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26:38

Ingrid Lyons: The next fight to save Minnesota’s...

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2025/06/23

We took a rollercoaster ride that is trying to save the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with Ingrid Lyons last week. Lyons is the executive director of the nonprofit Save the Boundary Waters. The Boundary Waters is a million-acre expanse of lakes and forests along Minnesota’s Canadian border — one of the most remote and cherished wilderness areas in the U.S. It’s long been shielded from development, but now faces renewed threats from foreign-backed mining operations just

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8:42

US Sen. Tammy Baldwin on La Crosse Talk discussing...

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2025/06/22

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk earlier this week to discuss how insane it is to keep up with everything the Trump Administration is doing, but that her focus is on opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) talks about how the bill could kick 250,000 Wisconsin residents and add nearly $3 trillion to the national debt. Baldwin also discussed showing up to different parts of the state. She was in Onalaska last month hearing from veterans their impact of

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27:42

Ditching Wisconsin's income tax — for the Packers —...

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2025/06/21

We look at ditching Wisconsin’s income tax — if only to make the Packers more competitive — with the Tax Foundation’s Dr. Adam Hoffer, plus how the state pays to fix roads and build roundabouts using gas taxes and EV fees. We kicked things off by looking back at when Tyreek Hill signed with the Miami Dolphins, noting he chose Florida partly because it has no state income tax. That led to a breakdown of what Hill’s salary would have looked like had he signed with the

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23:54

Turning Shopko in to housing, Wisconsin tax cuts,...

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2025/06/20

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergoksy, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse discussing the history of Bridgeview Plaza, where Shopko once lived, the plan for tax cuts, and when Giannis get his, plus Bernie Sanders endorsing Derrick Van Orden’s opponent and a Wisconsin native who doesn’t believe in history — at all. Began the show bringing in the Human Ask Jeeves himself, WIZM’s Brad Williams, to talk about this housing plan for Bridgeview Plaza and what

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23:15

La Crosse Sheriff Siegel on role in Minnesota killer...

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2025/06/20

La Crosse County Sheriff, John Siegel, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk discussing his office’s role in the manhunt for the Minnesota killer, which included welfare checks on at least one area state Legislator. Siegel talked about how he got a phone call while at a wedding, and then things got real, as he learned someone had shot and killed a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, shot and wounded another couple and had a hit list that included prominent Wisconsin figures. Other things

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17:16

Homelessness in La Crosse and Karuna's big gala with...

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2025/06/18

A Taste of Home gala and a great conversation about homelessness in La Crosse with Julie McDermid, the executive director at Karuna, who was in the WIZM studio recently. McDermid talks about how Karuna takes a different approach to helping those experiencing homelessness, mental health crises and struggling with substance use. The Karuna house in La Crosse is home to multiple people, where they can get 24-7 help they need to get back on their own. That can be costly and that’s part of the

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6:01

Moon Tunes' Terry Bauer previews T.U.G.G. and The La...

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2025/06/18

Moon Tunes co-founder, Terry Bauer, in studio to preview Week 3 of the Thursday concert series in La Crosse's Riverside Park. This week, T.U.G.G. and the La Crosse Confluence are on the stage. We did give Bauer some homework, to find out what the acronym for T.U.G.G. stands for — the band that's been with Moon Tunes since the start. As for the Confluence, we talk about this band that rotates musicians and singers yearly, as it's made up 25-30 high schoolers from both Central and Logan.See

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28:00

La Crosse County Board chair Tryggestad on 111 acre...

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2025/06/17

A quiet time for the La Crosse County Board, so there’s no big monthly meeting. Board chair Tina Tryggestad stopped in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk to discuss why there’s no meeting — and how that’s not really good or bad — plus some of the priorities the board is working on. Usually, the county board meets the third Thursday each month as one of its biggest meetings. This week, that meeting isn’t happening so we talk about why, as well as just the ins and

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27:35

UW-L's Chergosky on the Black Friday of Onalaska...

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2025/06/17

While we spent one segment on the Black Friday of Onalaska rummage sales, the rest of Friday’s La Crosse Talk with UW-L political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, was almost exclusively on A.I. in government, in classrooms and in our everyday lives. The topics we delve into when it comes to A.I. included politicians using it to write legislation — and it becomes very obvious for one specific reason — La Crosse County using A.I. on 911 calls, courtrooms using it as

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24:57

Wisconsin Rep. Doyle on Minnesota killer, new state...

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2025/06/17

Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Steve Doyle joined La Crosse Talk on Monday to discuss the Minnesota killer and his hit list that included Wisconsin lawmakers. We also covered the new Democratic Party chair, who got his start working with Doyle, plus an update on rebuilding the Tank Creek Bridge after it was deliberately set on fire. We began the show with Doyle talking about his roles representing District 94, serving on the La Crosse County Board, and practicing law. Next, Doyle discussed how he

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24:11

Taxing beer by the gallon in Wisconsin and colleges...

