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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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27:05

William Garcia on running for Wisconsin Dem Party...

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2025/06/10

La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional District Democratic Party chair William Garcia in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk last week discussing his run for state chair, thoughts on The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (TOBBA), as well as answering some texts and calls. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin holds its convention this weekend in Wisconsin Dells where delegates will decide who takes over for Ben Wikler. We talk about that process, before Garcia gets into some details of TOBBA and how it hurts

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9:36

Summer reading program aims to create sense of wonder

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2025/06/07

Keeping youth interested in reading over the summer break can be a challenge for parents everywhere. In the five branches of the La Crosse County Library System, the Summer Library program is underway to help children get engaged and use their curiosity to read more books. Youth Services Coordinator Dawn Tevis said that they’ve got a variety of activities planned between now and July 26 designed to spark that interest in discovering new things. “Because kids are in such a vulnerable

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28:38

UW-L political scientist Chergosky on Wisconsin being...

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2025/06/06

The Donald Trump-Elon Musk breakup is underway, and UW-La Crosse political science professor Dr. Anthony Chergosky in studio to explain why Wisconsin could be to blame. Before diving too deep into this, though, we kicked things off with What’s (still) Buried on Brad’s Desk — WIZM’s Brad Williams’ daily feature — who was forced to clean said desk this week, and we really uncovered some decades-old items. Some things, however, remain missing, like a Robert F

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20:18

Healthy brain workouts with La Crosse dementia care...

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2025/06/06

There's nothing like a good brain workout. 'What's that?' you ask. Well, dementia care specialist Becky Kamrowski stopped in the WIZM studio to tell us. She’s part of La Crosse County’s Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC), which has deemed June as Brain Health & Dementia Awareness Month Kamrowski talks about just what all that means and some of the programs they’ll be promoting throughout the month. Nationally, June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, but Kamrowski

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24:20

Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Tara Johnson on Dairy...

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2025/06/06

Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Tara Johnson in the WIZM studio Monday for La Crosse Talk discussing June dairy days in Wisconsin, supporting small farms, land conservation and how the difficulties in Republicans alone crafting the budget. Started the show talking about road construction a bit before talking about farming, land conservation and some farm provisions that got stripped by Republicans in the budget. We continued with budget talks, as Johnson described that when the Joint Finance Committee

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8:20

Salvation Army celebrates National Donut Day with...

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2025/06/05

If you like donuts, Friday is a good day for you...plus you can help out a local organization. Fifty cents of each donut sold at Linda's Bakery in West Salem on Friday goes for the support of the Make a House a Home program run by the Salvation Army in La Crosse. When someone who uses the shelter is able to move into permanent housing, the program provides a "care package" of necessities to help make the transition easier for the person. "What we give them is a laundry basket, plates, silverware,

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21:07

McCormick on oddly large amount of area fires, CPR...

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2025/06/05

Molly McCormick, community risk educator with La Crosse Fire Department, in studio to discuss the rise in investigative fires, being AED and CPR trained and their recent Mugs for Rugs program. We started there, and a collaboration with the Coulee Region Humane Society, where the fire department collected rugs from homes of seniors because they’re a slip and fall hazard. They have taken those rugs now and made them into scratch posts, being sold for dirt cheap at the Humane Society. We also

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28:28

Hoffer on Wisconsin athletes profiting off their...

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2025/06/05

Adam Hoffer, director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation, joins La Crosse Talk to cover everything from Wisconsin high school athletes profiting off their names, to the state track meet’s economic impact on La Crosse and Illinois passing a sports betting tax hike in the middle of the night. We kick things off with the recent 293-108 vote by Wisconsin athletic directors in favor of allowing high schoolers to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL). As NIL and the transfer portal

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16:18

Terry Bauer helps preview Thursday's Moon Tunes...

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2025/06/04

Moon Tunes kicks off its 14th summer of free concerts in La Crosse's Riverside Park on Thursday, and co-founder Terry Bauer is in studio talking about how all of this has come together. Mae Simpson, an award-winning, seven-piece band out of Minneapolis, performing funk, soul and rock & roll is the season-opener. The concerts run 5:30-8 p.m. Bauer highlights some of the bands headed to La Crosse this season, as seven of the 13 are new. We also discuss the renovated bandshell and what food trucks

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15:29

Community saves La Crosse Community Theatre’s...

