La Crosse Talk PM WIZM

Talked about the new sulfide copper-nickel mine going up near Minnesota's Boundary Waters, owned by a Chilean company. Brought WKTY's Grant Bilse on to talk Badgers volleyball in National Championship, plus Bucks-Lakers of course. Capped off the show arguing about minimum wage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Viterbo political science professor, Dr. Keith Knutson in studio, talking Trump's impeachment, Ron Kind and Bucks-Lakers? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Asked ya'll to ruin Christmas in four words and got some great responses. Also talked a bit about Star Wars, as it's set to open Thursday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked about the death of the box store, the rise of online shopping and how we're still good with leaving our packages on the doorstep for anyone to take. Also hit on the police ordinance that you can't leave your keys in your car. And, an impeachment rally at Cameron Park.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Couple people called in early, calling about tax bills they received in the mail today in La Crosse. Happy about that. Also got into Trump impeachment and did you know female reindeer have antlers?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Impeachment, investigating the investigators, according to the callers, it's all a witch hunt but that's now how Viterbo University political science professor Keith Knutson sees it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat joined and this is what we talked about: Climate, being in DC during the impeachment, La Crosse Center expansion groundbreaking on Friday the 13th during a full moon, and if he's going to do a sledgehammer photo op., La Crosse taxes coming soon, and building new firestations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I rant about my broken wash machine and jumping through warranty hoops. After that, Brad Williams joined me to talk about La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat's hearing in DC on climate. Lastly, right before the show, we got a hold of the UWL chancellor Joe Gow's latter about the art professor caught up in a sexual misconduct allegation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Always fun hoping my 1978 Wheel Horse snowblower starts. It did, eventually today. Also talked Mayor Tim Kabat at Climate Change committee meeting in DC, electric cars, the National Guard sexual misconduct resignation. Eric from Sparta called and brought up Red Flag laws for no reason and his interpretation of them is, well, incorrect.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justin Bieber Christmas or Andy Williams? Aside from that, we talked about Wisconsin's new "fix the roads" commission and closed with La Crosse's ending Winter Rec Fest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked a bit about those commercials with the 100 mph side effects -- like the Micro Machines guy back in the day. Also hit on UW-La Crosse's moving toward a new $49-million track/soccer facility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talked Obama, Hillary, oh and even Donald Trump and all that surrounds the impeachment with Viterbo University political science prof. Dr. Keith Knutson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yesterday it was Waukesha, today it was in Oshkosh, where police were forced to shoot a student. Sparta also had a gun scare. There have been eight incidences in Wisconsin over gun fears in schools the past three days.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A smooth back-and-forth transition from talking about Cyber Monday and the school shooting incident that happened in Wisconsin today. Do you feel these things are getting closer to home?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Black Friday trickling into Thanksgiving, and our state government passing things like lemonade stand legislation, perhaps it should do something more important, like help workers who have to leave family on a holiday to sell retail. Also, Eric from Sparta, the rare good call! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La Crosse Police got a big check from 95.7 The Rock for over $15,000 to fund a new K9 officer. Police are also allowing you to pay for parking tickets with donations -- because they hit their budget? And Ron Johnson said some things about the impeachment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mayo dietitian Roni Londre joined us to talk about how we battle the holidays when it comes to eating and drinking.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The aftermath of talking about the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry.  But, also talked about how volleyball courts, not tennis courts, would suit La Crosse's needs, as the city looks to build on the south side. Giannis had another triple-double but not as sweet as Shaq's back in 1993. And, Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that very much needed to be vetoed, dealing with violent sex offenders. Why are we trying to let them live closer to schools?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political Science professor, Dr. Keith Knutson, in studio talking the Trump impeachment inquiry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hit a bunch of topics: Bucks new "Cream City" jerseys, South Dakota's anti-drug campaign: "Meth, we're on it." ... Gov. Tony Evers not releasing emails, and the DNR asking deer hunters to shoot feral pigs (won't that scare away deer?), and the Wisconsin National Guard whistleblower being discharged for calling out sexual assaults. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Told a quick story about Pandas being shipped to China from the US and La Crosse's alternate-side parking ticket situation.But spent the rest of the show talking about health insurance, health care, and how we need to get to a place where nobody has to think about it. They just have to think about getting healthy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked mostly about the guy in La Crosse who called 911 and said to police, "“There is a bomb in your building. Every officer will die. You’re all dead,” La Crosse man told police on 911 call," and was arrested shortly thereafter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

La Crosse PD Sgt. Steve Pataska came in studio to talk everything surround a police K9. The La Crosse PD is adding a fifth K9 to its unit and being totally funded by 95.7 The Rock with the help of the community. You'll hear Steve and Brian Simpson with The Rock to open the show. If you want to help out, go to https://www.957therock.com/k9campaign/. You can meet the K9s Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 6-9 a.m. at the southside Walmart, La Crosse Menards or La Crosse Center.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Viterbo political science prof., Dr. Keith Knutson dropped by the studio to talk and take calls on the ongoing Donald Trump impeachment inquiry, that's now gone to the public. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another story today, out of Minnesota, where school staff are publicly shaming students over lunch debt, sparked most of the conversation. Also mentioned how a group in La Crosse called the Beer By Bike Brigade, is fighting lunch debt here, and setting up a talk on Dec. 9 about child hunger.