement in court, pleading no contest to child neglect, leading to great bodily harm. She had faced a charge of child neglect leading to death. Basley will now…

WIZMnews.com Several members of the La Crosse city council, and Mayor Mitch Reynolds, have attended their last regular monthly session, before new Mayor Shaundel Washington Spivey is sworn in next week. At the April meeting on Thursday, the mayor and departing members of the council expressed their thanks to colleagues and the public. Reynolds chose…

WIZMnews.com Federal staffing cuts are leading to concern in western Wisconsin about energy and food supplies to low-income families. The Couleecap organization says a home energy program for low-income households, known as LIHEAP, is at risk because its employees were fired last week as part of government budget changes. Couleecap says money to help many…

WIZMnews.com Deal, or no deal? For now, there’s no deal to sell La Crosse County property in West Salem, where the county farm used to be. County leaders had been talking with the promoters of the Country Boom concert, who have wanted to buy land along Lake Neshonoc for a concert venue and new housing.…