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24:51

La Crosse Bubbler Talk with Mac Kiel — what is all...

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2025/07/30

The Mac and Rick show turns into La Crosse (Bubbler) Talk ahead of next week’s committee meetings, where there are two pieces of legislation on those now infamous green water fountains scattered everywhere. Kiel breaks down what’s on Tuesday’s Judiciary and Administration Committee agenda in references to the bubblers — where we’ve determined there are at least four different versions and not all of them are green. We also read a statement from the city’s

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29:14

Economist Hoffer on Onalaska's wheel tax and how...

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2025/07/30

Wheel tax and transportation funding talk with Adam Hoffer, director of excise tax policy at Tax Foundation, in the WIZM studio. Most of the La Crosse Talk conversation hovered around the Onalaska city council recently passing a $25 wheel tax but not for what those fees typically go toward. That led to a discussion about Congress having to pass a federal transportation bill that could see the status quo — a gas tax — or a shift in how road funding happens. Will a gas tax be eliminated

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8:51

La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on lunch debt,...

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2025/07/30

La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins to discuss school lunch debt, teacher contracts, a middle school backpacking trip — with probably a lot of bug spray — and a first-ever Central High fundraiser That's where we kicked off the interview, discussing Saturday's Central fundraiser, featuring Andy Hughes from T.U.G.G., which happens from 4:30-10 p.m. at All-Star lanes. After that, we talked about getting the teacher contracts signed heading into the school year

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24:39

School board president Suchla breaks down vision...

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2025/07/28

La Crosse School Board president Deb Suchla in the WIZM studio to discuss results from a recent community visioning survey, the district’s building plans, and upcoming work — including approving new teacher contracts. Suchla, elected board president in May, is currently in her second stint on the board. She previously served from 2001 to 2018 and was re-elected in 2023. We talked about the district’s visioning survey — who responded, what priorities emerged, and how the

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25:24

Wisconsin’s next governor, Hulk and Ozzy pass and is...

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2025/07/25

Is Wisconsin still a purple state? With Gov. Tony Evers announcing Thursday he won’t seek reelection, we may have a definitive answer next year. UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, joins to break down who’s up next for both parties in the quest to replace Evers and just how purple Wisconsin really is — given Democrats have won 12 of the past 16 statewide elections since 2016. We began the show discussing the recent deaths of pop culture legends Hulk

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8:48

Jan Eriksen previews the 67th AAUW Art Fair on the...

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2025/07/25

Previewing Saturday’s 67th annual AAUW Art Fair on the Green with Jan Eriksen. The event happens from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Viterbo courtyard featuring over 60 artists exhibiting, and will include food trucks, food-drink booths and an art raffle. Eriksen is the past president of La Crosse’s branch of the AAUW (American Association of University of Women), which focuses on helping girls and women with education. While the art fair is free to attend, there is an opportunity to donate to

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7:24

State Sen. Brad Pfaff on Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers...

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2025/07/24

Just hours after Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced he would not seek re-election, Rick Solem called state Sen. Brad Pfaff (D-Onalaska) for reaction.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:57

3rd District GOP Party chair, Hannah Testin, on...

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2025/07/24

Just hours after Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced he would not seek re-election, Rick Solem called Hannah Testin, the chair of the 3rd US House District Republican Party, for reaction.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:04

Onalaska state Rep. Steve Doyle on Wisconsin Gov....

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2025/07/24

Just hours after Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced he would not seek re-election, Rick Solem called state Rep. Steve Doyle (D-Onalaska) for reaction.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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15:52

Molly McCormick on La Crosse fire calls, water...

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2025/07/24

Molly McCormick, community risk educator for the La Crosse Fire Department, in studio discussing where we’re at with fire calls in the city, the uptick in accidents on the river, plus a look ahead to overdose awareness month in August. Over the past couple months, La Crosse has been a bit of a rollercoaster with fire calls. It was way up, then way down. But now, after the Fourth of July, McCormick breaks down where the city is at. With Overdose Awareness Month, McCormick notes that drug deaths

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17:41

WKTY's Grant Bilse on Brewers alumni home run derby,...

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2025/07/24

Ryan Braun is back — but only for a day. Wisco Sports Show host, Grant Bilse, joins to preview the Milwaukee Brewers alumni home run derby Friday, how Wisconsin lost out on 200,000 free hamburgers, and share details about the bus trip to the Bob Uecker tribute game. Before Friday's 3 p.m. game with the Marlins, Milwaukee will have an alumni home run derby that includes: Ryan Braun Carlos Gómez Prince Fielder Corey Hart Bill Hall Eric Thames Nyjer Morgan Keon Broxton Yovani Gallardo Casey

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12:22

Terry Bauer previewing Thursday's Moon Tunes...

