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WIZMnews.com Students at a La Crosse elementary school will start getting hands-on experience in the tradition of producing maple syrup. The La Crosse Public Education Foundation surprised Summit gym instructor Nick O’Keefe with a $6,003 Gold Star Grant at school Wednesday for his syrup project. The money will support a springtime school project, where Summit…

WIZMnews.com A new study group began its work Wednesday over whether the city of La Crosse should hire an administrator. Back in October, the council voted to put off a vote to create an administrator position until May, which comes after the election where half the council and the mayor are on the ballot. The…

WIZMnews.com Students at a La Crosse elementary school will start getting hands-on experience in the tradition of producing maple syrup. The La Crosse Public Education Foundation surprised Summit gym instructor Nick O’Keefe with a $6,003 Gold Star Grant at school Wednesday for his syrup project. The money will support a springtime school project, where Summit…

WIZMnews.com The suspect in a La Crosse murder that occurred nearly six years ago will not have to remain under house arrest. Anquin St. Junious, though, will have to continue wearing a GPS monitor while he awaits trial in the 2019 stabbing death of Virgil Stewart. St. Junious is living in the Milwaukee area. He…

WIZMnews.com A 43-year-old woman is facing her 7th drunk-driving charge, after an arrest on Tuesday in Black River Falls. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 12:46 a.m. that a car nearly hit a pole while leaving a Black River Falls gas station . A deputy located the vehicle, observed poor driving and…

WIZMnews.com A crash involving an SUV and two semi-trucks has led to two traffic deaths on I-94. The collision happened north of Tomah on Monday night. The state patrol says an SUV went across the median, hitting two trucks in the opposite lane. The semis both reportedly crossed the median as well. Two people riding…

WIZMnews.com A possible change in local parking standards could be passed by the La Crosse city council this week. On Tuesday, citizens were asked for their opinions on a need for off-street parking lots during a listening session at the Nature Place. Many of those attending called for ways of reducing the demand for parking,…

WIZMnews.com Ben Wikler, Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair, is vying for the national job. Heading into the fall election finale, Wikler joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk PM to discuss Wisconsin’s $4 billion surplus and those fall elections, where Democrats won in the Legislature and for US Senate but lost the presidential race. Wikler clearly took…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse County administrator, Jane Klekamp, in the WIZM studio Tuesday for La Crosse Talk with an update on the homeless plan, how the co-response unit has done this year — pairing police and crisis responders — where the civilian review board is at and how county taxes compare to the rest of the…

WIZMnews.com La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joined to discuss the good and bad after Act 10, new school start times, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ budget listening session and some of the more interesting field trip proposals he’s experienced. Also, proposed an idea to Engel that San Diego State’s women’s basketball is doing —…