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As I See It is Wisconsin’s only daily radio editorial, a staple on WIZM since 1971. Hosted by WIZM’s Scott Robert Shaw, the feature has won numerous awards from the Wisconsin Broadcaster’s Association as the best editorial in Wisconsin. Feel free to share your comments. Tell us how you see it!

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Drop boxes are more secure than mailboxes

For the past two years, voters in Wisconsin who chose to cast their ballots absentee have had to put their ballots in the mailbox rather than a drop box. That could change soon. The Wisconsin Supreme Court appears to be fast-tracking a lawsuit seeking to have the current ban on drop boxes overturned. It appears […]

Wisconsin lawmaker praises colleagues for doing little

Leave it to the politicians to pat themselves on the back for doing nothing. The 2023 session of the Wisconsin Legislature was, by all accounts, rather unproductive. They adjourned for the year, but left many bills on the table for future legislatures to sort out. But that didn’t stop the Majority Leader of the Wisconsin […]

WI legislature done with pettiness for the year

The Wisconsin Legislature is now officially done for the year. The Senate held is final floor period yesterday and the Assembly wrapped up its work weeks ago. While most of us can’t fathom having the rest of the year off, maybe it’s a good thing. At least we’ll get a break from the pettiness that […]

A near record spring snowstorm, and a deadly crash, 50 years ago

In April of 1973, the immediate La Crosse area received 16 inches of snow in just 36 hours. It was the third biggest snowstorm on record in the city, behind snowfalls in 1959, and 1971. In Prairie du Chien, three cars collided on snow-covered Highway 18, near the Old Rock School. Six people from the […]

Men on the moon, money in the bank machine, 54 years ago

“Everybody gets to go to the moon” was part of the lyric of a popular song in 1969, but only three men actually got to take the trip. The first manned landing on the lunar surface happened on July 20th, 1969, a Sunday. Neil Armstrong took those first steps on the lunar surface during the […]

The U.S. suddenly had a new leader on Nov. 22, in 1963

Nov. 22 in 1963 marked the last time that Americans woke up with a president who would not be alive by the end of the day.  President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie had gone to Texas on a political trip when the president and Texas Gov. John Connally were shot while riding in […]