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WIZMnews.com The historic odds are against getting any snow in La Crosse on Thanksgiving weekend. The National Weather Service – La Crosse publishes statistics for weather at the holiday, dating back to 1872. Forecasters said there has been snow on the ground for Thanksgiving in La Crosse only four times in the past 30 years.…

WIZMnews.com MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eagle lovers around the world who were crushed by the live-streamed collapse of a nest housing two birds and their chick are getting another viewing opportunity as new eagle cameras are live. The new camera, operated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, is in a different location and will show a different…

WIZMnews.com Think back to a time where your only concerns on Thanksgiving Day were who you were going to have to sit next to at the kids table or the adult table, how much the clothes you had to wear were going to itch and how much food you were going to try and eat…

WIZMnews.com UW-La Crosse football coach Matt Janus joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk with Ken Cooper on Wednesday to chat a bit about Round 2 of the Division III playoffs Saturday, ahead of Thanksgiving. Janus and the No. 18 Eagles (7-3) face the third-ranked team in the country, unbeaten St. John’s (10-0). La Crosse Talk airs…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Assistant Police Chief Jason Melby joined to talk about guns, mostly in reference to the city’s first-ever mass shooting, plus a bit about the parking situation downtown. We also, of course, had to work in some Thanksgiving themes, too.  La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m. Listen on the WIZM…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Education Association co-president Jill Schams joined La Crosse Talk on Monday to discuss what might change with the school district starting two weeks earlier, plus when to begin the school day and year-round school. We also had to talk best and worst foods on the Thanksgiving Day table.  La Crosse Talk airs…

WIZMnews.com A sentencing is scheduled next week in La Crosse County, in a triple-murder case dating back three years. Nya Thao of Onalaska faces a likely sentence of life in prison for the shooting deaths of three men at a West Salem quarry in 2021, over a $600 debt. Thao was tried twice for the…

WIZMnews.com Vince Ristow, president of the La Crosse Community Thanksgiving Board, recently joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk with Ken Cooper. The Thanksgiving tradition at the La Crosse Center has happened since 1982. 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…

WIZMnews.com The Wisconsin State Patrol says “driver error” is the reason a bus crashed through the side of a home around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on State Street in Holmen. The State Patrol said the driver will not be charged criminally, but will receive a traffic citation. It also found nothing wrong with the bus. The…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse’s Valley View Mall is apparently experiencing electrical trouble again, forcing the interior to close at 5 p.m. both Monday and Tuesday. The mall off Highway 16 has reported power outages those two days forcing early shutdowns. The outages apparently had little effect on other stores, however. J.C. Penney, Hy-Vee HuHot and Barnes…