Talked to Becky Rom, the national chair for the Save the Boundary Waters campaign, about the recent decision from the Biden Administration putting, at least, a temporary halt on copper-nickel mining upstream from Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Before that, discussed the haunted houses, walks going on in the city and we've solved the mystery on video of the Hatched Baby being vandalized.

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The battle for power in Wisconsin, as the state argues over drawing political maps that are some of the most gerrymandered in the U.S. Common Cause Wisconsin's Jay Heck joins to discuss the process. He has been covering these fights for 26 years. 

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Talked with Tiffany Smith and Marty Wallesar of Hatchery, LLC, about their plans for the Fish Hatchery building on the north end of Riverside Park. 

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Talked a bit about Dan Bongino, who is on WIZM before La Crosse Talk PM, and his peculiar hypothetical about quitting his job due to his employer requiring the vaccine. That turned into a conversation about supply-chain issues and backlogs on the west coast, as well as talk about immigration at the southern border.

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We discuss Spaceballs, President Scroob and the dystopian society they had where canned oxygen was needed to survive, which is now a reality in stores today. On Earth. Also, La County Democratic Party chair William Garcia talks with us about the Democratic equivalent to Wisconsin Republicans bringing in Ted Nugent to promote hunting sandhill cranes. 

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Talked about the lawsuit filed against the La Crosse Police Department on behalf of the Badger Project with Tom Kamenick, president of the Wisconsin Transparency Project. He's representing the news site. We also discussed why La Crosse Police haven't released the Hatched Baby vandalism video. Before that, Audra Martine, director of the La Crosse County Health Department, talked COVID, including whether Oktoberfest contributed to a jump in numbers.

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Comedian Charlie Berens joined and joked about La Crosse possibly getting the "Taj Mahal" of Kwik Trips. Also asked him about a couple other city and state issues, like the Fish Labs building in Riverside Park being converted into a wedding venue. We then talk to Kwik Trip about what's actually happening with the "Taj Mahal" KT. Around all that, discussed La Crosse Police being sued and Wisconsin Republicans holding hearings with Ted Nugent on hunting cranes.

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Rookie La Crosse City Council member Mac Kiel and her 8-week old daughter Lilly joined. We talked about some of the bigger issues coming up for the council, including housing, the “get off my lawn” / “not in my neighborhood” mentality and how we spend the Biden Bucks.

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La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds joined and hit on multiple topics from housing in the city, to spending the Biden Bucks. We talked Hatched Baby and some development projects in the city, as well.

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UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, joined to discuss the 925 notable police calls from La Crosse's Oktoberfest, including the stealing of a light pole. We also broke down the multiple stories involving retired Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman's handling of the 2020 presidential election investigation. Other things that were covered: the jobs report, stripping the added $300 a week unemployment benefits, talking cash registers for lonely people and Chergosky makes a blanket statement on whether Senator Ron Johnson will run in 2022.

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