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10:53

Opportunity Wisconsin's Meghan Roh previews La Crosse...

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2025/04/18

Meghan Roh, Program Director at Opportunity Wisconsin, joined La Crosse Talk to preview an upcoming town hall featuring special guest U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (D–Madison). The event begins at 5 Tuesday at the Capella Performing Arts Center (register here). Opportunity Wisconsin is helping organize the event, which aims to engage residents on key federal issues. Roh noted that U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden (R–Prairie du Chien), who represents the district, was invited to

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25:59

Onalaska state Rep. Doyle on fed funding cuts, local...

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2025/04/18

Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Steve Doyle in studio for La Crosse Talk discussing a range of issues, including his recent budget listening session in Onalaska, how the Legislature is grappling with federal funding cuts, and whether bipartisanship is improving this term. Doyle (D-Onalaska), who also serves on the La Crosse County Board, weighed in on the county’s potential sale of 111 acres of farmland in West Salem — discussing the priorities behind the sale and the possible timeline. We

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25:32

La Crosse’s William Garcia on running for Wisconsin...

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2025/04/18

William Garcia is in studio discussing his running for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair on the platform of “Grow - Persist - Resist.” Garcia has been the chair of the La Crosse County Democratic Party for the past five years — he is co-chair this year. He is also the chair of the 3rd Congressional District Democratic Party and the Secretary/Treasurer of the DPW Latino Caucus. Garcia discusses the idea behind his platform in supporting and enhancing local parties, as he sees

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10:54

La Crosse Symphony "conductor wannabe" Kelly Colgan...

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2025/04/17

She's one of five groups in the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra "conductor wannabe" competition. Kelly Colgan, joins to discuss why she's advocating for the Habitat For Heroes project. Colgan, president of Colgan Air Service in La Crosse, talks about why this project that’s been going on since 2019 — building and fixing up houses for veterans in La Crosse — is so important to her, being her dad was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroics in the Vietnam War and how a lot of her family

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26:42

Habitat's Kahya Fox previews La Crosse Housing Week...

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2025/04/17

Kahya Fox in studio to preview Habitat for Humanity's first-ever La Crosse Housing week, which begins April 28 with 12 different programs. Fox, the executive director of Habitat For Humanity of the Greater La Crosse Region, talks about what exactly Housing Week is, why La Crosse needs to have these conversations and how we can fix housing in the region. Along with La Crosse Housing Week, Fox also discusses Neighbors' Day, which happens April 26 — where volunteers spend the day helping over 200

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17:59

Previewing "Fired Up for Science" kids' event with...

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2025/04/17

Parents, grab your kids for the “Fired up for Science” event happening at Viterbo University on Tuesday. Viterbo chemistry professor, Dr. Kyle Backstrand, stopped in the WIZM studio to talks about some of the things people will see there, like gummy bear sacrifices, slime, elephant toothpaste and more. The experiments are put on by Viterbo STEM students and some kids attending the event will also be able to participate. The experiments are best suited for kids 3-14 years of age. The

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4:48

La Crosse Hunger Task Force's Shelly Fortner on...

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2025/04/17

The Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour to help the Hunger Task Force of La Crosse came at just the right time. Shelly Fortner, executive director of HTF said the event brought in $98,000. Seven players — past and present — along with Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy held their Tailgate Tour event at the Stoney Creek Hotel in Onalaska that saw 400 fans in attendance. Of that fundraising total, $25,000 was donated by the Packers and another $3,000 was donated by one fan in attendance who

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8:22

Horticulture students hosting plant sale Thursday at...

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2025/04/17

Jordan Shaffer and Cam Tschanz in the WIZM studio to promote Thursday’s plant sale at Western Technical College. Shaffer and Tschanz are botany students at WTC and are helping organize the Landscape and Horticulture Club’s spring sale from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Horticulture Education Center (map). Not only will folks be able to get everything from indoor to outdoor plants, but the two also talk about some of the more unique things in the greenhouse, including what’s now a couple

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25:22

Claire and Phillip Mitchell attempt to "Fix Rick"

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2025/04/16

They’re attempting the impossible. Phillip and Claire Mitchell are trying to, what we’ve been calling, “Fix Rick.” Now, some WIZM listeners might think, ‘There’s no fixing that liberal.’ But that’s not what’s going on here. The two own Mitchell Holistic Health (MHH) in Onalaska and have been working with me for the past few months on various injuries that have kept me from being active, playing sports — getting back into my third space (for

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13:58

La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on federal...

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2025/04/15

La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins to discuss potential “DEI” federal funding cuts, the next steps for new La Crosse School Board members, his going to a state Budget Listening session, and the District Vision survey going out next week. We started the show, though, talking about Logan Middle School students holding their own version of March Madness, with four different brackets — cereal, movies, candy and restaurants. But, we need the student council there

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21:08

Liz Filter celebrating VARC, the nonprofit her dad...

