In March of 1969, the Apollo 9 mission was the first space flight to test the lunar module...
A lot of questions about county roads and the spending to repair them. County Rep Steve Doyle stopped in the WIZM studio. {mp3}29767{/mp3}
Segment 2 of the Steve Doyle interview {mp3}29768{/mp3}
Like many communities, La Crosse has a problem with binge drinking. But a proposal to be debated by the La Crosse city council designed to prevent...
In 1968, the voting age was still 21, so many people attending college were not old enough to vote in the real presidential race. But Time...
The Minnesota Department of Highways announced in 1958 that a bridge for the proposed La Crosse to Sioux Falls interstate was to be...
In 1970, the university publicized plans to develop green space on campus between 16th Street and the football stadium. The proposed pedestrian mall would pass by...
In 1967, baseball fans in the Badger State had no major league franchise to call their own, after the Braves moved to Atlanta. For a few...
Wisconsin’s open meetings laws are pretty clear. Basically, they insist that the people’s business be done in a public forum. But some of our elected representatives...
Politicians like to take credit for creating jobs. But how many jobs do they really create? Not nearly as many as they claim. There is little...
Wisconsin has taken a variety of approaches to the lottery. Lawmakers were reticent to legalize games of chance years ago, but have come to rely on...
Jared Holter from Onalaska talks about “Our” Park {mp3}29713{/mp3}
It is a seed that has really started to germinate. The Farm to School program in Wisconsin has continued to grow since its inception. The program...
In early 1966, Wisconsin was one of five states being considered as a site for an underground atom-smashing facility, designed to force atoms to...
Governor Walker likes to boast that he is tough on crime. He famously refuses to issue pardons to inmates, no matter their circumstances. Now Walker wants...
Fifty-four years ago, La Crosse had a primary for the April city elections on the first week of March....
In 1987, the La Crosse School Board debated whether to ban Sunday sports practices and school activities. Board members also had concerns about Wednesdays, because of...
It is getting hard to know what to believe. We often hear people make accusations, even unsubstantiated ones, even unbelievable ones, and we can dismiss them...
Remember waking up on a snowy weekday morning, hoping Mother Nature would cause school to be canceled? It is not uncommon in our part of the...
Do you play the lottery? Would you play more if you saw or heard more advertisements encouraging you to play? That is the hope of Wisconsin...