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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…

WIZMnews.com GREEN BAY, Wis — The top-ranked Aquinas High School volleyball team is headed to the Division 3 state championship. Josephine Lawton had 27 assists and 12 digs, while teammate Samantha Davis had 11 kills in leading the Blugolds to the semifinals sweep of Bonduel 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-16) on Friday from the Resch Center.…

WIZMnews.com Thanksgiving is still three weeks away, but the holiday season has already started for many in the Coulee Region, with the ringing of bells at familiar kettles. The Salvation Army red kettle drive has begun for another year. The kettles will be at 21 locations in La Crosse County from now until Christmas. Major…

WIZMnews.com DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man shot and killed his wife and son, and his ex-partner and their son, before killing himself, authorities said Friday. Duluth police have not determined a motive, but Police Chief Mike Ceynowa said at a news conference that the shooter, 46-year-old Anthony Nephew, had a “pattern of mental…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Devin LeMahieu will return as the Republican majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate. The GOP caucus elected LeMahieu to the position during a meeting Thursday. LeMahieu said in a news release that the top issue for Republicans this legislative session will be returning the state’s funding surplus to families. LeMahieu,…

WIZMnews.com GREEN BAY, Wis — The top-ranked Aquinas High School volleyball team is headed to the Division 3 state championship. Josephine Lawton had 27 assists and 12 digs, while teammate Samantha Davis had 11 kills in leading the Blugolds to the semifinals sweep of Bonduel 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-16) on Friday from the Resch Center.…

WIZMnews.com Thanksgiving is still three weeks away, but the holiday season has already started for many in the Coulee Region, with the ringing of bells at familiar kettles. The Salvation Army red kettle drive has begun for another year. The kettles will be at 21 locations in La Crosse County from now until Christmas. Major…

WIZMnews.com DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man shot and killed his wife and son, and his ex-partner and their son, before killing himself, authorities said Friday. Duluth police have not determined a motive, but Police Chief Mike Ceynowa said at a news conference that the shooter, 46-year-old Anthony Nephew, had a “pattern of mental…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Devin LeMahieu will return as the Republican majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate. The GOP caucus elected LeMahieu to the position during a meeting Thursday. LeMahieu said in a news release that the top issue for Republicans this legislative session will be returning the state’s funding surplus to families. LeMahieu,…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin pledged during her reelection victory speech Thursday to work with President-elect Donald Trump when possible, but she also vowed to fight him to protect the national health care law and abortion rights. Baldwin narrowly won reelection to a third term over Republican businessman Eric…