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3 days ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
There’s just one public well remaining on La Crosse’s French Island, but not for much longer. Well 26-H was taken offline after PFAS “forever” chemicals were found in the well water four years ago. The water contamination has been blamed on firefighting chemicals used for years at the La Crosse Regional Airport. Monday, the city’s board of public works voted to remove the pipes and equipment from the well building near the airport.
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3 days ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
One La Crosse School Board member calls it “sticker shock.” On Monday night, the school board accepted a low bid of about $1.5 million for renovations at Central High School, from among three bids submitted. A few months ago, the cost of the project had been estimated at around just one million dollars. But school superintendent Aaron Engel says the costs of building schools or additions have been going up lately.
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3 days ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
The Franciscan nuns of La Crosse may have been related to Pope Francis primarily by name, but some of the sisters do feel a kinship with the late leader of their church. Preparations are being made in Rome for the funeral of the Latin American Pope who took the name Francis 12 years ago. When he was born in 1936, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in La Crosse had already been in existence for decades, since the late 19th century.
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4 days ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
Did you get any greeting cards from friends and family for Easter? Or did you send any yourself? President Donald Trump gets into the spirit during major holidays. He posted a message online saying ‘Happy Easter to all,’ but he didn’t stop there. The president followed with comments about people he doesn’t like. Such as, in his words, “Radical Left Lunatics,” who he says have been ‘scheming’ murderers and gang members to America.
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4 days ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
We don’t know yet how many people may have flown through the La Crosse airport for Easter and spring break travel, but the numbers are encouraging compared to last year. The airport’s latest figures on passengers taking scheduled flights in and out of La Crosse show 3579 riders during March of this year, nearly 40 per cent above the total from last March.
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5 days ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
For the second time this month, crowds of demonstrators lined up at the intersection of Losey Boulevard and State Road in La Crosse on Saturday, in a protest against policies of the Trump White House. The same intersection, at the Village Shopping Center and the former K-Mart property, also drew hundreds of people with signs and banners on April 5th, which was called the “Hands Off” protest.
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5 days ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
For the second time this month, crowds of demonstrators lined up at the intersection of Losey Boulevard and State Road in La Crosse on Saturday, in a protest against policies of the Trump White House. The same intersection, at the Village Shopping Center and the former K-Mart property, also drew hundreds of people with signs and banners on April 5th, which was called the “Hands Off” protest.
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6 days ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
Filling your gas tank for the holiday weekend may be a little cheaper outside the city of La Crosse, than in town. The Gas Buddy website shows stations in Onalaska and West Salem selling regular for $2.94 per gallon, compared to just over $3 in La Crosse. Across the river, gas in La Crescent also sells for a little above the 3-dollar mark. The lowest price in the state so far this weekend is $2.65 per gallon, found mainly in the Milwaukee area.
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6 days ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
Catholics from the La Crosse area gathered during the noon hour Friday at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral, for a traditional mass recognizing the crucifixion of Jesus. It was one of three cathedral services planned by the Diocese of La Crosse to mark the holy weekend, along with masses for Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday. Bishop Gerard Battersby is presiding over his first Easter Week celebrations after being installed as leader of the La Crosse Diocese last May.
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1 week ago | 
wizmnews.com | Brad Williams
On April 8th and 9th of 1973, La Crosse saw one of its biggest snowstorms on record to that time. The 16-inch total easily beat the previous record for April snow in the city, set 21 years earlier. Only two other storms delivered more snow to La Crosse…in 1959 and 1971. The total of 17 inches for the entire month stood as an April record for more than 40 years, until the city got 19 inches of snow in April of 2018. Surprisingly, the forecast had called for light snow or rain.
