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WIZMnews.com Five people were taken to the Crawford County jail, after a weekend drug bust in Gays MIlls. Officers executed a search warrant Frrday night, finding meth, marijuana, mushrooms, and money in the house on Main Street in Gays Mills. Seven adults and a child were inside the residence at the time. The five adults…

WIZMnews.com VATICAN CITY (AP) — There is no rule that cardinals electing a new pope vote a certain way according to their nationality or region. But understanding their makeup in geographic terms can help explain some of their priorities as they open the conclave Wednesday to choose a new leader of the 1.4-billion strong Catholic…

WIZMnews.com Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging cuts to the U.S. Health and Human Services agency, saying the Trump administration’s massive restructuring has destroyed life-saving programs and left states to pick up the bill for mounting health crises. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington D.C. on Monday, New York Attorney General Letitia…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse County wants people to know that they’re replacing several culverts along Highway YY over the next two weeks. Work begins on Tuesday, May 6 and goes through Thursday, May 8. It picks back up again from May 12-13. The county said that the road is closed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.…

WIZMnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who’ve returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda. The Department of Homeland Security said in a news release Monday that it’s also paying for travel assistance and that…

WIZMnews.com They served in all branches of the service in different parts of the country and the world.   They all call the Coulee Region home.   Veterans all came together Saturday for the 32nd Freedom Honor Flight from La Crosse to Washington D.C.  There were 101 men and women veterans and their guardians, along with support…

WIZMnews.com Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Tara Johnson in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk recapping the budget listening sessions, money in politics, is the state tackling homelessness and the slow start to the Legislature’s session.  La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM /…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse’s Park and Rec Department said that beginning tomorrow, one of the trails through the La Crosse River Marsh is closing for maintenance work. The Cottonwood Trail closes on Monday for that the city said was brief trail maintenance. It begins in Myrick Park and connects to the Grand Crossing Trail in the…

WIZMnews.com The School District of La Crosse wants to provide the latest information on plans for a new school building at the Hogan Administrative site, which was built in 1899. A community engagement session will happen from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 at the Hogan Administrative Center (map). During the session, designers of the new…

WIZMnews.com A La Crosse city council committee has approved a downtown extension to a project aimed at encouraging pedestrian and bike travel through town. The council’s finance committee has voted to use nearly $600,000 in capital project funding for the King Street greenway project, part of the city’s bike-pedestrian plan. The extension would authorize the…