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WIZMnews.com The headquarters of the La Crosse school district could be the site of a brand new school within a couple of years, and the city of La Crosse is helping the project along. The city council judiciary committee is the latest group at City Hall to approve plans to vacate a block of Winnebago…

WIZMnews.com The La Crosse area could use more affordable housing, and work on providing health care and child care to more people. Those were a couple of the topics discussed at a community roundtable on Tuesday, sponsored by the 7 Rivers Alliance. Representatives of education, hospitals, and business groups were among the people brought together…

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…

WIZMnews.com Last week, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst held a town hall in her home state of Iowa, where things got heated over cuts to Medicaid. At one point, someone in the crowd yelled, “People are going to die.” Ernst responded, “Well, we all are going to die. For heaven’s sakes.” To her credit, the senator…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Education Association president Jill Schams joined to talk about getting through one more week before summer, contract negotiations with the district and how the union feels about cellphones in schools. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM /…

WIZMnews.com A fee charged to La Crosse residents for stormwater control could be going up soon. On Monday, the Board of Public Works approved a plan for increasing the fees that support the Stormwater Utility, which was formed 14 years ago. City council president Tamra Dickinson explained the current fee system doesn’t bring in enough…

WIZMnews.com A 27-year-old La Crosse woman possibly connected to a local shooting last month will be assigned a public defender, while she faces new charges. Tea Fink has a court hearing Thursday for aiding and harboring Diontae Booth, helping him to avoid arrest, after an he appeared to have shot a woman in the face…

WIZMnews.com Athletes, coaches, parents and spectators should anticipate how they’re getting into La Crosse and UW-L for this week’s WIAA State Track Meet.  The meet runs happens Friday and Saturday. With construction projects happening throughout the area, having 20,000 people getting to and from the area could get messy. WIZM reached out to the Wisconsin…

WIZMnews.com Athletes, coaches, parents and spectators should anticipate how they’re getting into La Crosse and UW-L for this week’s WIAA State Track Meet.  The meet runs happens Friday and Saturday. With construction projects happening throughout the area, having 20,000 people getting to and from the area could get messy. WIZM reached out to the Wisconsin…

WIZMnews.com Scammers are busy on Tuesday trying to get you, or someone you know, to pay a traffic ticket or face big penalties. Law enforcement agencies around the country are getting questions from people about a text message about a final warning to pay an outstanding traffic ticket. It’s just a phishing scam. The number…