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Overdose deaths in La Crosse County show sharp decline, a year after a local record was set
WIZMnews.com After a record-setting year for overdose-related deaths in La Crosse County during 2023, the county says the trend is now going in the other direction. La Crosse County chief medical examiner Beth Lubinski says the tentative number of drug overdose deaths for the county is now at 26 for this year, compared to a…
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North-Side Library in La Crosse announces longer hours in new year
WIZMnews.com Just a year after La Crosse’s public library closed its south-side branch in a budget-cutting move, the north side branch is ready to increase its business hours. Library administrators have announced on social media that the north branch on Kane Street will double its operating hours on weekdays, to eight hours, 10 am to…
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In 30 years of La Crosse’s Rotary Lights, only once did a storm take it out — a weather system like no other
WIZMnews.com The Rotary Lights display in La Crosse’s Riverside Park is now a 30-year tradition shining along the riverfront every night from Thanksgiving weekend to New Year’s Eve. Three years ago, though, never-before-seen weather shut everything down in the middle of the season, but volunteers worked tirelessly to get some semblance of Rotary Lights back…
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Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman, who saved another bird hours earlier
WIZMnews.com Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest — Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the day before. Whelan was out with her boyfriend’s family Monday in Duluth, Minnesota, when she saw the owl “just hanging out there, literally” after car and…
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A.I. is a game changer for students with disabilities. Schools are still learning to harness it
WIZMnews.com For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs” or sarcastic as “srkastik.” The 14-year-old from suburban Indianapolis can sound out words, but her dyslexia makes the process so draining that she often struggles with comprehension. “I just assumed I was stupid,” she recalled of…
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41-year-old woman arrested at her home by Vernon County Sheriff’s deputy, after someone called saying they had not communicated with her lately
WIZMnews.com A welfare check around 11 a.m. Monday at the home of a 41-year-old woman led to her arrest by the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department. Stacie Lynn Welter was arrested Monday, after reportedly coming to the door with an aluminum baseball bat and later a metal rod, when sheriff’s deputies arrived to check on her…
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Why do some people get out on bond? La Crosse County’s district attorney hosting series on how cases are prosecuted
WIZMnews.com Several high-profile court cases have been shown live on TV in recent years, giving people a real-life look at how crimes are handled by the justice system. La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke is preparing to teach people about how cases are prosecuted in a three-part series next month called the Citizen Prosecution…
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Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman, who saved another bird hours earlier
WIZMnews.com Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest — Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the day before. Whelan was out with her boyfriend’s family Monday in Duluth, Minnesota, when she saw the owl “just hanging out there, literally” after car and…
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A.I. is a game changer for students with disabilities. Schools are still learning to harness it
WIZMnews.com For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs” or sarcastic as “srkastik.” The 14-year-old from suburban Indianapolis can sound out words, but her dyslexia makes the process so draining that she often struggles with comprehension. “I just assumed I was stupid,” she recalled of…
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41-year-old woman arrested at her home by Vernon County Sheriff’s deputy, after someone called saying they had not communicated with her lately
WIZMnews.com A welfare check around 11 a.m. Monday at the home of a 41-year-old woman led to her arrest by the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department. Stacie Lynn Welter was arrested Monday, after reportedly coming to the door with an aluminum baseball bat and later a metal rod, when sheriff’s deputies arrived to check on her…