WIZM - La Crosse Talk Interviews

Dec 10 2024 1551 ep. 7 mins
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WIZM's LaCrosse Talk. News and talk about the issues of the day for Western Wisconsin.

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Updates on Homeless, police-crisis response unit, civilian review board with La Crosse County admin. Klekamp

Dec 10 2024 26 mins  
La Crosse County administrator, Jane Klekamp, in studio with an update on the homeless plan, how the co-response unit has done this year — pairing police and crisis responders — where the civilian review board is at and how county taxes compare to the rest of the state. We started the show, though, talking quick about how the city is studying have an administrator &mdas

La Crosse Schools superintendent Engel on good and bad of Act 10, school day start changes

Dec 10 2024 14 mins  
La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joined to discuss the good and bad after Act 10, new school start times, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ budget listening session and some of the more interesting field trip proposals he’s experienced. Also, proposed an idea to Engel that San Diego State’s women’s basketball is doing — having local elementa

Explaining going from 50 degrees to below zero in three days with the National Weather's Ricciotti

Dec 09 2024 8 mins  
National Weather Service - La Crosse forecaster Joseph Ricciotti explaining how we get a 50-degree weekend, while temps are about to drop to below zero. Ricciotti also talked about the potential for snow on Wednesday but steered well clear of trying to predict a white Christmas. Lastly, we hit on new terminology the National Weather Service is using when it comes to cold weather.

Holmen YMCA update, remembering Mike Hayes with La Crosse Y CEO Bill Soper

Dec 05 2024 13 mins  
Bill Soper, the president of the La Crosse Area YMCAs, joins to reminisce a bit about doing segments for 30 years with Mike Hayes, who passed away last week. We also got a bit of an update on a future YMCA in Holmen, plus how the La Crosse YMCAs have evolved to more than just a place to work out over Soper's time here. Coming up soon at the La Crosse Area YMCAs, Soper talks about t

Principal of Fun has to be the best job in La Crosse

Dec 05 2024 14 mins  
Drea Higgins, the associate director at the Children's Museum of La Crosse joins to chat about what's happening this month, including a big traditional celebration they do each New Year's Eve — at noon, because they're kids. We also got into some of the special programming that goes on at the children's museum and that's where Higgins introduces us to what must be the best job in

Viterbo volleyball coach Ryan DeLong as team continues in tourney

Dec 04 2024 13 mins  
Longtime Viterbo volleyball coach Ryan DeLong joined WIZM's La Crosse Talk, as his team continues in the NAIA tournament. We discuss volleyball in the area, the expectations — perhaps unfairly — put on the 15th-ranked V-Hawks to seemingly always qualify for the postseason and how they got here this time around. This is DeLong's 20th year at Viterbo, which moved to a new confere

UW-La Crosse football coach Janus on playoff Round 2, ahead of Turkey Day

Nov 28 2024 9 mins  
UW-La Crosse football coach Matt Janus joined to talk a bit about Round 2 of the Division III playoffs Saturday, ahead of Thanksgiving. Janus and the No. 16 Eagles (7-3) face the third-ranked team in the country, unbeaten St. John's (10-0). That game can be heard on WKTY, beginning at 11:45 a.m. Saturday. Tune in on 96.7 FM / 580 AMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio

Wisconsin state Sen. Pfaff loves that canned cranberry jelly?

Nov 27 2024 27 mins  
The recall papers are being drawn as you read this, just days after Wisconsin state Sen. Brad Pfaff revealed to the La Crosse Talk audience that one of his favorite Thanksgiving Day foods is that canned cranberry jelly. With Pfaff, though, his first visit to the WIZM studio since winning reelection, we did talk some politics, including childcare and capping insulin costs. Along the

La Crosse teachers' union co-president Jill Schams on school start times, Thanksgiving foods

Nov 27 2024 15 mins  
La Crosse Education Association co-president Jill Schams joined La Crosse Talk on Monday to discuss what might change with the school district starting two weeks earlier, plus when to begin the school day and year-round school. We also had to talk best and worst foods on the Thanksgiving Day table. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La Crosse Community Thanksgiving Board president Vince Ristow

Nov 26 2024 5 mins  
Vince Ristow, president of the La Crosse Community Thanksgiving Board, joins, as they get set for the season. The event happens at the La Crosse Center. 2024 Event Schedule 10am: Doors open 10:30am: Thanksgiving non-denominational worship service 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. – Dinner’s available for dine-in, carry-out, delivery See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.