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WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde admitted Tuesday that he lost the U.S. Senate race to Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin, but refused to concede and instead repeated misleading claims about the election while he considers a recount. The California banker preleased a video saying he wanted to gather more information and assess…

WIZMnews.com We’re well into November, and the elections are behind us. Around the region, the signs of the holiday season are starting to appear. Downtown La Crosse has its big lighted snowflakes in place on the streetlights, and the Rotary Lights display is being assembled in Riverside Park. That’s a 30-year tradition now, with a…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative prosecutor’s attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court’s liberal justices during oral arguments. Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Joel Urmanski, has asked the high court to overturn a Dane County judge’s…

WIZMnews.com A Monroe County man is expected in court on Monday, to face charges resulting from a deadly highway crash last week. Kristoffer Cattle of Tomah may be charged with reckless homicide, and operating after suspension. Investigators say Cattle was driving on Monroe County Highway A last Thursday and crossed the center line, hitting an…

WIZMnews.com A Monroe County man is expected in court on Monday, to face charges resulting from a deadly highway crash last week. Kristoffer Cattle of Tomah may be charged with reckless homicide, and operating after suspension. Investigators say Cattle was driving on Monroe County Highway A last Thursday and crossed the center line, hitting an…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative prosecutor’s attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court’s liberal justices during oral arguments. Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Joel Urmanski, has asked the high court to overturn a Dane County judge’s…

WIZMnews.com UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio to help dissect the fall election cycle, where we came to the conclusion that every level of government was its own unique situation. Plus, some interesting committee meet sound from La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds. La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m.…

WIZMnews.com UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio to help dissect the fall election cycle, where we came to the conclusion that every level of government was its own unique situation. Plus, some interesting committee meet sound from La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds. La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m.…

WIZMnews.com Thanksgiving is still three weeks away, but the holiday season has already started for many in the Coulee Region, with the ringing of bells at familiar kettles. The Salvation Army red kettle drive has begun for another year. The kettles will be at 21 locations in La Crosse County from now until Christmas. Major…

WIZMnews.com DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man shot and killed his wife and son, and his ex-partner and their son, before killing himself, authorities said Friday. Duluth police have not determined a motive, but Police Chief Mike Ceynowa said at a news conference that the shooter, 46-year-old Anthony Nephew, had a “pattern of mental…