WIZM - La Crosse
WIZM - La Crosse
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Previewing the 60th annual La Crosse Center Holiday Fair with Bri Beining
It's the 60th annual Holiday Fair at the La Crosse Center, and Bri Beining, the marketing coordinator for the Center, joined to help preview the event, which runs Thursday-Sunday. We talk about what you can expect from the arts and crafts show, how Santa Claus will be taking gift requests and some …
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La Crosse city council Rep. Woodard on $105k for large item pickup, delaying city administrator decision
La Crosse city council Rep. Chris Woodard called in to discuss his displeasure with the decision to not add about $105,000 to the 2025 budget and include large-item pickup, plus pushing back a vote on hiring a city administrator until after the mayoral election. At the council's monthly meeting th…
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UW-L football coach Janus on being back in playoffs four years in a row
UW-La Crosse football coach Matt Janus joined WIZM's La Crosse Talk on Tuesday to discuss, not just being back in the playoffs for a fourth-consecutive season, but how this one means just a bit more because these seniors are his first recruiting class. We also talk about the three-game skid the 18t…
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Previewing 30th year of La Crosse Rotary Lights with founder Pat Stephens
Rotary Lights founder Pat Stephens joins to preview the upcoming holiday display that will go live the day after Thanksgiving in Riverside Park. This is the 30th year of Rotary Lights, which seeks food and cash donations from visitors to be given out to multiple pantries in the area. Stephens talks…
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La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on referendum plans, ending dept. of education
School District of La Crosse superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins to talk about what’s next now that the $53.5 million elementary school referendum plan passed, plus we discuss his thoughts on the Trump administration potentially closing the Department of Education. We also brought up the idea o…
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Impact of La Crosse's camping ban: "We're already full," says Warming Center
Lacey Hein and Johnny Wadzinski from Catholic Charities in studio, discussing how the impact of the city of La Crosse's camping ban has already strained the Warming Shelter in the first two week's that it's been open. The two are encouraging volunteers to sign up, people to bring meals and donation…
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Aquinas football coach Tom Lee on state semifinal matchup and hyping his team
A fun conversation with Aquinas High School football coach Tom Lee, as his team gets set to play in the Division 4 state semifinals and defend its three consecutive state championships. The second-ranked Blugolds (11-1) face No. 5 Racine St. Catherine's at 7 p.m. Friday. We talk about what makes Ra…
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Logan football coach Knoble on state semis, coaching and kids
Logan High School football coach Casey Knoble joins to talk about his team being in the Division 3 state semifinals, playing to get to a state to Camp Randall and just coaching life with three young kids at home. Knoble was literally doing this interview from home, his 1-year-old daughter in the ba…
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La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on $54 million referendum passing
La Crosse School District superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins the morning after the $53.5 million referendum passed in the fall election. Voters in the district were in favor of the elementary school plan with 60.9% of the 34,240 votes cast. The plan: — $53.5 million referendum question on Nov…
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Election aftermath with La Crosse County clerk Ginny Dankmeyer
La Crosse County clerk Ginny Dankmeyer joins, the morning after the fall election, and probably running on no sleep. Dankmeyer discusses how election night went from their offices, as every polling place in La Crosse County reports to her throughout election night.
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