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WIZMnews.com Several high-profile court cases have been shown live on TV in recent years, giving people a real-life look at how crimes are handled by the justice system. La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke is preparing to teach people about how cases are prosecuted in a three-part series next month called the Citizen Prosecution…

WIZMnews.com Two conversations about homelessness on Monday’s La Crosse Talk PM with city council members Chris Woodard and Mac Kiel.  La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska). Find all the podcasts here or subscribe to La…

WIZMnews.com FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. Trump criticized Biden’s decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40…

WIZMnews.com WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even before…

WIZMnews.com The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”? “Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor…

WIZMnews.com Two conversations about homelessness on Monday’s La Crosse Talk PM with city council members Chris Woodard and Mac Kiel.  La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska). Find all the podcasts here or subscribe to La…

WIZMnews.com FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. Trump criticized Biden’s decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40…

WIZMnews.com Voters in La Crosse will be electing a new mayor in April, but there are other local races that could attract attention and candidates. Two current La Crosse School Board members have decided not to run again. Board president, Dr. Juan Jimenez, declared he will not be a candidate for the upcoming election. Katie…

WIZMnews.com NEW YORK (AP) — I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little pygmy hippo, too! Forgive us the shameless attempt to link the fantasy hit “Wicked” to the delightful Moo Deng. But, hear us out — there’s something the two have in common as the year draws to a close. Escapism. Whether we found it on the…

WIZMnews.com Two Jackson County bank robberies from several years ago may have been solved with the arrest of one 26-year-old woman. Sheriff’s officers say Michaela Davis of Medford, Wisconsin is accused of robbing the Jackson County Bank in Alma Center nearly six years ago, in January of 2019. Davis is also suspected of robbing a…