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A brand new cruise ship has visited La Crosse for the first time.  The Viking Mississippi is a luxury liner measuring 450 feet long.  It can hold nearly 400 passengers.  It left Saint Paul, Minnesota, on September 3rd and docked at Riverside Park yesterday.  The 15-day cruise is next headed to Saint Louis, Missouri, with a final destination in New Orleans.

One western Wisconsin park took advantage of Labor Day to recognize the city’s history with unions.  The Greater West Central Area Labor Council hosted a celebration in Phoenix Park in Eau Claire yesterday.  Eau Claire is a union town and council president Nick Webber said they are proud of that heritage and want it to continue. 

President Biden is dealing with hecklers as he makes an appearance in Wisconsin.  Biden was speaking in Milwaukee at a Labor Day celebration when the person shouted at him.  The heckler was removed quickly by security, but Biden told them to let him go.  Meantime, Biden said MAGA Republicans are trying to set the country back with hateful ideologies and as a nation, we must overcome that.  Biden went on to say he wouldn’t be where he is today without

A brand of smoked salmon recently sold in Wisconsin is being recalled.  The Food and Drug Administration says nearly 100, four ounce packages of St. James Smokehouse brand Scotch Reserve Scottish Smoked Salmon distributed between this February and June could be contaminated with Listeria.  If you purchased the product you can throw it away or take it back to the store for a refund.

Hello. Welcome to your Labor Day. Hopefully you are “working” at taking some time off today to relax. In 1882, the first Labor Day holiday parade was held in New York City. Today, we’ll take a peek around the Union to see what is happening on this labor day in 2022. President Biden is hitting the road.  The White House says he’ll deliver remarks today “celebrating Labor Day and the dignity of American workers,” in both Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the third time he’s visited

The suspect in July’s deadly stabbing on the Apple River is headed for trial. A judge in St. Croix County on Friday ruled that there is enough evidence to take 52-year-old Nicholas Miu to trial. Miu is accused of killing a teenager and slashing or stabbing four others during a fight earlier this summer. The defense says the teens attacked Miu, but prosecutors say Miu was armed and didn’t do anything to deescalate the situation. Miu is facing first degree

There are questions to be answered after Saturday night’s shooting at the Minnesota State Fair. Police yesterday confirmed that one person was shot and wounded in the Midway section of the fair. Witnesses say it started as a fight, then someone pulled-out a gun. State Fair Police closed the fair early Saturday night. There’s no definitive word on a motive for the shooting.

No one was home and no one was hurt in a house fire in Eau Claire County. Firefighters say the fire on Friday night gutted a home on Berlin Road in the Town of Ludington. It took crews three hours to put the flames out.  There is no word as to what started the fire.

 We’re starting to get a look at the new classes of freshman on UW campuses. UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow the freshman class there this year is the largest in school history. Gow says more than 23 hundred new students are on campus this fall. Tomorrow is the first day of class at UW-La Crosse, the official enrollment number will come out in a few weeks.

 Nearly 50 dogs rescued in Washington County now need new homes. The Washington County Humane Society rescued the dogs on Friday. Animal rescuers say the dogs were in a pick-up truck and being brought to Wisconsin when they were discovered. Most of them are puppies. The Humane Society says some of them will be available for adoption as soon as tomorrow.