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WIZMnews.com The Madeline Kingsbury murder case in Minnesota is expected to come to an end on Tuesday, with a sentencing in Winona for Kingsbury’s former boyfriend, Adam Fravel. Last month, a jury in Mankato convicted Fravel of killing Kingsbury in early 2023. The Winona woman had been reported missing in April of last year, and…

WIZMnews.com A Monroe County driver accused of causing a deadly collision last month has returned to court. Thirty-nine-year-old Kristoffer Cattle of Tomah has waived the time limits for a pre-trial hearing on a reckless homicide charge. Cattle is accused of driving drunk in November when he crossed the center line on a Monroe County road,…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. — Two people were killed and others were injured Monday in a shooting at a private Christian school in Madison. The shooting happened days before the Christmas break. Police said a student who opened fire, identified as a 15-year-old girl, was also dead. Here are some things to know about the shooting in Wisconsin’s…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse will extend the hours in which it charges to parking in the downtown lots beginning in the spring. No more free parking in the evenings or on Saturdays, after a unanimous 5-0 vote by Andrea Trane, Matt Gallager, Mitch Reynolda, Rebecca Schwarz and Tamra Dickinson on the Board of Public Works for…

WIZMnews.com Central High School teacher John Havlicek in studio discussing, in his over 30 years, how kids have changed because of cellphones. We also hit on the $4.5 billion state surplus, as Gov. Tony Evers was in La Crosse on the budget, and school funding in a variety of ways, including whether it leads to…

WIZMnews.com The Madeline Kingsbury murder case in Minnesota is expected to come to an end on Tuesday, with a sentencing in Winona for Kingsbury’s former boyfriend, Adam Fravel. Last month, a jury in Mankato convicted Fravel of killing Kingsbury in early 2023. The Winona woman had been reported missing in April of last year, and…

WIZMnews.com A Monroe County driver accused of causing a deadly collision last month has returned to court. Thirty-nine-year-old Kristoffer Cattle of Tomah has waived the time limits for a pre-trial hearing on a reckless homicide charge. Cattle is accused of driving drunk in November when he crossed the center line on a Monroe County road,…

WIZMnews.com The so-called shortest day of the year in this part of the world, the winter solstice, is almost here. But La Crosse has already recorded its earliest sunset of the season. It was 4:27 p.m., for 10 days in a row. Now, sundown is gradually getting later, but it still gets dark around 5…

WIZMnews.com How low can you go, when it comes to paying taxes? According to recent figures, La Crosse County has lower property taxes per person than only three other Wisconsin counties. The county administrator, Jane Klekamp, tells WIZM’s Rick Solem that the amount of county property taxes collected works out to about $307 per taxpayer…

WIZMnews.com The so-called shortest day of the year in this part of the world, the winter solstice, is almost here. But La Crosse has already recorded its earliest sunset of the season. It was 4:27 p.m., for 10 days in a row. Now, sundown is gradually getting later, but it still gets dark around 5…