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WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data — including the immigration status — on millions of Medicaid enrollees, a move that could make it easier to locate people as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown. An internal memo and emails obtained by The Associated Press show that…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is shifting military resources, including ships, in the Middle East in response to Israel’s strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory attack by Tehran, two U.S. officials said Friday. The Navy has directed the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner to begin sailing toward the Eastern Mediterranean and has directed a second…

WIZMnews.com ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional. The Republican president’s March 25 executive order sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal…

WIZMnews.com Now that the Black Hawk Bridge in Lansing, Iowa has reopened to traffic, the Iowa DOT said they’re suspending the ferry service set up to shuttle people across the Mississippi River. The DOT brought in Maiden Voyage Tours and EARL Public Transit and Running to bring people back and forth between Iowa and Wisconsin.…

WIZMnews.com Jean Taylor, host of Rock Mornings, joins to help preview the second annual Big River Rally, which has everything from the Budweiser Clydesdales trotting through downtown La Crosse to Drowning Pool taking the stage on the Oktoberfest grounds. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 54-year-old man who was falsely accused of threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump and threatened with deportation to Mexico was released Thursday from a Wisconsin jail on bond, three weeks after federal immigration agents arrested him. Ramón Morales Reyes, who doesn’t speak English well or write in the language,…

WIZMnews.com The La Crosse area saw a spending increase of approximately $12 million from tourism in 2024 over the previous year according to Explore La Crosse Executive Director AJ Frels.   Figures released this week from the state’s Department of Tourism on the impact that tourism had in Wisconsin in 2024. The numbers were broken…

WIZMnews.com Tomorrow part of the country celebrates the 250th year of the US Army.  I use the word part because, well, that’s where we’re at right now as a country.  There isn’t as much togetherness as we’ve experienced in the past. Not everyone supports the military. I understand that perspective and respect your thoughts on…

WIZMnews.com The city of La Crosse has avoided raising a certain fee for utility work, but the city council has decided the increases can’t be put off any longer. On Thursday, La Crosse’s city council voted 9-to-4 to raise the stormwater utility fee, effective on July 1st. City leaders have said the existing cash on…

WIZMnews.com There are plenty of activities happening in the area to make for a full weekend for people in our area. They include music, art, fishing, and a couple of places to go for breakfast. Here’s a look at some of the larger events taking place on Saturday and Sunday: La Crosse County Dairy Breakfast…