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- LISTEN: La Crosse city clerk Elsen on huge turnout with mayor, council and Supreme Court on ballot â...
WIZMnews.com It wasn’t quite an April record, but voter turnout in La Crosse had city clerk Nikki Elsen getting a little nervous about having to turn to paper ballots. “We’re never going to run out (of ballots), where we’re going to turn people away,” Elsen told WIZM, as she was wrapping up a 17-hour day that started around 6 a.m. and finished near midnight. “But it might have turned to, ‘You’re going to vote on a paper ballot,’ and we’re going to have to hand count these the old fashioned way.” La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska). Find all the podcasts here or subscribe to La Crosse Talk wherever you get your podcasts. With the mayor’s race, half the city council and a state Supreme Court seat… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.16 hours ago - Wisconsin can’t be bought, not even with Happy Gilmore-style, oversized $1 million checksWIZMnews.com Don’t wear a cheesehead, unless you can name the Packers last three quarterbacks. Laughable right? Who couldn’t name the last three QBs in Green Bay? Probably the world’s richest man. He’s still the world’s richest man, right? Wisconsin voters told Elon Musk yesterday, they couldn’t be bought — even when he was giving away $1 million, Happy Gilmore-style, oversized checks. Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford in overwhelming fashion, telling Elon Schimel, er, Brad Schimel and, perhaps, more notably President Elon Musk and Vice President Donald Trump, “not in our state.” Musk spent $21 million trying to beat Crawford, and was in Green Bay of all places, last weekend handing out two $1 million checks. By 8 p.m., the Decision Desk HQ had already called the race for Crawford, who was up 10 points, with only 82% of the vote in. In La Crosse County, the message from voters was… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.16 hours ago
- La Crosse School Board sees incumbent, two newcomers win on TuesdayWIZMnews.com The lone incumbent member of the La Crosse School Board won re-election on Tuesday along with two other candidates. Merideth Garcia returns to the board for a second term along with first-time member Molly Fuchs and returning board member Jeff Jackson. Jackson won a special election to the board for a one year term in 2023. Due to work commitments, he was unable to run again at that time. They defeated the three other candidates on the ballot-Joy Buchman, Adam Hoffer, and Kevin Hundt. In mid-March, Hundt announced he was dropping out of the race. With less than three weeks until the election, there wasn’t time to take his name off the ballot for April 1. The three winning candidates all received endorsements earlier from the La Crosse County Democratic Party. The new board will tackle several issues involving consolidating of schools, building additions, and… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.22 hours ago
- Veenstra proud to take over La Crosse County judicial seat, as Ramona Gonzalez set to retireWIZMnews.com He’s taking over for a legend. Joe Veenstra won Tuesday in the election for judge of La Crosse County Circuit Court Branch 1. Veenstra takes over for Ramona Gonzalez, who was both the first woman and first minority elected to the bench in La Crosse County. She wraps up in August, a career that began in April of 1995. “I just appreciate her and what she’s done,” Veenstra told WIZM on Tuesday night. “She’s really a legend locally, and a great person. She’s actually known statewide for a lot of the things she’s done. I’m really proud to take over the branch that she’s held for 30 years, almost.” Veenstra defeated Eric Sanford by 4.21% out of 38,898 votes. Veenstra won 20,161-18,525. His term begins in August. Also on the ballot, were Judges Elliott Levine and Scott Horne, who both ran unopposed in Brach 2 and Branch 4, respectively.… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.22 hours ago
- LISTEN: Veenstra proud to take over La Crosse County judicial seat, as Ramona Gonzalez set to retireWIZMnews.com He’s taking over for a legend. Joe Veenstra won Tuesday in the election for judge of La Crosse County Circuit Court Branch 1. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska). Find all the podcasts here or subscribe to La Crosse Talk wherever you get your podcasts. Veenstra takes over for Ramona Gonzalez, who was both the first woman and first minority elected to the bench in La Crosse County. She wraps up in August, a career that began in April of 1995. “I just appreciate her and what she’s done,” Veenstra told WIZM on Tuesday night. “She’s really a legend locally, and a great person. She’s actually known statewide for a lot of the things she’s done. I’m really proud to take over the branch that she’s… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.22 hours ago
- New faces for La Crosse’s Common Council after election dayWIZMnews.com Besides a new mayor at city hall, there’ll also be some new faces on the Common Council representing their respective districts. On Tuesday, three incumbents lost their seats on the council. In District 7, Mac Kiel was looking for a second term on the council. She lost to Gary Padesky, a former council member himself. Padesky had previously served six years on the council. Another incumbent seeking another term, Chris Woodard, who represented District 9, lost to first time candidate Aron Newberry. A member since 2011, Doug Happel was defeated by Lisa Weston in the District 12 race. There were two other competitive council races on Tuesday. Former City Council President Martin Gaul came up short in his bid to return to City Hall. He was defeated by Crystal Bedford in the District 11 contest. Rosanne Northwood beat Paul Brown for the… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.23 hours ago
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