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WIZMnews.com Two elderly drivers died in a collision between two SUVs on Friday afternoon along I-90 in Winona County. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2023 Toyota Rav4 driven by Warren Russel Hacker, 70, of Appleton, Wisconsin was westbound. Hadley Edwin Thompson, 83, of Pine Island, Minnesota was headed east in his 2022 Buick…

WIZMnews.com The Iowa Department of Transportation said that the Mississippi River bridge crossing between Wisconsin and Lansing, Iowa is closed. The Wisconsin State Patrol said the closure occurred just after midnight Sunday morning. Clayton Burke, project manager for the new bridge project, said that there’s a monitoring system on the 94-year-old bridge. It detected that…

WIZMnews.com The driver of a tractor that who was pinned under a tractor that flipped over Sunday morning was airlifted from the scene with serious injuries. Information from the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office said it happened just after 11 a.m. at N38064 Hunts Valley Rd. in the Town of Burnside northwest of Independence. Deputies found…

WIZMnews.com “The bikes…I love hearing ’em….listening to them roar,” said Dallas Gardner. The roar of more than 150 motorcycles was heard in the Coulee Region on Saturday-all for a good cause.  Big Bikes for Little Tikes drew riders from around the area to support this year’s recipient, Dallas Gardner.   The 15-year-old faces a number of…

WIZMnews.com Two elderly drivers died in a collision between two SUVs on Friday afternoon along I-90 in Winona County. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2023 Toyota Rav4 driven by Warren Russel Hacker, 70, of Appleton, Wisconsin was westbound. Hadley Edwin Thompson, 83, of Pine Island, Minnesota was headed east in his 2022 Buick…

WIZMnews.com The La Crosse Fire Department faced several unique issues fighting a fire in the marsh just west of Copeland Avenue on Friday afternoon. Captain Travis George said the call came in for a small fire in the southwest corner of the piece of land along the La Crosse River. “It grew exponentially within minutes…

WIZMnews.com One tenant is temporarily displaced after a fire Friday afternoon at an apartment building in La Crosse. Firefighters went to 2415 Cass Street at 2:23 p.m. for the fire in a third story apartment. As the fire was getting extinguished, firefighters searched the floor for potential victims according to Fire Chief Jeff Schott. The…

WIZMnews.com U.S. House candidate Emily Berge in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk on Friday discussing her run for Wisconsin’s 3rd District. Some of the big topics we hit on were the PFAS dilemma throughout the district — including French Island — housing and homelessness, trying to keep up with the Trump administration and…

WIZMnews.com UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky on school cellphone bans, pickleball noise lawsuits and Republicans trying to pass budgets federally and in Wisconsin without Democrats.  La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska).…

WIZMnews.com The La Crosse Fire Department faced several unique issues fighting a fire in the marsh just west of Copeland Avenue on Friday afternoon. Captain Travis George said the call came in for a small fire in the southwest corner of the piece of land along the La Crosse River. “It grew exponentially within minutes…