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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…

WIZMnews.com The world is getting to know a new pope, the first one ever from the United States. He has chosen Leo as his official papal name, but he originally comes from Chicago, where people knew him as “Father Bob.’ Having come from a Lutheran family myself, I still don’t know a whole lot about…

WIZMnews.com The fight in La Crosse to prevent state officials from shutting down two busy railroad crossings in the city is getting support from county leaders as well. Later this week, the La Crosse County Board will be asked to pass a resolution calling on the Wisconsin DOT to drop its plans for closing two…

WIZMnews.com The world is getting to know a new pope, the first one ever from the United States. He has chosen Leo as his official papal name, but he originally comes from Chicago, where people knew him as “Father Bob.’ Having come from a Lutheran family myself, I still don’t know a whole lot about…

WIZMnews.com The fight in La Crosse to prevent state officials from shutting down two busy railroad crossings in the city is getting support from county leaders as well. Later this week, the La Crosse County Board will be asked to pass a resolution calling on the Wisconsin DOT to drop its plans for closing two…