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Previewing Dr. Temple's La Crosse visit on the...

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2025/10/10

There’s nothing quite like learning about a conservation success story — and getting it straight from someone who lived it. Dr. Stan Temple, a giant in the world of wildlife ecology and conservation, joins us to preview his visit to La Crosse on Sunday, where he’ll share the comeback story of the Greater Sandhill Crane — from near extinction to thriving populations in Wisconsin. Temple also talks about being a steward of conservationist Aldo Leopold’s legacy, and we

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21:32

La Crosse homeless coordinator Sampson talks...

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2025/10/09

La Crosse Homeless Services Coordinator Brian Sampson in studio to discuss how the Pathways Home plan to end homelessness is progressing and to preview a big event happening next week. The documentary, “Beyond the Bridge: A Solution to Homelessness,” will be shown at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Weber Center, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and other homeless experts. The event is free and open to the public. The film explores innovative approaches to ending homelessness. The

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22:21

Congressman Pocan talks government shutdown, ICE and...

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2025/10/09

Tried to get through as many things as possible dealing with the federal government with US House Rep. Mark Pocan. After hosting a town hall Wednesday in downtown La Crosse, the Wisconsin Democrat stopped by the WIZM studio to reflect on the event and talk about what Congress is — and isn’t — getting done.. Part of that conversation was, of course, Pocan — again — holding a town hall in Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s district. We also discussed the fight over

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29:28

Council member Lisa Weston on city admin public...

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2025/10/08

City council member Lisa Weston stopped in studio to discuss how the public engagement sessions on city administrator have been going, plus her experience so far trying to finalize La Crosse’s 2026 budget. Weston is about six months into her career on city council. She is also on the council working group studying the city administrator plan that could come up for a vote in February. So far, the working group has hosted four public engagement sessions, though turnout has been low — 31

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25:20

City council president Dickinson on budget, city...

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2025/10/08

Ahead of the monthly meeting, La Crosse city council president Tamra Dickinson in studio discussing the budget process — and shortfall — operations director vs. city administrator, liquor license approval and police reports on bars serving underage people, plus all the groundbreakings. One other thing Dickinson brought up was something discussed by the Board of Public Works this week about shared utilities in places like duplexes, and how the city might help facilitate separating those

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11:00

Previewing the La Crosse AF festival with Clara...

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2025/10/07

Clara Gelatt and Katie Bittner stopped in studio to help preview the five-day La Crosse Adventure Film Festival, that begins Wednesday. Events are taking place at the Pump House, Mt. La Crosse and the Rivoli, featuring “powerful films, storytelling under the stars, inspiring women adventurers, trail cleanups, and opportunities to support our community.” Ticket pricing is below (buy here). Here’s a schedule breakdown: Wednesday, October 8: Wild Women Wednesday at Pump House Regional

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14:59

La Crosse superintendent Engel on retaining students...

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2025/10/07

School District of La Crosse superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins to discuss financial aid, State Road Elementary additions and the dilemma of retaining and growing the student body amid declining enrollment, a trend driven by falling birthrates. Before getting to any of that, however,we spoke about the fight over National Guard troops being sent to Portland and Chicago. Engel is a Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard, as well as the Deputy Commander of the Army Schoolhouse at Fort McCoy

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23:52

Previewing UW’s Dr. Eastman in La Crosse: dementia...

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2025/10/07

There's nothing quite like interviewing a dementia expert — and then forgetting your next question. Dr. Alexis Eastman, a geriatrician at the University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, joins to discuss dementia and ways to reduce its risk, ahead of herBadger Talk series at UW-La Crosse from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. All are welcome to attend and bring your own questions — but maybe write them down. Eastman serves as director of clinical operations for UW geriatrics

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26:37

Economist Hoffer on hundreds of millions Wisconsin...

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2025/10/03

Economist Adam Hoffer joins to fire Badgers football coach Luke Fickell and discuss just how many hundreds of millions of dollars Wisconsin is losing out on by not legalizing sports betting statewide. First, though, we discuss a La Crosse City Council proposal to spend around $600,000 to update the 2nd Street bike lanes. Hoffer is the director of excise tax — sin tax — policy at the Tax Foundation and a former sports economist at UW-La Crosse. His latest report outlines how much sports

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26:25

Could 83-year-old Tommy Thompson shake up the...

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2025/10/03

UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, on 83-year-old Tommy Thompson giving “serious consideration” to entering the Wisconsin governor’s race, allowing voters — not county boards or city councils — to vote on wheel taxes, and how it’s illegal to skateboard on Wisconsin streets, but the Legislature could change that. We started, though, with a bit of the politics surrounding the government shutdown and the fact that the Wisconsin Supreme

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7:39

Asst. Chief Bruno whipping up his Sicilian spaghetti...

