It's time to give everyone a Ford F-150 Lightning and electrify the nation with Adam Murphy

Adam Murphy joined La Crosse Talk PM on Friday, deep diving into the electrification of the nation. Before we got into that, however, we spent a bit of time on the confusing "economy," Donald Trump's immunity claim, and immigration. Murphy, who has degrees in economics and political science from U…

La Crosse County Democratic Party chair Garcia on 3rd District forum, Kamala visit vs. Trump rally, useless campaign strategies

William Garcia in the WIZM studio Thursday for La Crosse Talk PM discussing the upcoming US House candidate Democratic forum on Wednesday at UW-La Crosse, the peculiar timing of new policies passed by the Biden Administration and politicians useless campaign posts. Garcia is the Democratic Party c…

Council members Mack and Mac on city's worldwide climate award, selling Southside Library, meeting VP, homeless update

Council members, Mackenzie Mindel and Mac Kiel, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk PM discussing city being 1 of 100 awarded youth climate grant funding, selling the south side library building and a homeless plan update. Kiel and Mindel are on the Judiciary and Administration Committee, which …

Rachel King, Dillon Constant on what La Crosse County is doing to help become a more sustainable, healthy community

Rachel King and Dillon Constant in studio to talk about two different fields within La Crosse County government that are helping make the community more sustainable and healthy. King is an epidemiologist with the county Health Department, while Constant is the county planner. On the show, we discu…

UW-L political scientist Chergosky on Kamala Harris La Crosse visit, nonsense stories and where voters might turn

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio discussing some of the latest results from the Marquette U. Law School poll, showing Joe Biden and Donald Trump even. Plus, why are we complaining when the vice president is visiting La Crosse — and is the electoral college …

Billions of cicadas are coming, what to do about mosquitoes, La Crosse’s No Mow May with Viterbo’s Ted Wilson

Entomologist, Dr. Ted Wilson, joins to talk about these two cicada species emerging for the first time in 221 years, how we can stick it back to mosquitoes, plus the good and bad with “No Mow May” in La Crosse. Wilson, the Biology chair at Viterbo University, talks about this once-in-multiple-life…

La Crosse’s most endangered, most coveted buildings with UW-L archivist Laura Godden

Laura Godden joins to talk about the upcoming release of La Crosse’s Top 10 most endangered buildings, plus she discusses the city’s most untouchable structures, as well. Godden is an archivist at UW-La Crosse and on the city’s Heritage Preservation Commission. Among the buildings we discuss are t…

La Crosse teachers’ union president Martinez on school board, $54 million new elementary

La Crosse Education Association president, Jesse Martinez joined to talk about the school board elections, with their write-in candidate winning, plus how the teachers’ union feels about the $54 million new elementary school plan potentially going on the ballot. Martinez, a seventh-grade math and …

Can we rethink sidewalks, bike paths with La Crosse Mayor Reynolds?

La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds in studio discussing the Wagon Wheel Trail expansion to the city, rethinking sidewalks and bike paths and the riverbank cleanup from homeless encampments. Began the show with Reynolds talking about the FIRST Robotic Competition that was held at the La Crosse Center …

UW-L political scientist Chergosky on negative campaigning in local elections, school referendums

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, recapping the local elections and how negative campaigns played a part in the judicial race, how school referendums did across Wisconsin and the tight rope Eric Hovde is walking in his US Senate race in the state. We also hit on Wisco…