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8/2/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, August 2, 2012 - We take a look at the latest advances in treating Parkinson's disease and talk with Jason Aldred and Kent Grainger about the disease. We also talk with Cindy Killion about La Crosse's LGBT Resource Center and the financial struggles they've been having.
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7/26/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, July 26, 2012 - Matt Otto, a Resource Conservationist with the USDA discusses providing Driftless Area landowners with funding to support improvement projects. Then Jess Carstens, a wildlife biologist from the Wisconsin DNR about how cougars got to Wisconsin.
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7/19/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, July 19, 2012 - We look at the affects the summer drought has had on Wisconsin's agriculture and what farmers are doing to get by. Also, Will Seger, a long time explorer of Earth's polar regions, has first-hand knowledge of the impact of climate change.
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7/12/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, July 12, 2012 - Luther College professor Jim Martin-Schramm and Tom Thompson of Gundersen Lutheran College discuss environmental sustainability practices. In part two we look at Sustainable La Crosse, and their efforts to save engergy and reduce waste.
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7/5/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, July 5, 2012 - The first half of Newsmakers looks at the summer heat and how it has caused health-threatening situations for area residents and growing concerns about drought. The second half of Newsmakers looks at advances in La Crosse's stormwater utility project.
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6/28/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, June 28, 2012 - Newsmakers looks at the Salvation Army's Feed the Kids program. Also, we take a look at the La Crosse Promise, an economic development plan that would help ensure high school students from La Crosse have money for higher education.
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6/21/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, June 21, 2012 - Newsmakers takes a look at the efforts to restore the Hollywood Theater in downtown La Crosse. Also, we talk with Barbara Kooiman and Mike Keil about the state of historic preservation in the La Crosse area.
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6/14/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, June 14, 2012 - Newsmakers looks at the state of small businesses in Wisconsin, and talks with Sue Noble, executive director of the Vernon Economic Development Association.
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6/7/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, June 7, 2012 - What is the fallout from the June 5 recall elections? GOP Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch survived, but Democrats gained control of the Wisconsin Senate and now share power with Republicans who control the Assembly. UW-La Crosse political scientist Joe Heim, Democratic state Rep. Jill Billings of La Crosse, and La Crosse County Republican Party chair Julian Bradley join us for a panel discussion of what's next for Wisconsin politics.
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5/31/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, May 31, 2012 - A discussion about the growing food cooperative industry, and a recent lecture by Onalaska conservationist Marc Schultz about the question of "Who owns the water?".
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5/24/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, May 24, 2012 - It can be difficult for teenagers with disabilities to turn 18 and find themselves in a job or in college without the support system they've grown up with.
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5/17/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, May 17, 2012 - Newsmakers have reaction to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission's decision to approve the CapX2020 project that will expand power lines in western Wisconsin. And, the DNR awarded a $250,000 Brownfields grant to clean up the 12 acre Patros property near the Black Mississippi Rivers.
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5/10/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, May 10, 2012 - With more that 3,000 graduating from Western Technical College, Viterbo University and UW-La Crosse, we look at the strength of the job market. The La Crosse school district is surveying community members about a new elementary school on the north side.
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5/3/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, May 3, 2012 - Part one features retired Army Staff Sergeant Chanda Gaeth who is competing in the Olympic Style Warrior Games in Colorado. Part two looks at the impact this unusual spring weather could have on plants and trees.
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4/26/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, April 26, 2012 - Part one looks at the rise in drug addiction and drug related arrests with Coulee Council on Addictions Executive Director Pat Ruda and Brett Knutson of Hiawatha Valley Mental Health. Part two looks at present and future efforts to recycle waste.
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4/19/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, April 19, 2012 - Part one looks at the prevalence of bullying, and how a Wisconsin native came to be the first person to fiel and win a federal lawsuit related to bullying. Part two looks at state wide statistics related to child abuse, and the efforts to stop it.
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4/12/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, April 12, 2012 - Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices Shirley Abrahamson and Ann Walsh Bradley were in La Crosse this week speaking about celebrating the contributions of Wisconsin women. Also, The editor of Politifact Bill Adair spoke to a number of groups in La Crosse this past week.
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4/5/12 (All day) |
Newsmakers, April 5, 2012 - Dan Baumgardt and Jeff Boyne of the National Weather Service-La Crosse talk with us about this year's severe weather season, and look back at recent weather patterns. April also means it's time to file tax returns; Richard Chandler joins us to talk taxes.
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3/29/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, March 29, 2012 - Asian Carp continue to spread up the Mississippi River, and Army Corps of Engineers Col. Michael Prince talks about ways they've tried to stop the carp. Also, La Crosse Police Chief Ed Kondracki reflects on his 19 years of service; he'll be retiring at the end of April.
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3/22/12 5:00pm |
Newsmakers, March 22, 2012 - With the future of Social Security and Medicare uncertain, AARP has launched their "You've Earned A Say" initiative to advocate, inform, and keep the dialogue alive. World War II veteran John Regnier of Stevens Point joins us for part two of the program, when he recounts his experience fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of a slave labor camp.
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