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WIZMnews.com Using a variety of energy sources continues to be a goal of Dairyland Power. The La Crosse-based electric cooperative held its annual membership meeting on Wednesday at the La Crosse Center, with Dairyland president Brent Ridge speaking about moving away from coal, toward natural gas and renewable sources. Ridge supports the use of solar…

WIZMnews.com Worries about underage drinking at special outdoor events in La Crosse are being addressed by city council members. The council judiciary committee has granted permission to a La Crosse tavern, Bennett O’Riley’s, to expand its liquor license to outdoor sales this month for a June event. City clerk Nikki Elsen says there are certain…

WIZMnews.com Using a variety of energy sources continues to be a goal of Dairyland Power. The La Crosse-based electric cooperative held its annual membership meeting on Wednesday at the La Crosse Center, with Dairyland president Brent Ridge speaking about moving away from coal, toward natural gas and renewable sources. Ridge supports the use of solar…

WIZMnews.com The Trump administration must restore hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant funding and thousands of service workers in about two dozen states, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman granted a temporary block on the agency’s cancellation of grants and early discharge of corps members, but only for the states that…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court decided Thursday that a Catholic charity doesn’t have to pay Wisconsin unemployment taxes, one of a set of religious-rights cases the justices are considering this term. The unanimous ruling comes in a case filed by the Catholic Charities Bureau, which says the state violated the First Amendment’s religious freedom guarantee…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A breakdown in negotiations over a tax cut and other spending measures in Wisconsin threatens to put the 2026 race for governor on hold, with the Democratic incumbent saying he won’t announce his decision on seeking a third term in the swing state until after a budget deal is done.…

WIZMnews.com If you like donuts, Friday is a good day for you…plus you can help out a local organization. Fifty cents of each donut sold at Linda’s Bakery in West Salem on Friday goes for the support of the Make a House a Home program run by the Salvation Army in La Crosse. When someone…

WIZMnews.com Sheriff’s offices in La Crosse and Houston counties assisted federal agencies on Tuesday as they executed several search warrants in both counties. Both La Crosse County Sheriff John Siegel and Houston County Sheriff Brian Swedberg told WIZM News that they aren’t weren’t able to say much since what happened is part of a larger and…

WIZMnews.com To attract the brightest minds to America, President Donald Trump proposed a novel idea while campaigning: If elected, he would grant green cards to all foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges. “It’s so sad when we lose people from Harvard, MIT, from the greatest schools,” Trump said during a podcast interview last June.…

WIZMnews.com The La Crosse Community Theatre’s commitment to inclusivity was put to the test recently when unexpected federal funding cuts threatened to cancel a production featuring children with disabilities. The Big Bad Wolf nearly stopped the show, but the La Crosse community rallied, ensuring the Penguin Project would go on. Erik Vose, executive director of…