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WIZMnews.com One sure sign that UW-La Crosse is out for the summer is when the dumpsters fill up, as students clear out of the dorms. The move out is happening this week and the campus has a recycling program to keep usable items from going to waste. Through Thursday, students at the dorms can take…

WIZMnews.com An Independence man is arrested over the weekend for his fifth OWI offense. Ronald J. Suchla was taken into custody after a one car crash Saturday evening just after 6 p.m. on County Road Q outside of Independence. Deputies found Suchla walking around by his car which had heavy front end damage according to…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, allowing the case against her to continue. The arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan escalated a clash between President Donald Trump’s administration and local authorities over the Republican’s sweeping immigration crackdown.…

WIZMnews.com TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general said Tuesday chemical manufacturer 3M agreed to pay up $450 million to resolve lawsuits over natural resource contamination stemming from PFAS — commonly referred to as “forever chemicals.” The settlement is subject to court approval and a public comment period, Attorney General Matt Platkin’s office said.…

WIZMnews.com NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals. Rose’s permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death and came a day before the Cincinnati Reds will…

WIZMnews.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. According to the complaints, both Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem…

WIZMnews.com They called it a “visioning” meeting. A gathering of La Crosse government leaders, including the mayor, a few city council members, and the La Crosse superintendent of schools, took place on Monday at the school district headquarters. Superintendent Aaron Engel had a list of questions for the panel, such as identifying what the public…

WIZMnews.com A business training program at UW-La Crosse is getting recognition from a federal agency that supervises small companies. The Small Business Administration has given an award for excellence and innovation to the Small Business Development Center on the La Crosse campus. SBDC director Anne Hlavacka says the development center works with older businesses being…

WIZMnews.com An Independence man is arrested over the weekend for his fifth OWI offense. Ronald J. Suchla was taken into custody after a one car crash Saturday evening just after 6 p.m. on County Road Q outside of Independence. Deputies found Suchla walking around by his car which had heavy front end damage according to…

WIZMnews.com They called it a “visioning” meeting. A gathering of La Crosse government leaders, including the mayor, a few city council members, and the La Crosse superintendent of schools, took place on Monday at the school district headquarters. Superintendent Aaron Engel had a list of questions for the panel, such as identifying what the public…