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WIZMnews.com Lee Walraven and Bob Servant Jr. stopped in studio to help preview a casino themed fundraiser in La Crescent on Friday evening to help out ABLE Inc.  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…

WIZMnews.com Should Wisconsin try to attract more business from Hollywood?  Members of the city council in La Crosse are introducing a resolution to support bills in Madison that would create a Film Office for the state.  The proposal is sponsored by council members Rebecca Schwarz and Mackenzie Mindel, who back the idea of state tax incentives…

WIZMnews.com Six people are in the running to become the next Superintendent for the La Crescent School District. The board announced the semi-finalists on Wednesday as well as its schedule of interviews as they look to come up with finalists for the position. Current Superintendent Mindy Crowley said earlier this year that she is leaving…

WIZMnews.com Minneapolis, MN (MinnPost) WASHINGTON — The city of Carver, once the last stop for steamboats traveling up the Minnesota River, wants to upgrade a levee that has kept the river from flooding the town. So the city sought the help of Rep. Tom Emmer, R-6 District, who has asked for more than $27 million…

WIZMnews.com Portions of two streets in La Crosse are closed on Thursday for utility work. Another road is closing for a bit longer also for some utility work. The city’s Water Utility is working on State Street between 16th and 17th Street South as well as Madison Street between 17th and 19th Streets today. The…

WIZMnews.com Not sure if it’s an April record, but voter turnout in La Crosse had city clerk Nikki Elsen getting a little nervous about having to turn to paper ballots. “We’re never going to run out (of ballots), where we’re going to turn people away,” Elsen told WIZM, as she was wrapping up a 17-hour…

WIZMnews.com Dr. Richard Kyte in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk, helping preview a free event Thursday at Viterbo about finding your “place” in the community. 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…

WIZMnews.com The lone incumbent member of the La Crosse School Board won re-election on Tuesday along with two other candidates. Merideth Garcia returns to the board for a second term along with first-time member Molly Fuchs and returning board member Jeff Jackson. Jackson won a special election to the board for a one year term…

WIZMnews.com It wasn’t quite an April record, but voter turnout in La Crosse had city clerk Nikki Elsen getting a little nervous about having to turn to paper ballots. “We’re never going to run out (of ballots), where we’re going to turn people away,” Elsen told WIZM, as she was wrapping up a 17-hour day…

WIZMnews.com He’s taking over for a legend. Joe Veenstra won Tuesday in the election for judge of La Crosse County Circuit Court Branch 1. Veenstra takes over for Ramona Gonzalez, who was both the first woman and first minority elected to the bench in La Crosse County. She wraps up in August, a career that…