Category: wizm

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Police said a shooting in Pettibone Park doesn’t appear to have injured anyone but does lead to the arrest of a 17-year-old on an attempted homicide charge. Officers were called to the 600 Block of Pettibone Drive for a call of shots fired about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday night. La Crosse Police said…

WIZMnews.com Two storylines for Thursday’s La Crosse Talk with UW-L political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky — the all-nighter in Madison and the marathon vote in D.C., as a Wisconsin state budget gets signed and the US House continues to debate Donald Trump’s big bill. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on…

WIZMnews.com Holmen Police said late Wednesday night that a Winona man is arrested on a homicide charge in the death of a person found in a residence early Sunday morning. Police Chief Shane Collins said that Jacob Andrew Klaver, 38, was arrested in Winona around 9 p.m. Wednesday. He is currently in the Winona County…

WIZMnews.com One of downtown La Crosse’s longest-running businesses could be changing hands soon. Kroner’s Hardware on Pearl Street has announced that the store is for sale. Bill Kroner is the last member of his family to work at the hardware store which opened in more than 150 years ago, and he’s ready to sell. “We…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate passed a compromise state budget on a bipartisan vote Wednesday in a race to approve a deal reached between Gov. Tony Evers and majority Republicans. Lawmakers were rushing to pass the plan and get it signed into law before federal law changes take effect that could cost Wisconsin hospitals $1.5 billion.…

WIZMnews.com ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband on June 14, and wounding a state senator and his wife, said Thursday that he’s looking forward to the facts coming out about what happened that day. During a court appearance, Vance Boelter waived his right to full hearings…

WIZMnews.com After seven years of roadblocks in Madison, long-awaited state funding has been approved for the second half of a new science center at UW-La Crosse. The university announced that the new Wisconsin budget signed by Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday includes $194 million in funding needed for the second building of the Prairie Springs…

WIZMnews.com Local businessman and community leader Dirk Gasterland has passed away at 81.   While he served as the President and CEO of Coulee Bank in La Crosse for many years, he’s also well known for his giving back to the community.    He was involved with a number of non-profits and organizations including the…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a Fourth of July deadline. The tight roll call, 218-214, came at a potentially high political cost, with two Republicans joining all Democrats…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget in the early morning hours Thursday in a race against Congress to ensure the state gets a federal Medicaid match that it would lose under President Trump’s tax and spending cuts package. In an extraordinarily rapid succession of events, Evers and Republican lawmakers unveiled…