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2025/06/04

The La Crosse Community Theatre’s commitment to inclusivity was put to the test recently when unexpected federal funding cuts threatened to cancel a production featuring children with disabilities. The Big Bad Wolf nearly stopped the show, but the La Crosse community rallied, ensuring the Penguin Project would go on. Erik Vose, executive director of the theatre, joined La Crosse Talk Tuesday to share how the project — which pairs youth with disabilities with peers in a fully staged

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16:46

How to avoid ending up in Phillip Mitchell’s physical...

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2025/06/03

Pickleball — the sport that looks like a friendly mash-up of ping-pong and badminton — is quietly destroying America’s seniors. Physical therapist Phil Mitchell, co-owner of Mitchell Holistic Health, joined La Crosse Talk to explain why so many people — especially older adults — are winding up injured after what’s supposed to be this fun, low-stress activity. Mitchell shared insight on common pickleball injuries and how to prevent them — whether

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24:35

La Crosse's Kuhlman on programs for home solar,...

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2025/06/02

Lewis Kuhlman, La Crosse’s environmental planner, in studio to discuss the upcoming Solar Power Hour and the city's home energy audit program for low income residents. The Solar Power Hour happens from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the People's Food Coop, to inform area residents about equipping their homes or small businesses with solar and how to make that cheaper buying as a group. There will be more meetings like this in July and August as well for the program through Grow Solar La Crosse

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13:51

La Crosse teachers' union president Schams on...

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2025/06/02

La Crosse Education Association president Jill Schams joined to talk about getting through one more week before summer, contract negotiations with the district and how the union feels about cellphones in schools. Schams, a music teacher at Southern Bluffs Elementary, gave some details how the union works with the district on contract issues, because the state only allows them to negotiate pay. She also discussed how teachers might like to see the district handle a cellphone policy. Right now, school

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29:18

A.I. plots its takeover — and Ron Johnson for...

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2025/05/30

A.I. just told us it's getting set to take over the world. (this is the lede, not the headline) UW-La Crosse political science professor Dr. Anthony Chergosky was in the WIZM studio Friday for La Crosse Talk to unpack how a major newspaper’s summer reading list turned into A.I. subtly warning us that The Terminator and Skynet might be just around the corner. We also discuss U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wisconsin) opposition to TOBBA — The One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Johnson is

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24:07

Mac Kiel on La Crosse doubling storm utility bill,...

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2025/05/30

Mac Kiel in studio breaking down La Crosse city government, including the conversation around hiring a city administrator and the stormwater utility bill possibly doubling. Kiel also talks about what it was like being a new city council member, as La Crosse swore in five new people who just went through their first meetings. We began the show talking a bit about the La Crosse School District going through the process of building a new elementary school at the Hogan Administrative site, as some of

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18:36

Balsamo and Turgeon on Ugly Duckling origins story at...

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2025/05/29

Nikki Balsamo and Brice Turgeon in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk having some fun with the origins story of this weekend's performance of the Ugly Duckling and the hat that started it all for theLa Crosse Dance Centre. The show happens at 4 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Heider Center in West Salem (tickets here). On the show, we discuss how a duck hat prompted them to do this show and Turgeon describes how Hans Christian Andersen pieces like the Ugly Duckling and the Little Mermaid are

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28:21

Candidate for Wisconsin Democratic Party chair, Joe...

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2025/05/29

Joe Zepecki, candidate for Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair, was in La Crosse last Saturday and stopped into the WIZM studio to discuss the state of the party, the not-so beautiful bill passing the US House and state of politics in Wisconsin. Zepecki is one of three candidates running for state chair, along with William Garcia — the La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional District Democratic Party chair — and Devin Remiker, who is a UW-L graduate. The Wisconsin Democratic Party

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11:12

La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on graduation...

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2025/05/29

La Crosse School superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joined to discuss how the district did with graduation and where those students are headed. Both Logan and Central high schools held graduation ceremonies. This would be the first class that was not in high school during the pandemic, and Engel also talked about how that has affected students. We also hit on whether graduation rates have fluctuated and where students are headed for the most part after graduating.See omnystudio.com/listener for

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