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WIZMnews.com Officers in Vernon County and the federal OSHA agency are investigating the work-related death of a Viola man in a construction accident near Chaseburg this week. The sheriff’s department says 39-year-old David Puig, a construction contractor, was seriously injured on Tuesday, while using machinery, an all-terrain telescopic handler, to install siding on a new…

WIZMnews.com A Holmen man has been found guilty on 17 criminal counts, including allegations of sexually assaulting and physically abusing children, and domestic violence. Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Devenport was convicted on Thursday by a La Crosse County jury, following a trial that began early this week. Devenport originally faced 19 counts when he was charged in…

WIZMnews.com Catholic Charities opened its Warming Center two weeks ago and is already feeling the effects of the City of La Crosse imposing a “no camping” ban. During Week 1, it had about 18 people a night seek overnight shelter. This past week, it has been full and turning people away. The Warming Center opened…

WIZMnews.com Plans to hire a city administrator for La Crosse will be reviewed by a special working group over the next few months. On Thursday, the city council voted 12-to-0 to appoint five council members to a group that would seek comments from the public about the administrator position. Last month, the council voted to…

WIZMnews.com Officers in Vernon County and the federal OSHA agency are investigating the work-related death of a Viola man in a construction accident near Chaseburg this week. The sheriff’s department says 39-year-old David Puig, a construction contractor, was seriously injured on Tuesday, while using machinery, an all-terrain telescopic handler, to install siding on a new…

WIZMnews.com A Holmen man has been found guilty on 17 criminal counts, including allegations of sexually assaulting and physically abusing children, and domestic violence. Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Devenport was convicted on Thursday by a La Crosse County jury, following a trial that began early this week. Devenport originally faced 19 counts when he was charged in…

WIZMnews.com MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man was released from prison after serving 16 years for a murder he did not commit, a local prosecutor announced this week. Jurors in 2009 found Edgar Barrientos-Quintana guilty of killing 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson in a drive-by shooting. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. But after…

WIZMnews.com For over 40 years, the U.S. Department of Education has been a blackhole for taxpayer dollars. We’ve thrown billions into the system, yet reading and math scores are plummeting, literacy rates are barely hanging on, and we’re lagging behind other countries in STEM. How much money would you throw into a rusty old car…

WIZMnews.com The Harry J. Olson Senior Center has attracted an award-winning chili-making champion as its chef for its kickoff to a capital campaign next week. Center leader Erin Goggin says the free lunch next week Wednesday from 11:00 to 1:00 at 1607 North Street, La Crosse, is to help raise money to remodel three bathrooms…

WIZMnews.com Fresh off of a national conference for real estate professionals and associations, Mike Pietek say home sales are expected to increase by 9% in 2025 followed by 13% increase in 2026. Pietek, the president of the La Crosse Area REALTORS Association, says the economist at the National Association of REALTORS Lawrence Yun predicted how…