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WIZMnews.com Thousands of tundra swans, ducks and other wildlife basking on the Mississippi River this holiday, according to the the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge. The refuge counted up between 500-600 tundra swans at the Brownsville Outlook, over the Mississippi and just south of La Crosse, in Brownsville, Minn. “There are at…

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 It’s a big time of the year to enjoy sports in the U.S. and to cheer on your favorite teams. I got down to Madison this month to take in a Saturday night football game at Camp Randall. The Badgers hosting the Ducks, of Oregon, who are getting all the votes for No. 1…

WIZMnews.com The recall papers are being drawn as you read this, just days after Wisconsin state Sen. Brad Pfaff revealed to the La Crosse Talk audience that one of his favorite Thanksgiving Day foods is that canned cranberry jelly. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on…

WIZMnews.com It’s a big time of the year to enjoy sports in the U.S. and to cheer on your favorite teams. I got down to Madison this month to take in a Saturday night football game at Camp Randall. The Badgers hosting the Ducks, of Oregon, who are getting all the votes for No. 1…

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 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 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…