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9:32

UW-La Crosse's Jack Studer on heading to Packers...

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2025/04/30

After the NFL Draft in Green Bay, the Packers called UW-L's Jack Studer to invite him to rookie minicamp. Studer joined to talk about the anticipation of that phone call, his expectations for camp and his career at UW-La Crosse. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound wide receiver finished his UW-L career the football team's all-time leader in touchdown receptions (35), receiving yards (3,127) and is second in career receptions (182). Thursday, he begins his dream of getting to the NFL. Packers minicamp is three

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18:33

UW-La Crosse football coach Matt Janus on WR Studer...

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2025/04/30

UW-La Crosse football coach Matt Janus joins to mainly talk about his wide receiver, Jack Studer, getting the invite for rookie minicamp with the Green Bay Packers. We begin the conversation, though, talking about spring practice and just practice in general. Then we get into Studer, the record-setting receiver that helped UW-L make the playoffs each of the past four years. Studer leaves UW-L the all-time leader in TD receptions (35), receiving yards (3,127) and second in career receptions (182)See

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7:39

Kentucky Derby “Racing for Abilities” watch party,...

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2025/04/29

A Kentucky Derby watch party and fundraiser for Houston County’s Abilities Building Community (ABC) on Saturday. Sammie Sherry with the nonprofit was in studio for WIZM’s La Crosse Talk discussing what ABC is all about and everything that’s happening for the Saturday fundraiser at Timeout Tavern in La Crescent. ABC helps people with disabilities just live normal lives and this fundraiser — which raised $50,000 last year — will help provide their clients with things like

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15:34

River City RC's Michael Borst previews this weekend's...

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2025/04/29

River City Running Club president and ultramarathoner Michael Borst in the WIZM studio to, not just preview the La Crosse Marathon — which happens May 3 — but also just dive into everything running. Along with the La Crosse Marathon, the event also features a half marathon, a 5k and a kids race through Riverside Park. So, we get into that for abit, but also — since Borst is an ultramarathoner, which means he partakes in 100-kilometer races — we talk about all the other events

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12:12

Dr. Aaron Engel on Fort McCoy suspension over Trump,...

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2025/04/28

Dr. Aaron Engel joined La Crosse Talk on Monday to discuss the suspension of a Fort McCoy commander due to Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth photos being turned around, plus the state of La Crosse School funding, ahead of the Wisconsin budget being crafted. Engel is the superintendent of the La Crosse School District and a Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard, who added that he is now also the Deputy Commander of the Army Schoolhouse at Fort McCoy. With that, we asked Engel about the suspension of

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24:59

Mac Kiel on where La Crosse is at with hiring a city...

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2025/04/28

Mac Kiel in studio breaking down where La Crosse is at with hiring a city administrator, as it is on committee agendas this week. Kiel is a former city council member, who just spent the last seven months on the city administrator working group studying whether to hire the position. The Judiciary and Administrative Committee meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday to vote on two agenda items in regards to city administrator. On the show we debate whether there needs to be more public input on the administrator

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29:23

Do you have a favorite Kwik Trip, thanking A.I. costs...

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2025/04/25

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, in studio talking whether we have favorite Kwik Trips, our politeness costing A.I. companies millions but will it ward off The Terminator in the future, plus Wisconsin politicians are finally getting to work — five months after election. We began the show there, with why the Wisconsin Legislature sat around for the first five months of the year — it also will take the last nine months of next year off. Then we got into a

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14:45

Eva Marie Restel on Conductor Wannabes crashing PBS...

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2025/04/25

A fun conversation with Eva Marie Restel, executive director of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, about their Conductor Wannabe competition, how those winners will be crashing a PBS Wisconsin special for their concert finale and we pitch her an idea for next year. The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra has been around since 1898 and the wannabe competition has been happening the past 26 years. The fundraising effort is made up of five nonprofits in La Crosse trying to raise the most money with the top two

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29:49

Breaking down the economics of Green Bay hosting the...

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2025/04/24

Economist Adam Hoffer stopped in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk to help break down the economics of the NFL draft coming to Green Bay. We also dived into the hundreds of millions of dollars Wisconsin is losing out on by not legalizing weed, and we hit on the La Crosse School District's budget situation. Hoffer works in excise tax — otherwise known as sin tax, like weed, alcohol, cigarettes — for the Tax Foundation and he used to teach sports economics at UW-La Crosse. Plus, he ran

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17:34

Pearl Street Books' Beth Hartung, author Clemonce...

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2025/04/24

Pearl Street Books owner Beth Hartung and author Clemonce Heard join ahead of Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday. Before that, however, Heard will be having a social and reading at Pearl Street on his book Tragic City, a poetry collection on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. We kickoff the show with Hartung talking about a couple things happening at Pearl Street with Independent Bookstore Day, including music, games, prizes and giveaways — like a Midwest map of all the independent bookstores

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9:55

Previewing the YMCA's Wicked Fun Gala with Nikki West...