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2025/06/17

We drink beer by the ounces and tax it by the gallon. Economist, Dr. Adam Hoffer, with the Tax Foundation, joined La Crosse Talk to discuss Wisconsin's low beer tax, plus colleges now getting or having to pay their athletes. Hoffer, director of excise tax, recently published the beer tax by state across the country for the Tax Foundation. We discuss the stats and if Wisconsin could raise the beer tax. We also looked at some of the other drinkable taxes — the wines and the spirits. Hoffer

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12:31

La Crosse School superintendent Engel on hiccup with...

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2025/06/16

La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins to discuss the process of closing three elementary schools, a hiccup in the sale of the Lincoln building and what kind of funding public education is seeing as the state budget is being crafted. We began the show talking quick about how often Engel and neighboring school districts communicate and what they get done with those talks. Then we moved to state budget, as the Joint Finance Committee appears to not be coming to the middle on

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13:49

From the Budweiser Clydesdales to stunt shows to...

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2025/06/13

Jean Taylor, host of Rock Mornings, joins to help preview the second annual Big River Rally, which has everything from the Budweiser Clydesdales trotting through downtown La Crosse to Drowning Pool taking the stage on the Oktoberfest grounds. The two-day event happens June 27-28 and features concerts both Friday and Saturday nights, multiple stunt shows by Pat Smage, organized rides through the Coulee Region, including one that features an exclusive tour of S&S Cycle in Viola, Wis. Plus

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4:06

Steve Nicolai previews Saturday's Stone Temple Pilots...

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2025/06/12

Steve Nicolai , owner of the Maple Grove Venues in West Salem, joins to preview the Stone Temple Pilots coming Saturday night. In talking with Nicolai, he paints a picture of MGV as a backyard BBQ and Stone Temple Pilots just happens to be the band playing, while we're all grilling out, drinking and having a good time. Two bands will precede Stone Temple Pilots — Unlikely Candidates and Black Stone Cherry. Tickets can purchased at MGVRockConcerts.com. There are general admission tickets

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25:37

How we can get our hands dirty at Saturday's Artspire...

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2025/06/12

Pump House Executive director Allison Krzych in studio to talk about how everyone can get their hands dirty and their dance on at the 12th Annual Artspire festival happening Saturday at Riverside Park. Artspire is free and happens from 10 a.m. to noon. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, the 70-plus artists, the bands, the Mexican Folk Art Collective and everything else will move into the La Crosse Center. The highlight of the festival, Krzych helps describe, is everything surrounding the

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24:44

Wisconsin state Rep. Billings on budget talks,...

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2025/06/12

Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Jill Billings in studio for a wide-ranging conversation on state budget talks, UW-L and other legislation in progress, plus some potential PFAS relief for the Town of Campbell. We began the show, though, with what all state reps are obligated to do and give a shoutout to June Dairy Days, before diving into talk about state budget negotiations stalling between Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican-controlled Legislature. Billings also discussed bills she's working on, plus

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12:18

Terry Bauer on La Crosse's Moon Tunes opener, as we...

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2025/06/11

Terry Bauer, co-founder of Moon Tunes, in the WIZM studio to recap how the season-opener went and do a bit of a preview of Week 2 featuring Double Take and Secret Menu. This is the 14th season of the Riverside Park concert series that runs from 5:30-8 p.m. Double Take will play80s-2000 classic pop rock, while Secret Menu is described as genre-blending alternative rock. Moon Tunes also features food trucks, drinks, free train rides for the kids and a bicycle corral — basically valet for

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14:44

Baer and O.D. Brundage help preview the La Crosse...

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2025/06/11

Brothers O.D. and Baer Brundage stopped in the WIZM studio Tuesday to help preview this weekend's Big Bad Musical — the sequel to the Three Little Pigs. It's part of the La Crosse Community Theatre's Penguin Project, which pairs kids with disabilities and other kids in these productions, where together they learn their lines, movements and how to have fun being on stage. Now, the Big Bad Musical maybe isn't quite a sequel to the Three Little Pigs, as O.D. and Baer inform us. The two take us

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11:34

La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel update on...

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2025/06/10

La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins to give an update on building a new elementary school and what the district does over summer — including teacher contracts and classes. The La Crosse city council is about to vote on some zoning changes to allow for the demolition of the Hogan Administrative site. Engel talks about that process and how the parking lot there is still considered a road dating back to the 1800s. He also talks about when the site would be torn down for a new

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29:26

La Crosse city council president Dickinson on...

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2025/06/10

La Crosse City Council president, Tamra Dickinson, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk on details in potentially doubling residents’ stormwater utility bill, complaining about traffic and parking, and updates on the tearing down of the Hogan site and hiring a city administrator. The big topic of the show is on the council’s agenda Thursday, where it could vote to double the stormwater utility bill — which could go from $54 a year to $118. Dickinson talks about what the utility is

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