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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Moderate Democrat David Crowley won the Wisconsin primary for governor, defeating a democratic socialist who fell short of trying to deliver another win for progressives in a battleground state. Crowley, who is vying to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor, pitched himself as the candidate best positioned to win in November against Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who is endorsed by President Donald Trump. Crowley narrowly defeated democratic socialist Francesca Hong, who was hoping to ride the wave of recent victories by progressive candidates, including Abdul El-Sayed in neighboring Michigan’s U.S. Senate race last week. His win was the movement’s first major success in a purple state. It also fed fears in the party’s leaders that such candidates, farther afield and often carrying political baggage of past stances such as defunding the police, would struggle to beat Republicans and imperil the party’s hopes of recapturing control of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House. Crowley didn’t address supporters Tuesday night but was expected at a unity event later Wednesday. Hong’s loss in Wisconsin may have doused the momentum, but it’s far from snuffing it out. A democratic socialist coming close to victory in a battleground state sends a clear message: There’s unignorable angst among the party’s voters. “We have built something that will change politics forever,” Hong told supporters as the outcome of the race hung in the balance late Tuesday. “The work we have done will be remembered forever. I know we don’t have the final results right now, but what I do know is we are ready to keep fighting.” She did not immediately return a message sent early Wednesday morning asking if she would seek a recount. Sanders and other top progressives stayed out of the Wisconsin race Progressives had wanted to notch a clear win, but national progressive leaders, most notably Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, sat out the race and did not endorse. The movement is not entirely aligned. Not all candidates are democratic socialists or have endorsements from Sanders, but they are often tilling similar voter anger with politics and the party: over military aid to Israel, the amount of money wielded in campaigns, the Trump administration’s immigration… [TheTopNews] Read More.

A development agreement to replace the old Kmart on State Road with a complex called Copper Rocks apparently will be delayed for another month. The city’s Economic and Community Development Commission (ECDC) was scheduled to meet Wednesday to consider a tentative agreement with Three Sixty Real Estate Solutions on building housing and businesses on the Kmart site. La Crosse city clerk Nikki Elsen, however, told WIZM News that the meeting was called off and the agreement plan will be discussed again in September. The Kmart at Losey Boulevard and State Road closed nine years ago, in 2017. Three Sixty said the earliest that new development could happen on the lot is around May of next year. CEO Marvin Wanders talked about the development project on WIZM last month (listen here). The Copper Rocks proposal for apartment buildings has been on the drawing board for several years. It would take about two to three months to complete a formal agreement between City Hall and the developers. The post Tentative agreement between La Crosse and old Kmart lot developer put on hold appeared first on WIZM 92.3FM 106.7FM 1410AM. [TheTopNews] Read More.

A proposed remodel of the La Crosse County jail that could cost around $10 million may depend on a vote by county board members next week. On Monday night, the board reviewed design plans for the jail interior, which could provide new spaces for prisoners who are struggling with mental illness. County administrator Jane Klekamp says some of those inmates need more privacy than they get in the existing jail, originally built in the 1990s. “We talked about what we could be doing differently in the jail to help manage the higher levels of people incarcerated” who have serious mental health problems, Klekamp told county supervisors. “This, we believe, will help manage some of that.” Klekamp and Sheriff John Siegel discussed proposals for redeveloping parts of the jail, specifically for inmates with mental health problems. Klekamp said the remodeling could cost about $10 million, with the contract for redesign estimated to cost just over $1 million. The proposal could give some prisoners with special needs more access to jail programming and sunlight. Female inmates could be moved to a different part of the jail under the plan. The design contract with local companies may be put to a vote on Aug. 20. The post $10 million in La Crosse County jail renovations could be voted on later this month appeared first on WIZM 92.3FM 106.7FM 1410AM. [TheTopNews] Read More.

