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WIZMnews.com Dr. Bri Spicer, Lifestyle Program Director at the La Crosse Area YMCAs, in the WIZM studio Wednesday for La Crosse Talk PM to discuss a diabetes prevention program she’s overseeing and shame news talk hosts into getting checked out. #Sarcasm. #Kindof La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m. Listen on the WIZM…

WIZMnews.com GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer and left his wife and three children has been located in Eastern Europe and is communicating with law enforcement, but he has not committed to returning home, authorities said. Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said Thursday that Ryan Borgwardt began…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin tradition begins anew this weekend as hunters take to the woods for the start of the state’s nine-day gun deer season. The season kicks off at dawn on Saturday and closes on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 1. Hunters are looking to rebound after a tepid 2023 season…

WIZMnews.com A 59-year-old truck driver, who allegedly attacked someone with a knife, cutting them in the neck and chest, at a West Salem Kwik Trip, was in court Tuesday. Paul Stokes was arrested in Tennessee last month and brought back to Wisconsin. Tuesday, he was in La Crosse County court on charges of reckless endangerment…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse city council Rep. Chris Woodard called in to discuss his displeasure with the decision to not add about $105,000 to the 2025 budget and include large-item pickup, plus pushing back a vote on hiring a city administrator until after the mayoral election. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on…

WIZMnews.com Rotary Lights founder Pat Stephens joins to preview the upcoming holiday display that will go live the day after Thanksgiving in Riverside Park. This is the 30th year of Rotary Lights, which seeks food and cash donations from visitors to be given out to multiple pantries in the area. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays…

WIZMnews.com It’s the 60th annual Holiday Fair at the La Crosse Center, and Bri Beining, the marketing coordinator for the Center, joined to help preview the event, which runs Thursday-Sunday. 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…

WIZMnews.com UW-La Crosse football coach Matt Janus joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk on Tuesday to discuss, not just being back in the playoffs for a fourth-consecutive season, but how this one means just a bit more because these seniors are his first recruiting class. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the…

WIZMnews.com Just when it felt like we had put the big campaign season behind us, and had started to prepare for the holidays, there’s another political campaign to talk about…at La Crosse City Hall. Time for the next election for mayor, and we’ve just learned it’s going to be another open race. Our former WIZM…

WIZMnews.com When the La Crosse city council approved a 2025 budget Monday night, it turned down a plan to restore funding for hauling away furniture and other large items. That pickup service was cut a year ago to save money. On an 8-4 vote, council members opposed the addition of $105,000 to the city budget…