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2025/10/03

The Pickwick Fire Rescue’s volunteer department is having its annual fundraiser Sunday, and assistant chief Bob Bruno is cooking up his mom’s Sicilianrecipe sauce. Bruno and EMT/firefighter Teri Market were in the WIZM studio to talk about what the funding for the Pickwick department goes towards. They also said the dinner is also a bit of a hangout session with some cribbage games and good conversations — but there is to-go dinners, too. And Bruno did say it was all you can eat

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9:22

Meet the horses of HorseSense at their biggest...

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2025/10/02

HorseSense, an organization dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals with and without disabilities through horseback riding and unmounted horsemanship program, has its biggest fundraiser of the year Saturday — the Fall Harvest Festival. Ashley Adams and Sam Harding from the nonprofit stopped in studio to tell us what HorseSense is all about and what to expect at Saturday’s fundraiser out near Coon Valley. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids and $30 for families. The highlight

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31:36

Archivist Scott Brouwer on library’s award-winning...

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2025/10/02

Revealing the seedy underbelly of La Crosse has been Scott Brouwer’s mission for over a decade. The La Crosse Public Library archivist stopped in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk to discuss the history of their series, Dark La Crosse Stories — ahead of a state award it’s receiving Monday from the Wisconsin Historical Society. We also tease the newest installment in the now YouTube-based series, called Still Trouble— about moonshine operations and bootlegging during

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28:00

La Crosse DA Gruenke on rise in gun crimes and...

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2025/10/02

La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke in studio discussing the rise in shootings and gun incidents, his upcoming Citizen Prosecution Academy — an interactive program giving residents a closer look at the criminal justice system — plus a look at felonies and drug crimes here. We began the show discussing gun-related activity in La Crosse County, including several road rage incidents and how there’s a rise in situations with teens — that were simply fights in the past

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26:52

UW’s Steve Ackerman on the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy,...

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2025/10/01

As the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking approaches, UW-Madison Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Dr. Steve Ackerman joined to preview his upcoming Badger Talk in La Crosse on the mysterious tragedy and the song behind it. Ackerman, a longtime weather and climate researcher and former director of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, will speak at 10 a.m. Monday at the Main Street Library. On the show, we discuss some of the

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27:13

La Crosse County Dem chair Garcia on 2026 elections,...

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2025/10/01

William Garcia, La Crosse County Democratic Party co-chair, in studio discussing the 2026 election season, including the Democratic primary for the U.S. House and campaign fundraising challenges. We also took a break from politics to rant about the new Tron movie. Started the show discussing the recent dropout of Democratic candidate Laura Benjamin from the 3rd District U.S. House race, the hurdles non-incumbent candidates face raising money, and why he opposes party endorsements in primary

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25:22

County Board Chair Tryggestad on $10M opioid...

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2025/09/30

La Crosse County Board chair Tina Tryggestad in studio reviewing the September meeting, including $1 marijuana possession fines, $10 million opioid settlement funds, selling the 111 acres of county farmland, and road funding. We started the show discussing the 2026 budget before moving into the marijuana ordinance change process. The county board will review the change over two meetings and is likely to vote on the $1 fine for 25 grams or less in October. Regarding the opioid settlement money,

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12:23

La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on $2.3...

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2025/09/29

La Crosse School superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel joined to discuss how the district’s $2.3 million budget deficit, school funding and how it gets involved in the Wisconsin governor’s race. Began the show, though, highlighting the district’s marching bands that took part in the Oktoberfest parades last week — four in the Maple Leaf and another three in the Torchlight. After that, we also discussed how teachers’ roles have expanded the past few decades with their

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25:58

UW-L's Chergosky on when La Crosse wanted to change...

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2025/09/26

The year the city of La Crosse wanted to change the drinking age for a weekend. That was one of three topics discussed with UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky. We also hit on taxpayer money for state lawmaker home and personal security — a reaction from the Charlie Kirk assassination. Lastly, we talked about how huge La Crosse’s Maple Leaf Parade is, compared to the rest of the U.S. But first, the year 1966 and a rowdy Oktoberfest weekend — that

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12:43

La Crosse Education Association president Schams on...

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2025/09/26

La Crosse Education Association president — the teachers’ union president — Jill Schams joined Monday, as we discussed the expanding role of the teacher and the marching bands playing in a parade of 120,000. Began the show, though, talking quick about kids having to walk or wait for the bus in the pouring rain and we hit on “The Ark” game, between Logan and Central — the 98th time the teams have met to win the “Ark of Victory.See omnystudio.com/listener for

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