Polls close at 8 p.m. for today’s races. We will begin to post results from those contests as soon as they start coming in. Note: Ballots were printed and sent out before some candidates for Wisconsin governor dropped out of the race. They may still receive votes. Unless noted, all results are not final. Wisconsin 3rd Congressional District-Democrat Emily Berge34889Rebecca Cooke-x51814 x-winner Wisconsin Governor-Democrat Mandela Barnes28125Joel Brennan34306David Crowley295052Francesca Hong292206Missy Hughes2999Sara Rodriguez29295Kelda Roys26162 Wisconsin Governor-Republican Andy Manske21170Tom Tiffany-x445858 x-declared winner Wisconsin Lt. Governor-Republican Will Martin182723David Varnam-x226546 x-winner Wisconsin Secretary of State-Republican Brayden Myer51021Nate Pollnow104240Jay Schroeder-x191477Cindy Werner58425 x-declared winner Wisconsin State Treasurer-Democrat Dylan Ray Helmenstine264976Yee Leng Xiong353785 Monroe County Sheriff-Republican Mike Krause1970Chris Weaver1001 Trempealeau County Clerk of Circuit Court Leni Nilsestuen1411Jessica Schue2020 Trempealeau County Sheriff Erica Koxlien (inc.)1848Wayne Dahl1253Kent Johnson810 G-E-T School District Referendum $44M for capital maintenance, safety, accessibility YES1074NO1064 Minnesota Governor-Republican Loner Blue and Andrew Maass1211Lisa Demuth and Ryan Wilson159538Raul Estrada and Joe Kincaid2107John Krhin and Dennis Conn4039Mike Lindell and Phillip Parrish116410Ross Nova and Kerry Busby2363Kendall Qualls and Brian Nicholson78229 Minnesota Governor-DFL Thomas Evenstad and Jason Haarsager3435Bill Gates J.R. and Leah Harris3018Amy Klobuchar and Ben Schierer-x550416Kobey Layne and Paul Ference36107Ole “Viking” Savior and Ashley “Skol” Johnson4949Po Vang and Mark Frascone7900Mohammad Wazwaz and Murad Alshlool8762 x-winner U.S. Senator-Minnesota-Republican Bob “Again” Carney, Jr.4906Cynthia Gail5164Ahmad Hassan1495Joyce Lacey6453Patrick Munro6065Adam Schwarze85313Michele Tafoya-x188525Tom Weiler20942Royce White39361 x-winner U.S. Senator-Minnesota-DFL Kurt Michael Anderson3974Angie Craig248348Peggie Flanagan367761George Kalberer1851Peter John Murgic1453Billy Nord2598 Minnesota 1st Congressional District-Republican Brad Finstad (inc.)29109Gregory Goetzman1619Oliver Morlan1481 Minnesota 1st Congressional District-DFL Alex Eaton5515Jake Johnson22322 Minnesota Attorney General-DFL Keith Ellison (inc.)-x513689David Madgett93222 x-winner Minnesota Secretary of State-Republican Tad Jude202882Wendy Phillips130736 Minnesota State Auditor-Republican Will Finn23827Nate George89409Scott Jensen227837 The post August 11 Election Results appeared first on WIZM 92.3FM 106.7FM 1410AM. [TheTopNews] Read More.

While the race to represent the Democratic Party for Wisconsin governor is still up in the air, here is how La Crosse County voted in the primary. Voter turnout in the county was around 37.8%. In the 3rd District for US House, Rebecca Cooke got 59.1% of county votes, while Emily Berge received 40.8%. Cooke won statewide with about 55.2% of the vote to 44.8% for Berge. In the governor’s race, La Crosse went 41.7% to Francesca Hong in the Democratic primary, while second-place went to David Crowley at 32.4% — 7,898 to 6,137. That race overall is still too close to call. Sara Rodriguez, Missy Hughes and Mandela Barnes — candidates who dropped out of the race early but were still on the ballot — received just 1.1% of the vote combined in the county. In the other contested Democratic primary, Yee Leng Xiong defeated Dylan Helmenstine for state treasurer with 62% of the vote to 36.6%. Statewide, Xiong won with 56.8%. In contested races on the Republican side, lieutenant governor went to David Varnam with 61.1% over Will Martin at 39.6%. Varnam won statewide with about 53.6% of the vote. And in the Secretary of State race, Jay Schroeder won in La Crosse with 43.2%, while he took the four-person race statewide at 46%. The post Here’s how La Crosse County voted in the primary appeared first on WIZM 92.3FM 106.7FM 1410AM. [TheTopNews] Read More.