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WIZMnews.com In November of 1974, Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey spoke in the new North Hall of UW-L, now called Wimberly Hall. Democrat Lucey was seeking a second term, and told students he could not support a tuition cut approved by the Board of Regents, because that would put more burden on taxpayers to fund the…

WIZMnews.com Adam Fravel was found guilty Thursday on all four counts in the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Madeline Kingsbury. The jury in the Fravel trial announced the verdict Thursday morning in Mankato, Minn., where the trial was moved because of publicity in Winona County. Fravel faces the possibility of life in prison. Minnesota state court…

WIZMnews.com After I told my co-workers in Texas that I had accepted my current job here in La Crosse, the first response was “you know it snows a lot there”…and I replied, yes, I am aware of that.  Which was followed by…”do you have enough winter clothes”?  I grew up in Ohio so I know…

WIZMnews.com In November of 1974, Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey spoke in the new North Hall of UW-L, now called Wimberly Hall. Democrat Lucey was seeking a second term, and told students he could not support a tuition cut approved by the Board of Regents, because that would put more burden on taxpayers to fund the…

WIZMnews.com Adam Fravel was found guilty Thursday on all four counts in the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Madeline Kingsbury. The jury in the Fravel trial announced the verdict Thursday morning in Mankato, Minn., where the trial was moved because of publicity in Winona County. Fravel faces the possibility of life in prison. Minnesota state court…

WIZMnews.com After I told my co-workers in Texas that I had accepted my current job here in La Crosse, the first response was “you know it snows a lot there”…and I replied, yes, I am aware of that.  Which was followed by…”do you have enough winter clothes”?  I grew up in Ohio so I know…

WIZMnews.com The campaigns may be over for this season, but the election issues in Wisconsin keep going. Area Assembly candidate Ryan Huebsch wants to see state lawmakers take action on certain priorities in the new session, including completion of a science center at UW-La Crosse. “One of the biggest issues that we’ve seen is that…

WIZMnews.com A day after the election, Democrats Steve Doyle and Tara Johnson, who both won on Tuesday, stopped in the WIZM studio for la Crosse Talk PM to discuss whether the new makeup of Wisconsin’s state Legislature means things getting done over the next two years. La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m.…

WIZMnews.com Wisconsin voters approved a Republican-written constitutional amendment in Tuesday’s elections that changed one word regarding citizens voting. The Wisconsin Constitution states that every U.S. citizen, who is at least 18, can vote. The amendment revises that language to read that only U.S. citizens can vote in federal, state and local elections held in Wisconsin.…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional Democratic Party chair, William Garcia, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk PM, working in sci-fi and politics as the fall election cycle comes to an end. Garcia was a good sport to come on and have a conversation that would remain relevant, even after Election Day…