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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.…

WIZMnews.com A newspaper story in November of 1974 called the jobless rate in La Crosse County “chronically high.” The rate was around 8-10% with thousands of people unable to find work.  The story blamed labor walkouts and plant closings for the bad local economy, specifically pointing to the closings since the late 50s of three La…

WIZMnews.com Wisconsin has a massive $4.6 billion budget surplus, and legislators in Madison are already more excited about spending your money than a kid’s first time in a puppy, fireworks, and candy store. But here’s a crazy idea: Give it back to the hardworking Wisconsinites you took it from. As I See It is a…

WIZMnews.com A giant thanks from one organization to another in the La Crosse community. Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals helps provide funding for families in need that can’t make ends meet when their kids are battling a disease or illness. Each year, Mid-West Family La Crosse teams up with CMN for a 24-hour Radiothon, asking…

WIZMnews.com Besides the costume choices each year, what has really changed when we celebrate Halloween?  Remember when it was against the rules to have Halloween on any other night but the 31st?  And you really weren’t supposed to start until after it was dark?  And was the cutoff time determined when candy was gone or…

WIZMnews.com MADISON — While Donald Trump was campaigning with Packers legend Brett Favre in Green Bay, Kamala Harris was a few hours south, rallying in Madison with the Wisconsin Badgers volleyball team. As Harris entered the Alliant Energy Center, she was greeted by the Badgers and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers. As Harris hugged each player,…