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WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Anxious lawmakers convened Wednesday under heightened security in Wisconsin’s state Capitol, one of the most publicly accessible statehouses in the country, days after a legislator and her husband in neighboring Minnesota were shot and killed at their home and others were targeted. The tension playing out in Wisconsin and other states after the…

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,…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Anxious lawmakers convened Wednesday under heightened security in Wisconsin’s state Capitol, one of the most publicly accessible statehouses in the country, days after a legislator and her husband in neighboring Minnesota were shot and killed at their home and others were targeted. The tension playing out in Wisconsin and other states after the…

WIZMnews.com A Taste of Home gala and a great conversation about homelessness in La Crosse with Julie McDermid, the executive director at Karuna, who was in the WIZM studio recently. 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…

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 Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Steve Doyle joined La Crosse Talk on Monday to discuss the Minnesota killer and his hit list that included Wisconsin lawmakers. We also covered the new Democratic Party chair, who got his start working with Doyle, plus an update on rebuilding the Tank Creek Bridge after it was deliberately set…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers, saying that to do so would “waste time.” One lawmaker and her husband were killed, and the second legislator and his wife sustained serious injuries in the shootings early Saturday. A suspect surrendered to police on…