Started talking about the two suspects identified in the La Crosse County triple homicide. After that, Adam Lorentz, MTU Czar, joined to talk Joe Biden's visit — how stingy the secret service were, when it sounds like Biden's team wanted to have some fun — bus ridership and a new ranking system the city is using for future projects.

Started talking about the two suspects identified in the La Crosse County triple homicide. After that, Adam Lorentz, MTU Czar, joined to talk Joe Biden's visit &mdash; how stingy the secret service were, when it sounds like Biden's team wanted to have some fun &mdash; bus ridership and a new ranking system the city is using for future projects.

Listener conversations about the days events in and around the La Crosse area.  Weekdays from 5-6pm on WIZM 1410AM and 92.3FM

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Rick Solem talks about the days events in and around the La Crosse area. Weekdays from 5:07-6pm on 1410 WIZM

Rick Solem talks about the days events in and around the La Crosse area. Weekdays from 5:07-6pm on 1410 WIZM

WIZM - La Crosse

The secret service wouldn't let Joe Biden jump in the orange snowplow?

La Crosse mayor vs city council

Is Mayor Pete a presidential candidate?

High profile figures headed to La Crosse

WI GOP banning recording public meetings

No tax on tips in WI

When is it OK NOT to tip?

60-minute mandatory recess in school

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio talking the big names headed to La Crosse as campaign season begins, when is it OK not to tip, the La Crosse mayor trying to sway the council on the city administrator plan, and what Wisconsin's state Legislature is attempting to cram into the two months it's going to work this year.

We began the show with comments made this week on WIZM by La Crosse Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey that he wants the city administrator plan to fail in next month's council vote. We discussed the sway a mayor has over council opinion's and how a La Crosse Chamber event highlighted how different cities need different kinds of administrators.

After that, we hit on Pete Buttigieg holding a town hall in La Crosse, getting an update from WIZM's Kevin Millard at the event. Then we debated whether this is a "shadow campaign" for a 2028 presidential run, and how La Crosse will likely be a landing spot for the biggest names leading into the 2026 midterms.

The second half of the show focused on the Wisconsin state Legislature, which has effectively banned recording its public meetings — unless you're media — even as it rushes to pass bills in less than two months. Earlier this week on WIZM, state Rep. Jill Billings (D-La Crosse) said Republicans, who control the Legislature, want to be done for the year by February.

One of the bills we discussed was to eliminate tax on tips, which led to a conversation about "tip fatigue." Chergosky cited Dave Ramsey's rules for tipping, and we debated when you should and shouldn't tip.

The last thing we talked about was another bill in Wisconsin that would mandate 60 minutes of recess for grades K-6 — a big jump from the current 30-minute standard.

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio talking the big names headed to La Crosse as campaign season begins, when is it OK not to tip, the La Crosse mayor trying to sway the council on the city administrator plan, and what Wisconsin's state Legislature is attempting to cram into the two months it's going to work this year.
We began the show with comments made <a href="https://www.wizmnews.com/2026/01/15/la-crosse-mayor-on-why-he-wants-current-city-administrator-plan-to-fail-plus-his-thoughts-on-new-downtown-plan-ice-situation/">this week on WIZM</a> by La Crosse Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey that he wants the city administrator plan to fail in next month's council vote. We discussed the sway a mayor has over council opinion's and how a La Crosse Chamber event highlighted how different cities need different kinds of administrators.
After that, we hit on Pete Buttigieg holding a town hall in La Crosse, getting an update from WIZM's Kevin Millard at the event. Then we debated whether this is a "shadow campaign" for a 2028 presidential run, and how La Crosse will likely be a landing spot for the biggest names leading into the 2026 midterms.
The second half of the show focused on the Wisconsin state Legislature, which has effectively banned recording its public meetings &mdash; unless you're media &mdash; even as it rushes to pass bills in less than two months. <a href="https://www.wizmnews.com/2026/01/14/rep-jill-billings-on-getting-water-contamination-alert-bill-passed-in-legislature-which-wraps-up-for-year-in-february/">Earlier this week on WIZM</a>, state Rep. Jill Billings (D-La Crosse) said Republicans, who control the Legislature, want to be done for the year by February.
One of the bills we discussed was to eliminate tax on tips, which led to a conversation about "tip fatigue." Chergosky cited Dave Ramsey's rules for tipping, and we debated when you should and shouldn't tip.
The last thing we talked about was another bill in Wisconsin that would mandate 60 minutes of recess for grades K-6 &mdash; a big jump from the current 30-minute standard.

UW-L political scientist Chergosky on when it's OK not to tip, biggest names headed to La Crosse — with Pete Buttigieg in town — and a mayor's sway over city council

Dr. Carolyn Colleen joins to discuss Viterbo's 21st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day community celebration coming up Monday. Not only do we dive into the event, highlighted by keynote speaker Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, and events running from morning until night, but Colleen also discusses the happenings on Tuesday, when 1,000 seventh graders descend on the university to learn. The conversation explores how these events aim to inspire the next generation through the history of the Civil Rights Movement.

Dr. Carolyn Colleen joins to discuss Viterbo's 21st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day community celebration coming up Monday. Not only do we dive into the event, highlighted by keynote speaker Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, and events running from morning until night, but Colleen also discusses the happenings on Tuesday, when 1,000 seventh graders descend on the university to learn. The conversation explores how these events aim to inspire the next generation through the history of the Civil Rights Movement.

Dr. Carolyn Colleen on Viterbo's MLK Day celebration, and 1,000 seventh graders coming ready to learn

Harvard leadership program

Mayor's first state of the city

ICE situation

Wanting city admin plan to fail

New downtown bike lane plan

A month away from a vote on a city administrator, La Crosse’s mayor doesn’t support the specific plan currently on the table. Shaundel Washington-Spivey stopped in studio Thursday for La Crosse Talk PM and discussed why he’s not for this iteration of a city administrator.

We also talked about the Wisconsin DOT’s new design for bike lanes and a roundabout on 3rd and 4th streets downtown, the mayor’s trip to Harvard last month, plus the situation with ICE in Minneapolis and the conversations he’s having if they end up here.

A month away from a vote on a city administrator, La Crosse&rsquo;s mayor doesn&rsquo;t support the specific plan currently on the table. Shaundel Washington-Spivey stopped in studio Thursday for La Crosse Talk PM and discussed why he&rsquo;s not for this iteration of a city administrator.
We also talked about the Wisconsin DOT&rsquo;s new design for bike lanes and a roundabout on 3rd and 4th streets downtown, the mayor&rsquo;s trip to Harvard last month, plus the situation with ICE in Minneapolis and the conversations he&rsquo;s having if they end up here.

The secret service wouldn't let Joe Biden jump in the orange snowplow?

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