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WIZMnews.com School pantries in the La Crosse area are getting a boost in the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving. The DBS Group joined with three districts on food collection efforts, which will take place through early December. It’s a campaign appreciated by Kate Mattison, a social worker for the La Crescent-Hokah Schools. “We were able to send…

WIZMnews.com It took close to five hours Tuesday but La Crosse County supervisors worked out a budget for 2025. The levy is about $38 million and spending for next year is slightly above $200 million. Board members proposed many changes during the meeting. One idea approved was to designate $250,000 in spending for the La…

WIZMnews.com Before the election, I made a joke that the cable networks were so obsessed with counting down to the big day that, after the election, they would start counting how many days since we had voted. I haven’t seen that yet, but I did see one cable anchor eager to tell us that it’s…

WIZMnews.com Logan High School football coach Casey Knoble joins WIZM’s La Crosse Talk, discussing his team being in the Division 3 state semifinals, playing to get to Camp Randall and just coaching life with three young kids at home. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-9 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on…

WIZMnews.com School pantries in the La Crosse area are getting a boost in the weeks surrounding Thanksgiving. The DBS Group joined with three districts on food collection efforts, which will take place through early December. It’s a campaign appreciated by Kate Mattison, a social worker for the La Crescent-Hokah Schools. “We were able to send…

WIZMnews.com It took close to five hours Tuesday but La Crosse County supervisors worked out a budget for 2025. The levy is about $38 million and spending for next year is slightly above $200 million. Board members proposed many changes during the meeting. One idea approved was to designate $250,000 in spending for the La…

WIZMnews.com Washington is recognizing the work of a local group that has helped Hmong families in the region for 50 years. HUD has honored the Cia Siab, Inc., primarily for work in providing good housing for under-served communities around La Crosse. Mara Keyes, the city’s community development manager, says the award highlights the hard work…

WIZMnews.com The Tomah driver charged in a head-on collision that killed another driver last week made a court appearance Monday in Monroe County. Officers say 39-year-old Kristoffer Cattle was driving under the influence on a county highway when he went into the wrong lane and crashed into another vehicle. The second driver, 63-year-old David Wilcox,…

WIZMnews.com Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Jill Billings in studio Thursday for La Crosse Talk PM fresh off an election win, where she holds onto her District 95 seat. On the  show we look at some of the numbers and how she did in a voting district that had new boundaries, plus what to expect from…

WIZMnews.com A fairly new Veterans Day tradition in La Crosse took place Monday at UW-La Crosse. Dozens attended the 12th annual Veterans Breakfast at Mitchell Hall, honoring living vets from as far back as World War II. Guests heard from Karl “Jim” Fischer, who served as an honor guard 50 years ago at the Tomb…