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WIZMnews.com MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration imposed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. The decision, announced Wednesday by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, threw a lifeline to the proposed Twin Metals Minnesota mine near Ely. Democratic administrations…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump spars with California’s governor over immigration enforcement, Republicans in Congress called other Democratic governors to the Capitol on Thursday to question them over policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sat in front of large, full-color posters showing men…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with a teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy on Thursday in a unanimous ruling that could make it easier for families like hers to go to court over access to education. The girl’s family says that her Minnesota school district didn’t do enough to make sure she…

WIZMnews.com Steve Nicolai, owner of the Maple Grove Venues in West Salem, joins to preview the Stone Temple Pilots coming Saturday night. 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 all the podcasts here or subscribe to…

WIZMnews.com Pump House Executive director Allison Krzych in studio to talk about how everyone can get their hands dirty and their dance on at the 12th annual Artspire festival happening Saturday in La Crosse’s Riverside Park. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM /…

WIZMnews.com Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Jill Billings in studio for a wide-ranging conversation on state budget talks, UW-L and other legislation in progress, plus some potential PFAS relief for the Town of Campbell. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM /…

WIZMnews.com I’ve had the crap scared out of me twice this past week by bicyclists not paying attention, or maybe not caring, about drivers around them.   Both times it happened on my way home from work here at the station.   In both instances, neither bicyclist stopped for a stop sign and just zoomed…

WIZMnews.com I want to contrast two things that are happening this weekend.  One, right here in town, the La Crosse Community Theatre’s Penguin Project for what’s called the Big Bad Musical — or, as I like to say, the sequel to the Three Little Pigs. The Penguin Project pairs kids with disabilities with other kids…

WIZMnews.com From Broadway to ballet and country music, Viterbo University has announced its entertainment season for the next 12 months, 33 acts in all. Big-name performers coming to the Viterbo stage include the Righteous Brothers on their farewell tour, Broadway star Bernadette Peters, and musician Ben Folds. There will be several tribute shows featuring the…

WIZMnews.com I want to contrast two things that are happening this weekend.  One, right here in town, the La Crosse Community Theatre’s Penguin Project for what’s called the Big Bad Musical — or, as I like to say, the sequel to the Three Little Pigs. The Penguin Project pairs kids with disabilities with other kids…