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Fire Department called to La Crosse Post Office
WIZMnews.com Members of the La Crosse Fire Department were called to the Post Office building at 425 State Street early Tuesday afternoon where belongings from unsheltered people had caught fire. A cloud of smoke was visible to passersby briefly until the department was able to extinguish the fire. The area where the fire occurred was…
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New Year’s resolution from Wisconsin’s Legislature should be all the things — or just one? — it failed to do in 2023 and 2024
WIZMnews.com New Year’s resolutions can mean many things for many people. A kickoff to being healthier, working out, losing weight, giving up a vice or reading more. But what those resolutions are mostly about are failure. This isn’t about you starting some new, or kicking some old habits, though. This about the Wisconsin state Legislature.…
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Phone call from jail to mom by La Crosse man, already charged with overdose death, reveals potentially more crimes
WIZMnews.com The suspect in a recent drug-related death in La Crosse County is now charged with new drug offenses. A new criminal complaint has been filed this week against Todd Pfaff of La Crosse. The 47-year-old is already accused of reckless homicide for another man’s overdose death, which occurred at a residence last summer. Pfaff…
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La Crosse fireworks group that started during The Great Depression set for New Year’s eve display on Grandad Bluff
WIZMnews.com For almost 100 years the La Crosse Skyrockers have put on a New Year’s Eve fireworks show on Grandad Bluff. The club has its equipment all set for two New Year’s Eve shows at 6 p.m. Tuesday and midnight. The New Year’s tradition began in the late 1920s, as a way to boost people’s…
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New Year’s resolution from Wisconsin’s Legislature should be all the things — or just one? — it failed to do in 2023 and 2024
WIZMnews.com New Year’s resolutions can mean many things for many people. A kickoff to being healthier, working out, losing weight, giving up a vice or reading more. But what those resolutions are mostly about are failure. This isn’t about you starting some new, or kicking some old habits, though. This about the Wisconsin state Legislature.…
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Phone call from jail to mom by La Crosse man, already charged with overdose death, reveals potentially more crimes
WIZMnews.com The suspect in a recent drug-related death in La Crosse County is now charged with new drug offenses. A new criminal complaint has been filed this week against Todd Pfaff of La Crosse. The 47-year-old is already accused of reckless homicide for another man’s overdose death, which occurred at a residence last summer. Pfaff…
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La Crosse fireworks group that started during The Great Depression set for New Year’s eve display on Grandad Bluff
WIZMnews.com For almost 100 years the La Crosse Skyrockers have put on a New Year’s Eve fireworks show on Grandad Bluff. The club has its equipment all set for two New Year’s Eve shows at 6 p.m. Tuesday and midnight. The New Year’s tradition began in the late 1920s, as a way to boost people’s…
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Presidential campaigns descend on La Crosse, the Shopkos are gone but Kmart remains and changes atop UW-L rank among WIZM’s top stories of 2024
WIZMnews.com It was a whirlwind of a year in La Crosse from just about every angle. Presidential campaigns barnstormed the city, including the very last day before the election. Leadership at UW-La Crosse changed hands, while the city will be seeking someone new. And development in the area saw some things change — like every…
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Book bans, reading as a resolution and what’s popular in ’24 with Pearl Street Book’s Hartung, La Crescent library’s Witkins
WIZMnews.com The owner of Pearl Street Books, Beth Hartung, and La Crescent’s public library director, Jess Witkins, stopped in the WIZM studio to discuss, what else, books, including the best of 2024, book bans, reading as a New Year’s resolution, and what’s changed in popularity over the year and years. This is part of a…
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The WIZM News Top 25 heading into ‘25
WIZMnews.com Here’s a look at the Top 25 heading into ‘25 most viewed WIZM News stories of the year. The most notable being the two (Nos. 2 and 7) about La Crosse Talk host Mike Hayes, announcing his pancreatic cancer in September and his passing on Thanksgiving. Hayes hosted La Crosse Talk beginning in 1986…