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WIZMnews.com It’s nearly complete, the end of the “Blue Light Special,” could be coming to a close nearly 65 years after it began. The last full-size Kmart in the continental U.S., located in Bridgehampton, New York, closed in October, while a fraction of a story in Miami remains. There, are four others out there —…

WIZMnews.com Bill Soper, the president of the La Crosse Area YMCAs, joins to reminisce a bit about doing segments for 30 years with Mike Hayes, who passed away last week. We also got a bit of an update on a future YMCA in Holmen, plus how the La Crosse YMCAs have evolved to more than…

WIZMnews.com It seems that each year when we approach the holiday shopping season, there are more choices than the year before.  You have stores that have online websites.  You have online websites that you can ship your purchase to the actual store.  You have the big box retailers and then you have my favorite choice,…

WIZMnews.com Sarah Butler from Around River City drops in the WIZM studio Thursday to chat with La Crosse Talk host Ken Cooper about what’s happening this weekend, plus a little fun with the most mispronounced words of 2024, and special holiday cocktails from local establishments. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on…

WIZMnews.com You could call it an early Christmas gift to La Crosse elementary schools. Literary grants from the La Crosse Public Education Foundation are providing new books to local public school classes from kindergarten to 5th grade. School superintendent Aaron Engel stopped by Northside Elementary on Wednesday, as kids there were starting to check out…

WIZMnews.com Wisconsin’s governor came to La Crosse on Wednesday to hear people’s concerns, during a listening session at Northside Elementary School. On what he called a “cruddy night” with wind and snow, Gov. Tony Evers sat in on small group discussions to hear comments about transportation and education. But Evers says food insecurity turned out…

WIZMnews.com Under the category “Here We Go Again”… A judge in Dane County has ruled on collective bargaining for Wisconsin public employees, effectively reversing the Act 10 legislation that took effect shortly after Scott Walker became governor in 2010, his most famous attempt to reform state government. The law led to weeks of demonstrations at…

WIZMnews.com An Arkansas man found guilty of providing a deadly dose of fentanyl to another man will have to wait until after the holidays to be sentenced in La Crosse County. Twenty-six-year-old Lathan Foster reached a negotiated plea in October, on a drug charge related to the death of his friend Jeremy Pittman at a…

WIZMnews.com City leaders in La Crosse are moving closer to changing rules for providing off-street parking. On Tuesday, the council judiciary committee approved a plan that could reduce the volume of parking lots required in residential areas. Citizens who spoke to the committee argued that a large percentage of La Crosse residents don’t drive or…

WIZMnews.com Under the category “Here We Go Again”… A judge in Dane County has ruled on collective bargaining for Wisconsin public employees, effectively reversing the Act 10 legislation that took effect shortly after Scott Walker became governor in 2010, his most famous attempt to reform state government. The law led to weeks of demonstrations at…