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WIZMnews.com La Crosse Police Chief Shawn Kudron gives a glimpse of leading in modern day policing, as he hits year five on at the position. Kudron sat down with BizCast Greater La Crosse host Vicki Markussen to discuss how much policing has changed. Bizcast comes out Friday mornings and can be heard online here, or by…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kremlin could not have asked for better publicity at a better time when Ben Swann, a self-described independent journalist, who promotes conspiracy theories, released a 12-part video series he promised would reveal dark truths about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Swann’s flashy documentary-style videos were filled with innuendo, attacks on Zelenskyy’s…

WIZMnews.com Marketing representatives from the League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area were in studio Thursday for La Crosse Talk. Jim Jorstad and Chris Haskell discussed their focus on using multimedia to encourage all voters, but particularly those under the age of 34, to show up at the polls this election cycle. La…

WIZMnews.com Marketing representatives from the League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area were in studio Thursday for La Crosse Talk. Jim Jorstad and Chris Haskell discussed their focus on using multimedia to encourage all voters, but particularly those under the age of 34, to show up at the polls this election cycle. La…

WIZMnews.com Students in the School District of La Crosse had to wait until Sept. 3 this year to start the fall semester. That’s because of a Wisconsin state law that prevents public schools from starting until on or after Sept. 1. The La Crosse School District, however, wants to start school Aug. 21 next year.…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse School Board president, Dr. Juan Jimenez, in the WIZM studio Wednesday for La Crosse Talk PM, discussing some jaw dropping numbers to a population study, the district trying to start school earlier, based on its burden to private schools and the $53.5 million referendum. La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06…

WIZMnews.com Just one day after a man was attacked this week with a knife at a West Salem Kwik Trip, a suspect in the crime was arrested after officers caught up with his truck in Tennessee. Police in West Salem say 59-year-old Paul Stokes is believed to be the driver who cut another man’s throat…

WIZMnews.com A four-week period of zero precipitation in La Crosse could finally be ending. After Wednesday, La Crosse hit 31 consecutive days without measurable precipitation, which is one away from the third-longest streak ever in the area. The record of 44 days set in 1976 probably won’t get broken this year, with rain in the…

WIZMnews.com Close to an election, you might see local candidates in public just about anywhere, such as a college campus. A week after the Vice President held a rally at UW-La Crosse, three area Democrats on the ballot this November gathered there Wednesday to greet students around the stadium. Third District US House candidate Rebecca…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 97,000 people in Wisconsin cast absentee ballots in person on the first day they could, leading to long waits at some polling sites that were made worse by an overwhelmed computer system that clerks use to process ballots. City clerk Nikki Elsen will discuss La Crosse’s numbers Thursday…