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2025/07/23

Terry Bauer, co-founder of Moon Tunes, in studio to preview Thursday’s concert at Riverside Park featuring High Mileage and Sunshine Drive. We joke about how High Mileage is 1980s-90s music but now categorized as "classic rock," which just means that I'm getting old but Terry is ancient — his music should, perhaps, be called "ancient rock." We also discuss a potential bandshell project with a local artist and some of the work that goes into photography for the concerts. Moon Tunes runs

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28:35

GOP candidate for WI governor Berrien talks Trump’s...

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2025/07/23

We got to know Bill Berrien — a Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor — on WIZM’s La Crosse Talk this week, discussing Donald Trump, Wisconsin’s workforce, education, manufacturing, and the newly signed state budget. Berrien owns and is CEO of Pindel Global Precision, a manufacturing business in New Berlin, Wis. He’s also a retired Navy SEAL, and we had to ask what that was like. Much of the conversation focused on manufacturing: how to bring more of it back to

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18:25

Sam Lindner previews trolley tour of La Crosse...

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2025/07/23

Get the story behind La Crosse’s Hixon House and the Castle on Cass during Saturday’s unique Mansions & Memories trolley tour. Sam Lindner, a volunteer with the La Crosse Historical Society and this weekend’s tour guide, joined us in studio to preview the event and share some of the surprising stories behind the 25 homes featured. Tickets are $60. The tour boards at 9:15 a.m. Saturday and departs at 9:30 a.m. from the Explore La Crosse headquarters (map). Two more tours are

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27:27

State Rep. Steve Doyle on Wisconsin budget, UW-La...

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2025/07/23

Wisconsin state Rep. Steve Doyle (D-Onalaska) in studio, discussing the passing of the state budget — including getting Phase 2 of UW-L’s science center project included — plus some of the pros and cons of Gov. Tony Evers running for reelection. With the state budget Doyle has a couple of different takes when it comes with what was and wasn’t included. He also shares a peculiar story about getting UW-L’s Prairie Spring Science Center passed and how there was some

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15:48

New Onalaska Schools superintendent Ben Barton on...

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2025/07/21

Ben Barton is 21 days on the job as the superintendent for the School District of Onalaska, and he's already got the lingo. Barton discusses the new updates to both the middle and high schools nearing completion, after the $75 million referendum passed in 2022. He also talks about getting to know the community and some of the challenges the district has. Barton is a Wabasha, Minn., native, and former Division I wrestler, who's coming off a superintendent job at Princeton, just north of the Twin

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26:48

Taxing money you lose? Economist Hoffer explains Big...

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2025/07/21

The Big Beautiful Bill quietly included a tax on money you lose. Economist, Dr. Adam Hoffer, at the Tax Foundation, broke it down recently on La Crosse Talk. Hoffer, the Foundation’s director of excise — or “sin” — tax, explained how this so-called “anti-income tax” could drive sports gambling out of the U.S. market. Before that, we got into the strange case of former Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who was suspended from coaching high school football

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16:51

What moms should know about pelvic floor therapy —...

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2025/07/20

We talked pelvic floor therapy on La Crosse Talk recently — a form of women’s health that’s a little outside my wheelhouse — but Claire Mitchell and Cassidy Hovenga from Mitchell Holistic Health in Onalaska did a great job explaining how it works, why it matters, and who it can help. It’s especially beneficial for women dealing with issues after childbirth — whether their child is a newborn or several years old — addressing things like core strength,

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27:28

UW-La Crosse chancellor Beeby on $194 million science...

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2025/07/20

A year into the job, UW-La Crosse chancellor, Dr. James Beeby, in studio discussing finally securing funding for the Prairie Springs Science Center, the loss of federal funding for the university’s Adapted Physical Education program, and the growing challenges students face with tuition and housing costs. Beeby talks about his trips to Madison, working the Wisconsin state Legislature to get what ends up being $194 million for Phase 2 of Prairie Springs funded — after seven years of GOP

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24:51

UW-L political scientist Chergosky on best "late...

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2025/07/18

UW-L political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio on the best late-night eats in La Crosse, an odd exchange between US House Reps. Derrick Van Orden and Mark Pocan and how the money shows us who’s running for office next year — from WI supreme court to the governor’s race. Opened the show just highlighting some of that, before getting into campaign finance — where we also learned just exactly how much Elon Musk put into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race

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