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WIZMnews.com MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville that called for an overhaul of their police departments following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor that became the catalyst for nationwide racial injustice protests in the summer of 2020. The Trump administration also announced it was retracting the findings of…

WIZMnews.com The Brownsville resident suspected of stabbing his father during a fight last week in Hokah will be tested for competency. That ruling came at a Houston County court hearing on Tuesday for Nicholas McCabe, who’s charged with attempted murder. Hokah Police Chief Kaylee Inglett saw the attack happen outside the McCabe family roofing business…

WIZMnews.com The La Crosse Center just went through a big expansion project about five years ago, but the original arena from the 1980’s may need some work soon. Problems with the arena roof were reviewed by the La Crosse Center Board on Tuesday. Building operations manager Josh Krenz tells the Center Board that leaks have…

WIZMnews.com A plea hearing is scheduled for August in a La Crosse homicide case from two years ago. Fifty-two-year-old Bryant Q. Smith of La Crosse had been set for a plea hearing next month, in the 2023 stabbing death of Timothy Salis. That hearing has been rescheduled twice, and is now on the calendar for…

WIZMnews.com A West Salem man is being charged with physical abuse of an older person, and with intimidating a victim. Forty-eight-year-old Troy Crogan was arrested last week in Onalaska, after a warrant was issued. A criminal complaint says Crogan pushed the older victim a couple of times, causing her physical pain. Police arrested Crogan after…

WIZMnews.com Delta Airlines ended regular air service to La Crosse two years ago, but the company and the city have been in talks to resume scheduled flights. The La Crosse aviation board met on Monday, and Delta was mentioned as one of the carriers that could offer new flights to the Coulee Region. Airport business…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse housing week, paying $20 million a year for the Vikings 9-year-old stadium and taxing sins — like sports betting — with Adam Hoffer, director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410…

WIZMnews.com A new location for the La Crosse County Library’s annual Senior Fair on Wednesday. This year, it is at the Onalaska Omni Center. The Senior Fair runs from 10 a.m. until noon. It is a free event open to the public. Refreshments are courtesy of Scooter’s Coffee. There’s a variety of local resources and…

WIZMnews.com The La Crosse County Health Department said that Neshonoc Swarthout Park in West Salem is closed to swimming due to high E. coli counts in the water. Testing is done weekly at beaches in the county by the department. This is its first report for the 2025 season. Samples for this week’s report were…

WIZMnews.com I got to see the members of the La Crosse Fire Department in action the other day and I have to say I’m impressed.   While usually they’re having to deal with a house fire or car accident, having to fight a fire in the marsh isn’t something that happens a lot.   Add in the…