Newsmakers

Home Heating- We talk with experts who work with people in the Coulee Region to make sure their homes are sufficiently heated during the winter months.

Child Care Shortage- A lack of stable child care is often cited as a reason people struggle to maintain a job. That's caught the attention of many employers in the Coulee Region who are working to find a solution.

La Crosse Center- We talk about the latest for the proposed $42 million expansion and remodeling project including how the city hopes to pay for it.

David Dennis Sr.; La Crosse Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award- In anticipation of the 2019 La Crosse Martin Luther King Jr. community celebration held Monday, January 21 at 7 pm in Viterbo University's Fine Arts Center, we talk with keynote speaker David Dennis Sr. who left college for the civil rights movement in 1961 and we talk with a panel of people who have received the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award.

Affordable Housing and the Workers' Shortage- We talk about how the issue of a lack of affordable housing is an issue as businesses are in the midst of a workers' shortage.

HmongBAEs Podcast- We talk about a new podcast produced by Hmong high school students from La Crosse and Holmen examining issues in their life called HmongBAEs . Wisconsin Public Radio-La Crosse helped produce the podcast that will be published this fall.

Project Recovery- We talk about the program funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and administered by Couleecap, Inc. of Westby. Outreach specialists will help flood victims cut through red tape and get assistance with things like mental health counseling for at least the next year.

Sister Thea Bowman Sainthood; Rabbi Saul Prombaum- We talk about efforts to make deceased Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration nun Thea Bowman a saint and during Hanukkah we talk with La Crosse Rabbi Saul Prombaum about the holiday, the history of the Sons of Abraham congregation and issues facing the Jewish community.

Child Care Shortage- A lack of stable child care is often cited as a reason people struggle to maintain a job. That's caught the attention of many employers in the Coulee Region who are working to find a solution.

Immigration Policy- We discuss the pros and cons of a lack of definitive immigration policy in the United States and its impact on Wisconsin agriculture following the September arrests of dozens of undocumented immigrants across the state.