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WIZMnews.com Riverfest may be done for this year, but La Crosse’s riverfront will still be active this week. A Monday morning stop by the Viking Mississippi cruise ship will be the first of several this year by that company. The Viking boat was supposed to be in La Crosse last week, but high water led…

WIZMnews.com A homicide suspect from southern Minnesota is now in the La Crosse County jail, days after being arrested for the death of a Holmen resident. Jacob Klaver of Winona was admitted to the La Crosse jail on Saturday, and is being held without bond for 1st degree homicide, in the alleged strangulation death of…

WIZMnews.com KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 82 people in central Texas. Rescuers maneuvering through challenging terrain, high waters and snakes including water moccasins continued their desperate search…

WIZMnews.com Riverfest may be done for this year, but La Crosse’s riverfront will still be active this week. A Monday morning stop by the Viking Mississippi cruise ship will be the first of several this year by that company. The Viking boat was supposed to be in La Crosse last week, but high water led…

WIZMnews.com A homicide suspect from southern Minnesota is now in the La Crosse County jail, days after being arrested for the death of a Holmen resident. Jacob Klaver of Winona was admitted to the La Crosse jail on Saturday, and is being held without bond for 1st degree homicide, in the alleged strangulation death of…

WIZMnews.com Continuing our sports and tax conversations — this time about selling franchises and the weird world of vape tax — with economist, Dr. Adam Hoffer, director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation, on La Crosse Talk. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on…

WIZMnews.com They’re the busiest wildlife rehab center in the U.S. — located smack in the middle of the Twin Cities — and on pace to treat over 22,000 animals this year. Phil Jenni with the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota joins to explain how they do it, some of the big plans they have for…

WIZMnews.com Although it’s no longer held in Waupaca and boat rides with recovery beers are a thing of the past, the Waupaca Boatride Volleyball Tournament is celebrating its 41st year. Director Eddie Zelhofer joins to discuss how the competition that began in 1984 evolved into the largest volleyball tourney in the U.S. La Crosse Talk…

WIZMnews.com A project to update the intersection at East Main Street and Theater Road in Onalaska begins Monday morning. The city and Wisconsin Department of Transportation are heading up the work. It includes replacing the existing traffic signals with new ones that have a dedicated left turn arrow for northbound Theater Road traffic turning onto…

WIZMnews.com Continuing our sports and tax conversations — this time about selling franchises and the weird world of vape tax — with economist, Dr. Adam Hoffer, director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation, on La Crosse Talk. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on…