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WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin communities with fewer than 7,500 people can hand count ballots under a decision by the state elections commission this week. However, under the Wisconsin Elections Commission decision, those communities and all other Wisconsin towns, villages and cities must still comply with federal law and provide at least one electronic…

WIZMnews.com HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — State and local officials blasted the Trump administration’s widely anticipated list of “ sanctuary ” jurisdictions that are deemed uncooperative with federal immigration enforcement, with some of the most enthusiastic supporters of the White House wondering on Friday how they wound up on it. The list, which was riddled with misspellings,…

WIZMnews.com A.I. just told us it’s getting set to take over the world. (this is the lede, not the headline)  UW-La Crosse political science professor Dr. Anthony Chergosky was in the WIZM studio Friday for La Crosse Talk to unpack how a major newspaper’s summer reading list turned into A.I. subtly warning us that The…

WIZMnews.com Prosecutors said a La Crosse man arrested on a charge of attempted 1st Degree Intentional Homicide was upset about being taunted at work. In court on Friday, Assistant District Attorney Susan Donskey said that Justin Smith had someone drive him to his home where he got a shotgun. He then returned to work and…

WIZMnews.com Smoke from Canadian wildfires is the cause behind an Air Quality Advisory for Wisconsin. The Wisconsin DNR advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. on Saturday morning. Air quality four the area is expected to move into the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups level during this time. What that means is that some people may…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday again cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip temporary legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants, pushing the total number of people who could be newly exposed to deportation to nearly 1 million. The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole protections in place for…

WIZMnews.com Mac Kiel in the WIZM studio breaking down La Crosse government, including the conversation around hiring a city administrator and the stormwater utility bill possibly doubling. Also discussed was the new elementary school process through the city and five new council members. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM…

WIZMnews.com A recent report ranked the Top 250 places to live in the US. La Crosse didn’t make the list. Now, that wouldn’t be a big deal, unless there were NINE other Wisconsin cities in the Top 250. According to US News, nine other cities in Wisconsin are better places to live than La Crosse,…

WIZMnews.com The city has had a variety of swimming spots over the years, besides popular beaches like Pettibone and Black River. Memorial Pool on Campbell Road, at the UWL campus, was originally built in 1938 as the city’s first official outdoor pool. The cost of construction was just over $70,000. That pool operated until 2016,…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Police and the US Marshals Service arrest a man wanted on an attempted homicide charge for shooting a woman in the face earlier this month. A statement from La Crosse Police said Diontae D. Booth, 28, was taken into custody without incident in the 1900 block of Rose Street just before 5…