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WIZMnews.com Democratic Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Francesca Hong joins the Democratic Voice podcast to talk about her bill Healthy School Meals for All, hoping there’s a way to work it into the budget. The Democratic Voice podcasts is hosted by La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional District Democratic Party chair William Garcia and WIZM’s Rick…

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…

WIZMnews.com A large mural celebrating life has been dedicated at an office of the Family and Children’s Center in La Crosse. The artwork on the Monitor Street building was officially unveiled on Thursday. The center joined forces with an area Suicide Prevention Initiative to make the mural possible, on the east wall of the FCC…

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…

WIZMnews.com A large mural celebrating life has been dedicated at an office of the Family and Children’s Center in La Crosse. The artwork on the Monitor Street building was officially unveiled on Thursday. The center joined forces with an area Suicide Prevention Initiative to make the mural possible, on the east wall of the FCC…

WIZMnews.com The bond for a La Crosse murder suspect has been lowered from $1 million to $100,000. The attorney for Cody Alland of La Crosse argued for a reduced bond of around $10,000, during a court hearing on Friday, citing more than 50 letters of support for his client from the community. Alland is charged…

WIZMnews.com An arrest on Thursday in Winona leads authorities to a cache of drugs, money, and weapons. A news release from the Winona County Sheriff’s Office and criminal complaint outline what they found after arresting Justin John Dionysius, 38, late Thursday morning. It was the culmination of an investigation into drug activity at a residence…

WIZMnews.com MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday that every American should be concerned about “chilling” suggestions from President Donald Trump’s top border adviser that he could be arrested over guidance the Democrat issued to state employees about what to do if confronted by federal immigration agents. “I’m not afraid,” Evers said in the extraordinary…

WIZMnews.com The Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester is named to President Trump’s new Religious Liberty Commission.   Bishop Robert Barron was at the White House on Thursday afternoon with the president and other members of the commission except one.   Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, is in Rome. He’s serving as…

WIZMnews.com UW-L political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk for a wide-ranging conversation on everything from West Avenue traffic, dumbing down ballot referendums, suing your neighbor for driveway basketball and the early start of the 2026 Wisconsin governor’s race. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen…