Breaking down La Crosse's first-ever mass shooting, tracking the gun, and more with DA Tim Gruenke

La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke joins to breakdown the city’s first-ever mass shooting — a drive-by, downtown —  tracking the origin of the gun in those incidents, plus 1,000 felonies in 2024 and the politicization of positions like the one he holds. We began the show discussing an …

Dr. Bri Spicer on diabetes prevention, which she knows some talk show hosts should really get checked out

Dr. Bri Spicer, Lifestyle Program Director at the La Crosse Area YMCAs, in the WIZM studio Wednesday for La Crosse Talk PM to discuss a diabetes prevention program she’s overseeing and shame news talk hosts into getting checked out. #Sarcasm. #Kindof The La Crosse YMCA’s National Diabetes Preventi…

Trump's cabinet, going viral on Wheel of Fortune, WI taxpayers spending billions for schools with UW-La Crosse political scientist Chergosky

UW-La Crosse political scientist, Dr. Anthony Chergosky in studio discussing the billions Wisconsin taxpayers agreed to pay for schools, Donald Trump's "outrageous" cabinet, going viral on Wheel of Fortune, The Onion buys Infowars and words that were born the year you were. Began the show with new…

La Crosse County Board chair Tryggestad on $206 million budget, homeless plan, selling out

La Crosse County Board chair Tina Tryggestad in studio fresh off a five-hour 2025 budget meeting the night before, so of course that was a focus of the conversation that also included homelessness and renaming facilities. We also got a bit of a civics lesson from Tryggestad in how the board gets t…

Democrat Jill Billings on Assembly win and what to expect — or not — from Wisconsin's Legislature

Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Jill Billings in studio fresh off an election win, where she holds onto her District 95 seat. On the  show we look at some of the numbers and how she did in a voting district that had new boundaries, plus what to expect from the state Legislature over the next two year…

Election reaction with UW-La Crosse political scientist Chergosky, plus Mayor Reynolds' new band

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio to help dissect the fall election cycle, where we came to the conclusion that every level of government was its own unique situation. From Wisconsin's state Assembly and Senate races to the US House and Senate, to the presid…

Doyle and Johnson on if Wisconsin's new state Legislature will get things done

A day after the election, Democrats Steve Doyle and Tara Johnson, who both won on Tuesday, stopped in studio to discuss whether the new makeup of Wisconsin's state Legislature means things getting done over the next two years. Doyle won by 217 votes in Assembly District 94, while Johnson  is the fi…

La Crosse County Dem. chair Garcia with the perfect Donald Trump sci-fi analogy

La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional Democratic Party chair, William Garcia, in studio, working in sci-fi and politics as the fall election cycle comes to an end. Garcia was a good sport to come on and have a conversation that would remain relevant, even after Election Day is over, so there’s no…

Gwen Walz on education and her husband, VP candidate Tim Walz

Just hours after she left La Crosse with her husband, Gwen Walz called back into La Crosse Talk PM. The wife of Tim Walz joined to talk about education, her husband and his advocacy for women and the underprivileged. And, we did ask her if Tim's getting anxious — not because of the election stuff —…

Ex-Georgia GOP Lt. Gov. Duncan and Mike Pence security advisor Troye in WIZM studio on Harris over Trump

Two prominent Republicans, fed up with Donald Trump, stop in the WIZM studio Friday for La Crosse Talk PM to discuss why they’re touring the country to campaign for Kamala Harris.  Ex-Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan of Georgia and former Mike Pence national security advisor Olivia Troye deep dive…