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Pettibone Park evacuated after shots fired call Tuesday morning; Man arrested
WIZMnews.com Police closed and evacuated Pettibone Park Tuesday morning after a La Crosse man fires a handgun after an argument with another person. A statement from police said around 10:15 a.m., a witness saw the man, identified as Jared T. Duddles, fire the weapon at the north end of the park. Multiple officers came to the park,…
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La Crosse schools superintendent Engel on bids for $11.5 million elementary addition
WIZMnews.com School District of La Crosse superintendent Dr. Aaron Engel joins to talk about the next step in the $53.5 million referendum plan, plus the Wisconsin state budget passing and potential fallout from more federal funding freezes. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM…
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Amtrak’s Borealis train tops 250K passengers
WIZMnews.com Amtrak officials were doing a little extra celebrating over the July 4th holiday because of the Borealis line. The train that runs daily between St. Paul and Chicago carried its 250,000th passenger over the weekend. “The Borealis continues to be a success story in Wisconsin and our partner states,” said Wisconsin Transportation Secretary Kristina Boardman in a…
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Get your name on a sidewalk paver, and help build a new walkway in north La Crosse
WIZMnews.com If you like the personalized sidewalk blocks called “pavers” that are found at La Crosse’s Riverside Park, you can buy one or more for a new walkway planned outside Logan Middle School. Habitat for Humanity is making permeable pavers available for an Avon Street renewal project, which will also include home repairs and the…
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La Crosse man sentenced to prison for starting a 2021 fire that killed dogs at his home
WIZMnews.com Four years ago, fire spread through a home on Onalaska Court in La Crosse shortly before Christmas, with two dogs dying inside the house. Now, the man suspected of starting the fire has been sentenced to prison. Brandon Helke reached a plea agreement in May for intimidating a victim, and negligent use of burning…
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Get your name on a sidewalk paver, and help build a new walkway in north La Crosse
WIZMnews.com If you like the personalized sidewalk blocks called “pavers” that are found at La Crosse’s Riverside Park, you can buy one or more for a new walkway planned outside Logan Middle School. Habitat for Humanity is making permeable pavers available for an Avon Street renewal project, which will also include home repairs and the…
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La Crosse man sentenced to prison for starting a 2021 fire that killed dogs at his home
WIZMnews.com Four years ago, fire spread through a home on Onalaska Court in La Crosse shortly before Christmas, with two dogs dying inside the house. Now, the man suspected of starting the fire has been sentenced to prison. Brandon Helke reached a plea agreement in May for intimidating a victim, and negligent use of burning…
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Getting more money to hospitals, and more food to families, are items on Governor Evers’s table
WIZMnews.com Providing money to pay for healthcare around Wisconsin has been part of the budget battle at the Capitol this year. Early in July, Governor Tony Evers signed a new state budget which includes plans for obtaining federal Medicaid funds. During a recent western Wisconsin stop, Evers pointed to the recent closing of two hospitals…
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Three’s a crowd? Still seems that way in American politics
WIZMnews.com So, Elon Musk tells America, watch me pull a third party out of my hat. To which President Trump says, But that trick never works! He says third parties in America always fail. Musk says he’s forming the America Party, as an alternative to the Big Two political parties. But who was the last…
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Getting more money to hospitals, and more food to families, are items on Governor Evers’s table
WIZMnews.com Providing money to pay for healthcare around Wisconsin has been part of the budget battle at the Capitol this year. Early in July, Governor Tony Evers signed a new state budget which includes plans for obtaining federal Medicaid funds. During a recent western Wisconsin stop, Evers pointed to the recent closing of two hospitals…