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WIZMnews.com We have always been told when gathering with family and close friends not to discuss politics or religion.  But what about rising food prices?  We have seen increases in the food we buy at the grocery store and the food we eat at restaurants and even at sporting events.  If gas prices increase substantially…

WIZMnews.com FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge this week struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors. Laws restricting access to certain materials or making it easier to challenge them have been enacted in several other states, including…

WIZMnews.com Two conversations about homelessness on Monday’s La Crosse Talk PM with city council members Chris Woodard and Mac Kiel.  La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.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 La…

WIZMnews.com FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. Trump criticized Biden’s decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40…

WIZMnews.com WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even before…

WIZMnews.com The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”? “Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor…

WIZMnews.com FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. Trump criticized Biden’s decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40…

WIZMnews.com Two conversations about homelessness on Monday’s La Crosse Talk PM with city council members Chris Woodard and Mac Kiel.  La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.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 La…

WIZMnews.com Two Jackson County bank robberies from several years ago may have been solved with the arrest of one 26-year-old woman. Sheriff’s officers say Michaela Davis of Medford, Wisconsin is accused of robbing the Jackson County Bank in Alma Center nearly six years ago, in January of 2019. Davis is also suspected of robbing a…

WIZMnews.com Voters in La Crosse will be electing a new mayor in April, but there are other local races that could attract attention, and candidates. Two current La Crosse school board members have decided not to run again. Board president Juan Jimenez has declared he will not be a candidate in the spring. Katie Berkedal…