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2025/04/15

Liz Filter in studio, celebrating the nonprofit her dad started 50 years ago, the Vernon Area Rehabilitation Center. Filter, now the president of VARC, talks about taking over, who they serve and how it’s grown — with three of its 13 locations in La Crosse. VARC began in 1975 and now serves 1,000 annually of those with varying abilities and other barriers. VARC helps develop and provide meaningful employment, skill-building, and community inclusion services. The three La Crosse branches

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9:48

Bri Holden on Parkinson's Awareness event at Myrick,...

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2025/04/15

Bri Holden in the WIZM studio helping us navigate the world of Parkinson’s disease, as she’s helping put on the 3rd Annual La Crosse Area Parkinson’s Walk and Awareness event. What Holden needs everyone to do is sign up (here) by April 20 to that all-important t-shirt, then come out to the event that happens at Myrick Park in less than a month. Holden is the program coordinator at the STAR Center in La Crosse — across from Rudy’s. She helps those with Parkinson’s

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30:19

Highway 16 construction, the short timing for La...

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2025/04/14

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky in the WIZM studio for Friday’s La Crosse Talk, discussing the Highway 16 construction, the length of time before La Crosse’s mayors and judges take office and the future chairs of the Democratic and Republican parties in Wisconsin. Began the show with a weird transition from the situation on Highway 16 in La Crosse, where the road is closed southbound traffic and somehow transitioned that into the Senate filibuster. We also

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26:47

Mayor Mitch Reynolds' last La Crosse Talk

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2025/04/10

La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds makes his last appearance on La Crosse Talk, as we reminisce about the last four years, talk about the highs and lows, and how things are set up for a new mayor and members on the council. Reynolds’ last official day as mayor will be Tuesday, as Shaundel Washington-Spivey gets sworn in, as well as six city council members — four totally new. We discuss some of the accomplishments he’s made over the past four years, as well as his biggest

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30:50

Board chair Tryggestad on future of 111 acres of La...

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2025/04/09

La Crosse County Board chair Tiny Tryggestad in studio just hours after a meeting about the future of 111 acres of county land in West Salem. Tryggestad breaks down some of the options the County Board has with four different parties — Ho-Chunk, West Salem, the School District of West Salem and Country Boom — interested in acquiring at least some of the farmland. She also discusses some of the dilemmas, like the neighboring Lakeview Healthcare center, which is home to patients with

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8:41

Ben Hein on donation drive, volunteer meet at The...

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2025/04/08

Ben Hein, executive director of what's best known as The Exchange in La Crosse joined to talk about a couple of events they have coming up. The Exchange - La Crosse Area Furniture Bank is just that, a place to donate and receive gently used furniture and households items. Hein talks about the people they serve and the biggest needs — which just happen to be queen sized beds — and what their criteria are for receiving those donations. The first of two events is a donation drop off drive

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27:01

Wisconsin Sen. Brad Pfaff on banning hedge funds from...

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2025/04/08

Wisconsin state Sen. Brad Pfaff in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk with election reaction, money in politics, upcoming budget listening sessions and a new housing proposal, plus the best places for a Friday fish fry. Began the show with some election reaction in regards to the amount of money spent on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race the past two elections — both record-setting for the most money spent on a judiciary race. Pfaff, a Democrat who represents District 32, also discussed some of

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14:21

La Crosse teachers' union president Martinez on...

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2025/04/08

We got La Crosse Education Association co-president Jesse Martinez's reaction to last week's elections for school board, supreme court and Department of Public Instruction, and we also spoke about a fun, student-led March madness bracket. Martinez, basically the teachers' union co-president with Jill Schams, is also a Logan Middle School teacher. We began the show talking about these student brackets consisting of candy, movies and restaurants. After that, we discussed how the teachers' union and

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14:06

Jamie Schloegel, Jacob Sciammas make their pitch for...

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2025/04/07

Jacob Sciammas and Jamie Schloegel in the WIZM studio making their pitch as conductor wannabes for the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. They're the only pair in the competition, and they're representing the La Crosse Community Nonprofits Initiatives (LCNI). So, not only do we talk about LCNI, the two also discuss the unique way they want to win the competition, which includes an April 24 trivia fundraiser at the Rivoli. Donate to their cause here. And listen to the rest of this podcast, as we throw

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29:08

The Elon effect in Wisconsin's election, plus UW-L's...

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2025/04/07

We review turnout in local elections with UW-La Crosse political scientist, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, on WIZM's La Crosse Talk, plus the Elon effect in Wisconsin's elections and the professor's going international after the $100 million state Supreme Court election. We began the show there, with Chergosky becoming an international media mogul. Not only was he asked to come on CNN and Bloomberg TV, but also the Denmark newspaper Politiken, needed his take on Elon Musk and the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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