La Crosse Talk PM WIZM

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. Wh...

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...

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 inf...

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.