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WIZMnews.com Jurors in the Adam Fravel murder trial in Minnesota have an extended weekend break before they start deliberations in Mankato. Testimony at the trial ended on Friday, and Fravel decided not to take the stand himself. Closing arguments have been postponed until Wednesday, so the election is out of the way. The trial for…

WIZMnews.com Holmen High School’s volleyball team is headed to the Division 1 state tournament. The sixth-seeded Vikings beat No. 4 Verona 3-2 on Saturday (15-25, 27-25, 25-22, 19-25, 15-9) at home to advance. Holmen (23-9) now gets the top team in state, Divine Savior Holy Angels, which is 45-1. That game takes place at 7:30…

WIZMnews.com A ninth-place finish by Emily Bagniefski helped the Aquinas High School girls cross country team become the Division 3 runners-up on Saturday. The sophomore finished in 19 minutes, 52.6 seconds, while teammate Sanjana Musafir came in 11th (20:08.5). Meanwhile, Cochrane-Fountain City junior Addy Duellman took fourth overall (18:56.9), while Independence/Gilmanton junior Taylor Sylla was…

WIZMnews.com Two prominent Republicans, fed up with Donald Trump, stop in the WIZM studio Friday for La Crosse Talk PM to discuss why they’re touring the country to campaign for Kamala Harris.  Ex-Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan of Georgia and former Mike Pence national security advisor Olivia Troye deep dive into why they feel this…

WIZMnews.com The two major party candidates for vice president are both tentatively scheduled to campaign separately in La Crosse on Monday, the day before the election. The Trump campaign has announced that Republican J.D. Vance will speak Monday morning at a La Crosse Center rally. That afternoon, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife…

WIZMnews.com A unique getup for the Spence Elementary principal Thursday, talking to her La Crosse students on Halloween. Principal Dana Eide made a bet with her students on a fundraiser. If the students could raise at least $4,000, Mrs. Eide promised to wear an inflatable costume. All those kids did was raise over three times…

WIZMnews.com After an all-time high voter turnout in 2020, La Crosse County clerk Ginny Dankmeyer sees it happening again. “I think it’s going to be record turnout,” Dankmeyer said this week on La Crosse Talk PM of the fall election (5:50 into podcast below). “We’re already seeing record turnout with in-person absentee voting and I…

WIZMnews.com Ben Wikler, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk PM on Halloween, right before he sent his kids off to either go door knocking or trick-or-treating. On the show with Wikler (3:15), we took a top-down approach to the fall elections, starting with Kamala Harris v. Donald…

WIZMnews.com The Onalaska school district needs a new superintendent. Todd Antony is stepping down this week, after five years as head of the Onalaska district, having previously served as principal at Irving Pertzsch Elementary. Finance director Janet Rosseter will be in charge of the district, while a superintendent search begins. Earlier this year, Antony presided…

WIZMnews.com A 79-year-old driver from Onalaska has died in a one-vehicle crash in the town of Campbell. The accident happened early Thursday on Hinckley Road, at Lakeshore Drive on French Island, with responders finding the vehicle in the marsh area off the road. The man in the Chevrolet Captiva was pronounced dead at the scene.…