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President of Firefighters Credit Union, Bruce Zmolek was nice enough to spend the hour with us. Along with some help to callers and advice to saving and getting out of debt, we hit on the three biggest problems people have with debt: 1. Student Loan Debt, 2. Credit Card debt, 3. Automobile debt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mayor Tim Kabat joined us. We talked the city capital budget, house assessments, picking up leaves vs. decorating downtown and the inability of our state government -- with its infighting -- to get things done, that city governments are held accountable for.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A free-for-all, sports Friday. Wrapping up HS football season, Rick told a story about the Klug brothers of Caledonia, as the school looks at win No. 66 in a row. Also, talked about the whistleblower in the Wisconsin National Guard possibly being discharged for calling out sexual assaults?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the Wisconsin state government is being rude to each other via party lines, a woman called in and said Rick was rude to Eric from Sparta. You be the judge. There is a whole show, however, talking about the petty politics Democrats and Republicans are waging against each other. How pathetic are they being?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Along with weather, leaf pickup, snow fines for not shoveling, also talked about how legislation in the state government only seems to be passing to punish citizens, instead of helping. More punishment for drunk drivers - check. More help for homeless? Nah. Oh, and the government feels the need to consider legislation to make CURSIVE mandatory in school.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spent the first half of the show talking about the feud between the Wisconsin GOP and Gov. Tony Evers over the firing of La Crosse County native Brad Pfaff as ag secretary. Also got into, a bit, the story on WIZMNews.com about the city not putting up Christmas decorations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spent most of the show on going back to "standard time" and it being dark out when you go to work and when you come home. Also, talked about the murder that happened in La Crosse on Saturday night.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We went from breaking down the HS football playoff picture to the aftermath of having a left-leaning political scientist on yesterday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Viterbo political scientist joined a raging debate on issues surrounding a potential impeachment of President Donald Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off the show with Brad Williams' update on the Eric Sackett murder trail. After that, we talked how Coors is laying off workers because of a decline in beer sales. Why would that be? And, also, Wisconsin GOP Assembly leader Robin Vos says climate change is "probably" real but a task force about it is politics. Huh?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Common Cause Wisconsin's Jay Heck enlightens us on how North Carolina judges have ordered Republicans to redraw legislative maps might impact Wisconsin. Before that, however, Brad Williams stopped by to give a Day 7 Eric Sackett murder trial update.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sprinkled into the Erik Sackett murder trial talk, where multiple people called and texted in their thoughts, Rick talks about strange jobs he had growing up (as did Main Street guy and No. 3).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked about the Bucks season-opener a bit and how spoiled we are in Wisconsin to have some of the best of the best on every team (Rodgers, Giannis, Yelich, Taylor). Also talked about a La Crosse museum -- where should it go, what should go in it. And, again, we discussed why the La Crosse County Board should give itself a big raise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're gonna burn out Brad Williams. He's been covering the Erik Sackett murder trial all week. Update there, as well as the County Board Executive Committee meeting on giving the board big raises. Rick also shared another adventure of "Rick and Mom tackle a big house project and try not to destroy everything."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Longtime La Crosse County Board member Ralph Geary joined me right off the bat to talk about a resolution he didn't know about, where a board executive committee will vote on giving its self about a 100% raise. Also, Brad Williams updated us on the Eric Sackett murder trial in town.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mayo Clinic dietician Romi Londres joined me in studio to talk about the new BK "Impossible" Whopper, if it's healthier than a regular Whopper. We also hit on a number of other things from diet fads, to healthier options for fake meat and whether milk, coffee and eggs are good for you.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Brad updates us on the Erik Sackett murder trial, we talk how the government is gonna take our guns and then we won't be able to overthrow it. Or something like that.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talked a lot about the video on WIZMnews.com, showing what a new La Crosse Center might look like after its $42 million renovations. Eric from Sparta called in. It was awkward and sad. Tremp. Tom called in and said something about Donald Trump, the best ever, and "common sense" leadership ... that too was awkward to hear.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wisconsin's state legislature meets just a few times a year but is paid like a full-time legislative body. Talking with @TheBadgerProject managing editor Peter Cameron about his story on Wisconsin's state government. Find his story here: https://thebadgerproject.org/2019/09/16/full-time-lite/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spent the first half of the show talking about a 57-year-old Onalaska man arrested for his 9th OWI and how to solve drunk driving, alcoholism. The second half of the show, talked about the $42-million La Crosse Center expansion (open house Oct. 17), as well as voters being purged in Wisconsin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A whirlwind of topics today. Did you see the pics from the truck that jumped into the roof of a house? Or the story of a S. Florida dog lost in 2007 and found on Monday? We hit that, the GOP curtailing Gov. Evers' veto powers, UW-Madison and sexual assault, Hmong, Lau vets hopefully getting veteran benefits. Phew. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Should we erase Columbus Day from our calendars across the U.S.?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rick shares his tragic HS football career. Drew updates us on the final two weeks of WIAA football's regular season for the MVC. Eric from Sparta calls in, talks of how he hates the show, signs off, "I appreciate the show." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He's been on the job about two weeks. We hit everything from body cams, police shootings to the judges and, of course, Hatched Baby.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Right away, WIZM's Brad Williams updates on Ronald Crosby Jr. in court Wednesday. Then, WKTY's morning show host, David Carney, joins to talk the China-NBA controversy, but we really get into the meaning of the word Communism vs. Authoritarianism, free speech, tariffs and human rights. Not to mention video games and South Park. What? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.