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2025/04/24

A few weeks ago, La Crosse Area YMCAs executive director Bill Soper and development director Nikki West crashed the WIZM studio to talk about both the Wicked Fun Gala coming up, as well as a new addition to the Onalaska Hauser building. West took center stage to start, talking about their yearly fundraising event that’s got a Wizard of Oz theme this year. The Wicked Fun Gala — which happens from 5-9 p.m. May 8 at the La Crosse Center — will feature the Circus Company out of

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17:56

Wisco Sports Show host Grant Bilse on everything but...

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2025/04/23

Grant Bilse, host of WKTY's Wisco Sports Show, joined to talk about everything but the NFL draft, including Packers CEO Mark Murphy stealing his job a few weeks ago in La Crosse to the rumor of Brett Favre running for Wisconsin governor and the situation the Milwaukee Bucks are in. You can listen to Bilse 4-6 p.m. weekdays on WKTY 96.7 FM / 580 AM or check out the podcast here or by searching the Wisco Sports Show wherever you listen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:58

La Crosse teachers' union president Schams on Brewers...

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2025/04/23

La Crosse teachers' union co-president Jill Schams joins to talk about the Brewers Racing Sausages visiting her school, Gov. Tony Evers' 400-year school funding bill upheld, teaching music and the new school board. Schams is the co-president of the La Crosse Education Association and K-5 music teacher at Southern Bluffs, where the Brewers awarded a $1,000 check and gave a first-grade teacher there an award. But we talk about what the kids through of those Racing Sausages running around the gym

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14:08

ORA Trails' Jed Olson the conductor wannabe nobody...

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2025/04/22

Nobody told Jed Olson quite what “conductor” meant, as the executive director of ORA Trails came into the WIZM studio ready to run a train. As Olson advocates for ORA Trails, he is also part of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra’s conductor wannabe competition. So, we poke fun at the idea of Olson running a symphony, in between talking about everything that ORA Trails is doing in the La Crosse community. Olson also talks about the competition being about community. While the group

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26:22

That 90s show with Sciammas and Schloegel of LCNI

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2025/04/22

Jacob Sciammas and Jamie Schloegel in the WIZM studio wearing their 90s gear or, more specifically, their Saved by the Bell getup. The two joined La Crosse Talk to promote 90s trivia night at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Rivoli to raise awareness and funding for the La Crosse Community Nonprofits Initiative (LCNI). The way voting works is through donations. Half the donations go to the group being voted for and the other half goes to the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Voting ends April 28 (vote here)

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6:25

“From Prison to Purpose," Sherry Noble talks Next...

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2025/04/22

Sherry Noble from Next Chapter, joins, to talk about what their group is about and a big fundraiser they're having Wednesday. Next Chapter's moto is “From Prison to Purpose." It's a way for incarcerated men to get help restarting their life when they get out of prison. They’re having an important fundraiser from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Burrachos. If you go there at that time and — this is important — say you’re there for Next Chapter, 25% of sales will go to the

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17:20

"Theatre Man" reveals identity, makes bid to be...

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2025/04/22

We reveal the identity of “Theatre Man,” and his pitch to win the Conductor Wannabe competition for the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Erik Vose is the executive director of the La Crosse Community Theatre (LTC) joins and makes his pitch for winning the wannabe competition. Vose is advocating for the La Crosse Community Theatre’s Star Academy, youth summer program. How the competition works: each donation — a $2 minimum (vote here) — gets split between the La Crosse

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15:10

Drummer-Pastor Mark Kvale wants to be a La Crosse...

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2025/04/21

Conductor Wannabe, Pastor Mark Kvale of the La Crosse Youth Symphony Orchestra, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk making his pitch to win the competition. Five groups are competing to win the fundraiser put on by the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra (vote here). A minimum $2 donation toward will get split between the symphony and the group being voted for. The winner will be a conductor at the May 3 concert. With Kvale, we talked about how to get involved with the La Crosse Youth Symphony Orchestra

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26:37

La Crosse state Assembly Rep. Billings on postpartum...

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2025/04/21

Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Jill Billings in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk to discuss a bipartisan bill on postpartum care that mysteriously didn’t get passed, her hosting two local budget listening sessions and the state of campaign finance, after the $100 million spring WI Supreme Court race. We began the show with discussing a bill that passed the state Senate last session 32-1 — that one legislator not getting reelected — and never getting to a vote in the state

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26:39

Favre for WI governor, Peeps are overrated and what’s...

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2025/04/20

Republicans talk with Republicans over a Wisconsin run for governor, what businesses are missing from La Crosse and UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, defends his stance that peeps are the best Easter candy on a Friday La Crosse Talk. We also discuss candidates already getting into races that aren’t happening for at least a year, the amount of money already being raised by Derrick Van Orden and Rebecca Cooke in the 3rd US House District and Wisconsin looking for a

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