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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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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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Boundary Waters
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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Hoffer WIZM
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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Aquinas gym file
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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Big River Buck Cherry
NEWS

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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NEWS

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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Phil Mitchell WIZM
NEWS

How to avoid ending up in Phillip Mitchell’s physical therapy office, after pickleball

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Pickleball — the sport that looks like a friendly mash-up of ping-pong and badminton — is quietly destroying senior citizens. Physical therapist Phil Mitchell, co-owner of Mitchell Holistic Health, joined […]
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Knicks Pacers Basketball
NBA

Led by Oshkosh native Haliburton, Pacers’ 25-year Finals drought is over, as they look to overcome snakebit history

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Pacers have finally ended the franchise’s 25-year NBA Finals drought, achieving the unthinkable after starting 10-15 and looking like anything but a title contender. Now Indiana […]
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Saints Packers Football
NEWS

Jordan Love has big goals, heading into third Packers season as starting QB

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love doesn’t necessarily agree with the assertion that he and the Green Bay Packers took a step back last season. But the Packers quarterback […]
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Cardinals Brewers Baseball
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WATCH: Yelich hits first career walk-off homer in grand slam fashion

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Christan Yelich hit his first career, walk-off home run in grand slam fashion Tuesday. The granny gave the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-1 win over the Boston Red Sox in the […]
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