1410 WIZM - La Crosse's News Station

12/26/2025

Oshkosh and Green Bay already have working refrigerators in public places for community use.

If you’ve seen “little food pantries” in La Crosse and other cities, where food items are provided free to the public, get ready for the possibility of bigger free pantries…such as, refrigerators. A proposal to be reviewed by a city council committee in January would allow working refrigerat...

12/25/2025

Drizzle and freezing drizzle will spread into the area this evening. With temperatures still below freezing in central and western Wisconsin, untreated roads and other surfaces along and north of I-94 will be slick through early Friday morning. Please exercise caution and drive slow if you encounter any slick roads tonight.

12/25/2025

A family in the Cataract area is forced from their home in a fire early Christmas eve. Details below. 🔽

12/25/2025

REMINDER: We are open 5-9pm tonight.

Marry Christmas!

Volunteers tonight are from the Pat Stephens Family and Friends. Food donations tonight go to WAFER.

Be sure to check out the last night of the Live Nativity tonight!

Carriage LLC will be offering carriage rides tonight. Cost is $25/couple or $40/load (approx 4 adults).

12/25/2025

From our firehouse to your home, we wish everyone celebrating Christmas a season full of hope, kindness, and togetherness. Stay safe and enjoy the holidays.

12/25/2025

On behalf of the City of La Crosse, I extend warm wishes for a peaceful and joyful holiday season. May this time bring reflection, connection, and hope as we look ahead to the new year.

12/25/2025

Pope Leo XIV, during his first Christmas Day message, has urged the faithful to shed indifference toward those who are suffering.

Pope Leo XIV, during his first Christmas Day message, has urged the faithful to shed indifference toward those who are suffering.

12/24/2025

Low level of snow-covered ground at Christmas follows more snowy Thanksgiving in region.

La Crosse is getting a “sort of” White Christmas this year. Climate experts have issued a map showing most of the La Crosse area with less than 4 inches of snow on the ground, as of Tuesday. One small area of snow at 4 inches is near Sparta. Snow depth is heavier near Wausau, and […]

12/24/2025

Missy Hughes on why she's running for Wisconsin governor. The Viroqua native joined La Crosse County Democratic Party co-chair William Garcia on the Democratic Voice podcast.

Viroqua native Missy Hughes joined the Democratic Voice podcast, with La Crosse County Democratic Party chair William Garcia and WIZM’s Rick Solem, to discuss why she’s running for governor of Wisconsin. The Democrat discusses what sets her apart from the dozen candidates running on both sides, ...

12/24/2025

Police and fire departments, dispatchers, and other emergency responders in southeast Minnesota joined forces to spread some holiday cheer this week. Details below. ⬇️

12/24/2025

With Tyson Foods closing in Nebraska, 3,200 people will lose their jobs, after the plant was in operation more than two decades. ...

LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — On a frigid day after Mass at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in rural Nebraska, worshippers shuffled into the basement and sat on folding chairs, their faces barely masking the fear gripping their town. A pall hung over the room just as it hung over the holiday season in Lexing...

12/24/2025

You'd need a big stocking to stuff this prize into if you beat the odds and won. The story below. ⬇️