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Rick Solem

Sports, news journalist since 2002. | Hometown: Greenville, Wis. | Avid noonball basketballer and sand volleyballer in La Crosse | Two-time Waupaca Boatride first-round playoff loser | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate | Cut from UW-SP's basketball team in 2000 on Midnight Madness as a junior walk-on | Went on to become UW-SP intramural basketball champion | Then UW-SP club lacrosse defenseman with two career goals (on two shots).
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Loggers president Chris Goodell on Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski

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Longtime Loggers president Chris Goodell joined to talk about Brewers rookie phenom pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, and how he compares to some past greats that have come through La Crosse. La […]
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Brewers president Schlesinger on Misiorowski nicknames, La Crosse Area Day showdown with Skenes

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Milwaukee Brewers president Rick Schlesinger joined La Crosse Talk and seemed on board with a few nickname ideas we pitched for his rookie phenom Jacob Misiorowski, who’s set to face […]
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Nicknaming Misiorowski and Skenes showdown — Brewers TV analyst Rottino hypes up La Crosse Area Day

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As Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski gears up to face MLB’s top pitcher, Paul Skenes, on La Crosse Area Day at AmFam Field, Brewers TV analyst Vinny Rottino joins to help […]
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Brad Quarberg on why La Crosse Area Day to see Brewers really started

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Brad Quarberg stopped in the WIZM studio to talk about the interesting origins of La Crosse Area Day, where 900 people will hop into busses Wednesday to head to AmFam […]
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La Crosse’s Nick Quarberg on life with the Pirates grounds crew

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La Crosse native Nick Quarberg joins WIZM for La Crosse Talk from Pittsburgh, where he’s spent the past five years on the grounds crew for the Pirates. La Crosse Talk […]
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NEWS

Ingrid Lyons on La Crosse Talk: The next fight to save Minnesota’s Boundary Waters

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We took a rollercoaster ride that is trying to save the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with Ingrid Lyons on WIZM’s La Crosse Talk last week. La Crosse Talk airs […]
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BADGERS

Ditching Wisconsin’s income tax — for the Packers — with Tax Foundation’s Hoffer

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We look at ditching Wisconsin’s income tax — if only to make the Packers more competitive — on WIZM’s La Crosse Talk with the Tax Foundation’s Dr. Adam Hoffer, plus […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Aquinas baseball looking for back-to-back state championships

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The Aquinas High School baseball team, which has won 20 of its last 21 games, begins a run for a second consecutive state title Wednesday — albeit from a different […]
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From Budweiser’s Clydesdales to stunt shows to Drowning Pool, La Crosse’s Big River Rally has something for everyone

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Jean Taylor, host of Rock Mornings, joins to help preview the second annual Big River Rally, which has everything from the Budweiser Clydesdales trotting through downtown La Crosse to Drowning […]
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Wisconsin DOT adjusting La Crosse area construction, as state track meet comes to town

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Athletes, coaches, parents and spectators should anticipate how they’re getting into La Crosse and UW-L for this week’s WIAA State Track Meet.  The meet runs happens Friday and Saturday. With […]
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