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WIZMnews.com Remember when Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen did concerts in La Crosse, at the old Sawyer Auditorium? If you don’t remember, it’s because the scheduled shows didn’t actually happen. Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1975, the Tribune reported on music stars who were supposed to perform at the old auditorium, but cancelled…

WIZMnews.com A man must undergo an evaluation after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest after he told deputies his wife’s body along with dozens of cats and dogs were inside their Fountain City area mobile home. Arthur McMullin appeared in Buffalo County Circuit Court on Thursday morning. He was charged last…

WIZMnews.com You can now buy cat scratching posts made from rugs collected earlier this year as part of trip-hazard prevention program. The La Crosse Fire Department and Emplify Health by Gundersen received more than 100 rugs though the Mugs for Rugs program. The program aimed to reduce the potential for falls by seniors. In April,…

WIZMnews.com As Wisconsin high school track and field stars come to La Crosse for their state meet this weekend, the state’s Special Olympics are happening as well, in Whitewater. Special athletes from La Crosse took part in a local torch run Thursday morning, before traveling to the statewide event with their own torch. Law enforcement…

WIZMnews.com The Donald Trump-Elon Musk breakup is underway, and UW-La Crosse political science professor Dr. Anthony Chergosky was in studio Friday for La Crosse Talk to explain why Wisconsin could to blame. 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…

WIZMnews.com Plenty of people in La Crosse begin thinking about Oktoberfest around the first week of June. And lots of them attended the Forks and Corks dinner Thursday night at the Cargill Room. That event which benefits the La Crosse Festivals scholarship fund traditionally includes the unveiling of the newest Oktoberfest button. For the 64th…

WIZMnews.com BOSTON (AP) — Democratic state attorneys general on Friday sought to block President Donald Trump’s proposal for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. elections in a case that tests a constitutional bedrock — the separation of powers. The top law enforcement officials from 19 states filed a federal lawsuit after the Republican president signed the executive order in March,…

WIZMnews.com The owner and chef of Piggy’s Restaurant is retiring. Chris Roderique ends a 46-year career in the culinary industry. He’s best known for Piggy’s Restaurant which he’s owned since 2001. A statement announcing his retirement estimates that Piggy’s has served an estimated 2.5 million guests since he first took over the restaurant. Roderique also…

WIZMnews.com MILWAUKEE (AP) — A jury found a Milwaukee man guilty Friday of killing and dismembering a 19-year-old college student on the night of their first date. Prosecutors charged Maxwell Anderson in April 2024 with first-degree intentional homicide, dismembering a corpse, arson and hiding a corpse in connection with Sade Robinson’s death. The jury convicted…

WIZMnews.com Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Tara Johnson in the WIZM studio this week for La Crosse Talk discussing June dairy days in Wisconsin, supporting small farms, land conservation and how the difficulties in Republicans alone crafting the budget.  La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3…