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WIZMnews.com The First Lady of the U.S. and the First Lady of Minnesota — both career educators — took the stage Monday at a pro-education election rally inside the La Crosse Center. Dr. Jill Biden and Gwen Walz campaigned together, urging the audience to vote for the Democratic ticket, led by Vice President Kamala Harris…

WIZMnews.com Nuclear power was once an important part of the La Crosse area’s energy supply, when Dairyland had a reactor in Genoa for about 20 years. The plant was decommissioned as nuclear in the 1980’s, converted to burning coal, and eventually was demolished a few months ago. Now, Dairyland has nuclear power as a goal…

WIZMnews.com A Rochester man is sentenced to 32 years in prison for a drive-by shooting in downtown La Crosse that left six people wounded. Thirty-three-year-old Deandrew Grant pled guilty in September to four criminal counts, including attempted murder, for the gunfire incident that occurred outside Polito’s Pizza in June of 2023. Grant originally had been…

WIZMnews.com Country Boom did a thing this past week and we called co-founder Jon Holthaus to talk about it Tuesday on La Crosse Talk, even though he didn’t really want the publicity. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-9 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7…

WIZMnews.com President Biden’s wife is about to make her first official visit to La Crosse on Monday, at around the same time that the Republican leader of the U.S. House will be in the city as well. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden has a Monday evening appearance scheduled in La Crosse, campaigning with Gwen Walz,…

WIZMnews.com President Biden’s wife is about to make her first official visit to La Crosse on Monday, at around the same time that the Republican leader of the U.S. House will be in the city as well. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden has a Monday evening appearance scheduled in La Crosse, campaigning with Gwen Walz,…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Education Association co-president, Jesse Martinez, joined to further discus the school district’s $53.5 million referendum, plus the idea of starting school a few weeks early, in late August. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-9 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM…

WIZMnews.com Here’s a warning for everybody…we have to set our clocks back an hour next weekend. That’s how we play the Daylight Saving game in America. It’s been getting dark around 6 p.m. this month, and as of next Sunday, when we return to standard time, sunset will be back before 5 p.m., bringing us…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Education Association co-president, Jesse Martinez, joined to further discus the school district’s $53.5 million referendum, plus the idea of starting school a few weeks early, in late August. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-9 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM…

WIZMnews.com Here’s a warning for everybody…we have to set our clocks back an hour next weekend. That’s how we play the Daylight Saving game in America. It’s been getting dark around 6 p.m. this month, and as of next Sunday, when we return to standard time, sunset will be back before 5 p.m., bringing us…