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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 Elected leaders on the La Crosse city council and the county board agree that two railroad crossings in north La Crosse need to remain open to traffic. County supervisors voted on Thursday night to join the city of La Crosse in opposing a state order to close two crossings near the Amtrak depot. Local…

WIZMnews.com “This is Ava. How can I help?”  That’s part of what you’d hear when calling the non-emergency line for the La Crosse County Public Safety and Communications Center.   The voice is the public end of a new artificial intelligence system the county uses to handle routine and administrative calls. It went online May 5. Of…

WIZMnews.com The La Crosse Police Department honored a number of its officers Thursday night at its annual awards and recognition ceremony. Held at the Black River Beach Neighborhood Center, nine officers, one current K-9 officer, and the late K-9 Loki received awards for saving lives, removing guns and drugs from the streets, and for developing…

WIZMnews.com Law enforcement officers from around La Crosse County gathered at La Crosse’s Riverside Park on Thursday for yearly Police Memorial Day ceremonies. The service honoring fallen officers happens each year on May 15th, and in the county, the event is held at different locations on a seven-year rotation schedule. Last year’s ceremony was held…

WIZMnews.com Attorneys in the Josie Dikeman homicide case are making preparations for a trial scheduled this summer in La Crosse. Dikeman is charged with 1st degree murder and physical abuse of a child in the death of a 6-year-old boy who was in her care. She was charged two years ago this month, and a…

WIZMnews.com You could call it partly a treasure hunt, or partly solving a mystery, or a big lesson in La Crosse’s history. Sophomores from Logan High School spent part of Friday in the downtown area, participating in a yearly scavenger hunt designed to teach students things they may not know about their city. The event…

WIZMnews.com Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a $34.5 billion merger that would combine two of the top three cable companies in the U.S. Cox is the third largest cable television company in the country, with more than 6.5 million digital cable, internet, telephone, and home security customers. It has a strong foothold…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — In a massive setback, House Republicans failed Friday to push their big package of tax breaks and spending cuts through the Budget Committee, as a handful of conservatives joined all Democrats in a stunning vote against it. The hard-right lawmakers are insisting on steeper spending cuts to Medicaid and the Biden-era green energy…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man illegally evade immigration agents is seeking donations to fund her court defense. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan announced Friday that she’s set up a fund to cover the costs of her defense. The fund issued a statement saying that the case against…