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WIZMnews.com UW-La Crosse political scientist, Dr. Anthony Chergosky in studio discussing the billions Wisconsin taxpayers agreed to pay for schools, Donald Trump’s “outrageous” cabinet, going viral on Wheel of Fortune, The Onion buys Infowars and words that were born the year you were. La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m. Listen on the…

WIZMnews.com UW-La Crosse political scientist, Dr. Anthony Chergosky in studio discussing the billions Wisconsin taxpayers agreed to pay for schools, Donald Trump’s “outrageous” cabinet, going viral on Wheel of Fortune, The Onion buys Infowars and words that were born the year you were. La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m. Listen on the…

WIZMnews.com MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man was released from prison after serving 16 years for a murder he did not commit, a local prosecutor announced this week. Jurors in 2009 found Edgar Barrientos-Quintana guilty of killing 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson in a drive-by shooting. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. But after…

WIZMnews.com For over 40 years, the U.S. Department of Education has been a blackhole for taxpayer dollars. We’ve thrown billions into the system, yet reading and math scores are plummeting, literacy rates are barely hanging on, and we’re lagging behind other countries in STEM. How much money would you throw into a rusty old car…

WIZMnews.com The Harry J. Olson Senior Center has attracted an award-winning chili-making champion as its chef for its kickoff to a capital campaign next week. Center leader Erin Goggin says the free lunch next week Wednesday from 11:00 to 1:00 at 1607 North Street, La Crosse, is to help raise money to remodel three bathrooms…

WIZMnews.com Fresh off of a national conference for real estate professionals and associations, Mike Pietek say home sales are expected to increase by 9% in 2025 followed by 13% increase in 2026. Pietek, the president of the La Crosse Area REALTORS Association, says the economist at the National Association of REALTORS Lawrence Yun predicted how…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse’s city council Thursday passed new rules about what activities will be allowed in city parking ramps. By a10-2 vote, the council approved an ordinance banning a broad range of trespassing in the ramps. That would essentially prohibit anything that isn’t parking-related from happing in the ramps. Activities like drinking, drug use, skateboarding,…

WIZMnews.com MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man was released from prison after serving 16 years for a murder he did not commit, a local prosecutor announced this week. Jurors in 2009 found Edgar Barrientos-Quintana guilty of killing 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson in a drive-by shooting. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. But after…

WIZMnews.com For over 40 years, the U.S. Department of Education has been a blackhole for taxpayer dollars. We’ve thrown billions into the system, yet reading and math scores are plummeting, literacy rates are barely hanging on, and we’re lagging behind other countries in STEM. How much money would you throw into a rusty old car…

WIZMnews.com The Harry J. Olson Senior Center has attracted an award-winning chili-making champion as its chef for its kickoff to a capital campaign next week. Center leader Erin Goggin says the free lunch next week Wednesday from 11:00 to 1:00 at 1607 North Street, La Crosse, is to help raise money to remodel three bathrooms…