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WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man apparently faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children, and flee to eastern Europe for a woman, investigators say. Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said in a news release Friday that the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office informed his agency…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man apparently faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children, and flee to eastern Europe for a woman, investigators say. Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said in a news release Friday that the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office informed his agency…

WIZMnews.com A Monroe County man is expected in court on Monday, to face charges resulting from a deadly highway crash last week. Kristoffer Cattle of Tomah may be charged with reckless homicide, and operating after suspension. Investigators say Cattle was driving on Monroe County Highway A last Thursday and crossed the center line, hitting an…

WIZMnews.com A Monroe County man is expected in court on Monday, to face charges resulting from a deadly highway crash last week. Kristoffer Cattle of Tomah may be charged with reckless homicide, and operating after suspension. Investigators say Cattle was driving on Monroe County Highway A last Thursday and crossed the center line, hitting an…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative prosecutor’s attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court’s liberal justices during oral arguments. Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Joel Urmanski, has asked the high court to overturn a Dane County judge’s…

WIZMnews.com We’re well into November, and the elections are behind us. Around the region, the signs of the holiday season are starting to appear. Downtown La Crosse has its big lighted snowflakes in place on the streetlights, and the Rotary Lights display is being assembled in Riverside Park. That’s a 30-year tradition now, with a…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative prosecutor’s attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court’s liberal justices during oral arguments. Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Joel Urmanski, has asked the high court to overturn a Dane County judge’s…

WIZMnews.com UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio to help dissect the fall election cycle, where we came to the conclusion that every level of government was its own unique situation. Plus, some interesting committee meet sound from La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds. La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m.…

WIZMnews.com UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio to help dissect the fall election cycle, where we came to the conclusion that every level of government was its own unique situation. Plus, some interesting committee meet sound from La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds. La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:06 p.m.…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse School District superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins WIZM’s La Crosse Talk with Ken Cooper the morning after the $53.5 million referendum passed in the fall election. Voters in the district were in favor of the elementary school plan with 60.9% of the 34,240 votes cast. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-9…