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WIZMnews.com School pantries in the La Crosse area are getting a boost in the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving. The DBS Group joined with three districts on food collection efforts, which will take place through early December. It’s a campaign appreciated by Kate Mattison, a social worker for the La Crescent-Hokah Schools. “We were able to send…

WIZMnews.com A fairly new Veterans Day tradition in La Crosse took place Monday at UW-La Crosse. Dozens attended the 12th annual Veterans Breakfast at Mitchell Hall, honoring living vets from as far back as World War II. Guests heard from Karl “Jim” Fischer, who served as an honor guard 50 years ago at the Tomb…

WIZMnews.com Washington is recognizing the work of a local group that has helped Hmong families in the region for 50 years. HUD has honored the Cia Siab, Inc., primarily for work in providing good housing for under-served communities around La Crosse. Mara Keyes, the city’s community development manager, says the award highlights the hard work…

WIZMnews.com The Tomah driver charged in a head-on collision that killed another driver last week made a court appearance Monday in Monroe County. Officers say 39-year-old Kristoffer Cattle was driving under the influence on a county highway when he went into the wrong lane and crashed into another vehicle. The second driver, 63-year-old David Wilcox,…

WIZMnews.com Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Jill Billings in studio Thursday for La Crosse Talk PM fresh off an election win, where she holds onto her District 95 seat. On the  show we look at some of the numbers and how she did in a voting district that had new boundaries, plus what to expect from…

WIZMnews.com A fairly new Veterans Day tradition in La Crosse took place Monday at UW-La Crosse. Dozens attended the 12th annual Veterans Breakfast at Mitchell Hall, honoring living vets from as far back as World War II. Guests heard from Karl “Jim” Fischer, who served as an honor guard 50 years ago at the Tomb…

WIZMnews.com Washington is recognizing the work of a local group that has helped Hmong families in the region for 50 years. HUD has honored the Cia Siab, Inc., primarily for work in providing good housing for under-served communities around La Crosse. Mara Keyes, the city’s community development manager, says the award highlights the hard work…

WIZMnews.com The Tomah driver charged in a head-on collision that killed another driver last week made a court appearance Monday in Monroe County. Officers say 39-year-old Kristoffer Cattle was driving under the influence on a county highway when he went into the wrong lane and crashed into another vehicle. The second driver, 63-year-old David Wilcox,…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man apparently faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children, and flee to eastern Europe for a woman, investigators say. Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said in a news release Friday that the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office informed his agency…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man apparently faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children, and flee to eastern Europe for a woman, investigators say. Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said in a news release Friday that the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office informed his agency…