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WIZMnews.com Exploring the rich history, ongoing impact and personal journeys of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration on this episode of Bizcast Greater La Crosse with guest Sister Mary Ann Gschwind. Bizcast comes out Friday mornings and can be heard online here, or by subscribing to Bizcast Greater La Crosse wherever you get podcasts. Sister Gschwind…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde repeatedly accused each other of lying over the course of their closely watched Senate race during an often-testy and confrontational debate Friday. Wisconsin US Senate debate: Baldwin v Hovde Here are eight takeaways from the debate, held in Madison and hosted by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association:…

WIZMnews.com It may have been the last chance for a La Crosse audience to see a major presidential candidate in person before the November election. Over 3,000 people formed long lines throughout the UW-La Crosse campus Thursday, in order to hear a speech by Vice President Kamala Harris at the Recreational Eagle Center. Harris was…

WIZMnews.com Plans for a new addition to La Crosse’s international friendship garden are moving ahead. On Thursday, the city park board approved the idea of adding an area recognizing indigenous people of the Ho-Chunk Nation to the seven existing gardens now grouped together in Riverside Park. The current gardens are designed to honor the foreign…

WIZMnews.com MILWAUKEE (AP) — Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. There have been 18,506 cases of whooping cough reported so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. That’s the most at this point in the year since 2014, when…

WIZMnews.com MILWAUKEE (AP) — Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. There have been 18,506 cases of whooping cough reported so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. That’s the most at this point in the year since 2014, when…

WIZMnews.com It may have been the last chance for a La Crosse audience to see a major presidential candidate in person before the November election. Over 3,000 people formed long lines throughout the UW-La Crosse campus Thursday, in order to hear a speech by Vice President Kamala Harris at the Recreational Eagle Center. Harris was…

WIZMnews.com Plans for a new addition to La Crosse’s international friendship garden are moving ahead. On Thursday, the city park board approved the idea of adding an area recognizing indigenous people of the Ho-Chunk Nation to the seven existing gardens now grouped together in Riverside Park. The current gardens are designed to honor the foreign…

WIZMnews.com A La Crosse holiday season tradition reaches the 30-year mark in 2024. Organizers with Rotary Lights have announced their plans for the display in Riverside Park which will be switched on the night of November 29th. Volunteers will begin putting lights throughout the park soon. Rotary Lights president Pat Stephens says the display has…

WIZMnews.com The state of Wisconsin has a budget surplus of more than $3.5 billion, and two area candidates for Wisconsin state Senate have ideas on how the money should be used. Sen. Brad Pfaff (D-Onalaska) and Republican challenger Stacey Klein of Trempealeau met for a debate Wednesday in La Crosse for the District 32 seat.…