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WIZMnews.com A Winona man is killed when he is struck by a car on Monday evening.  Winona Police said Gregory Stephen Ferriss, 54, of Winona was turning onto Liberty Street at the intersection with 6th Street just before 8 p.m. As he did so, he struck a bicyclist who was riding an e-bike east on…

WIZMnews.com Congressman Derrick Van Orden said that he’s rescheduling his upcoming virtual town hall meeting and missing votes in Congress due to a ‘credible threat’ made against his family.   Information posted on his official Facebook page said the threat was made against his wife, children, and grandchildren.   The threat was made in a…

WIZMnews.com A collision between a rural mail carrier’s vehicle and a pickup truck doesn’t injure both drivers, but leaves their vehicles damaged. It happened late Tuesday morning at 11:30 a.m. according to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, on Oneida Road in rural Cashton. They said Wayne Kruizenga, 64, of rural Viroqua, was heading down the…

WIZMnews.com VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The cardinals participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history took just one…

WIZMnews.com SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Most airports around the United States operated smoothly as new REAL ID requirements took effect Wednesday because travelers without the updated document were still allowed to move through security easily. Those without the IDs were given pieces of paper informing them that going forward they would need to present REAL ID or…

WIZMnews.com The deaths of two people found in a river near Tomah are being investigated by Monroe County authorities. The sheriff’s office says the bodies were discovered Sunday in the East Fork Lemonweir River in Wyeville, east of Tomah. Investigators received a call from a person saying they had found a body in the water,…

WIZMnews.com A nationally-known artist who’s famous for designing murals has been invited to visit La Crosse, to work on a possible project for the city. During its monthly meeting for May on Tuesday, La Crosse’s arts board discussed a plan for Lettie Jane Rennekamp of Portland, Oregon to come to the city and produce a…

WIZMnews.com The conclave to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church begins at Vatican City, lasting until two-thirds of the participating cardinals agree on a successor to the late Pope Francis. The group of 133 voting cardinals includes Raymond Burke, the former bishop of the La Crosse Diocese, who issued a message to church…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse’s school board has welcomed two new members, and has chosen a new president. Jeff Jackson and Molly Fuchs were sworn in for 3-year terms on Monday night, as was sitting board member Merideth Garcia. All three won seats in the April election. They took their oaths a week later than planned, after…

WIZMnews.com For the fourth straight year, La Crosse has taken part in nationwide events bringing attention to crimes committed against indigenous people in America, mainly women and girls. A native American drum circle and local speakers were featured at outdoor ceremonies Monday, marking the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Run-Walk, based at Burns Park and…