It's Wayne Mauser, local news.
Good morning.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
A teacher at Bell Phillips Middle School in Oshkosh was arrested by ICE.
and is in the process of being deported after not showing up for an immigration hearing.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Wendy Mendes is an illegal alien from Costa Rica.
She was taken into custody on October 14th.
According to ICE, Mendes legally entered the United States on a temporary basis on August 10th of 2020, but violated the law by failing to depart by February 9th of 2021.
She was subsequently placed into removal proceedings and
and immigration judge ordered her removed for failing to show up for her removal proceedings.
The Oshkosh Area School District confirmed Mendes works for the district.
Mendes, a Spanish teacher at Vel Phillips, was the district's employee of the year in 2025.
A friend of Mendes posted on social media that a mailing error about the hearing led to the arrest.
The court notice was sent to a previous address.
Mendes is married and has two sons.
The Vel Phillips Middle School sent out a letter on Monday to families
notifying them about the situation, they made counselors and support staff available to students.
Randy Jenks' trial for allegedly killing his grandmother at a rural Washera County home before fleeing to Utah was postponed indefinitely on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old Jenks is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the March 7th death of Patricia May Glenn.
She was found dead in her Mount Morris home after a welfare check.
Jenks has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental
disease or defect.
While two doctors have produced reports on whether there is evidence to support the so-called insanity plea, defense attorney Danielle Gorsuch said she will be seeking a third.
It's undetermined when that report will be completed and one of the other doctors had a conflict with the February 1st trial date, so Judge Guy Dutcher removed it from the calendar.
A status conference will be held November 23rd, a new trial date may be set then, according to the judge.
for Tuesday's hearing.
If the case goes to trial, with both pleas still active, the jury would first determine if Janks is guilty of the crime.
If convicted, the same jury would then hear the second phase and determine if Janks could determine right from wrong and confirm his behavior to that standard.
If it's deemed he could, he would be sentenced to prison.
If it's determined a mental disease prevented that, Janks will be committed to a mental health facility.
Two people from Black Creek died Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle crash in the town of Center.
According to the Audigame County Sheriff's Office, emergency crews responded around 10.40 a.m.
to the intersection of County Highway S and Hampel Road.
Investigators say a 17-year-old from the Bondoel area was driving an SUV northbound on Hampel Road and failed to stop at the stop sign.
The SUV entered the intersection and struck an eastbound car on County Highway S. Both vehicles went off the road.
after the collision, the driver of the car, a 65-year-old man and his passenger, a 58-year-old woman, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The 17-year-old driver was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries and is cooperating with investigators.
The intersection was closed for about three and a half hours.
The crash remains under investigation.
State Senator John Jagler is hoping voters next Tuesday will put him back in office representing the 13th State Senate District for another four years.
years.
Bob Nelson has more for civic media news.
The Republican lawmaker from Watertown says he's a proven leader who knows how to do the job.
He says the issues they've heard most about during the campaign are affordability and data centers.
He also says they need to do something to address the school funding issue.
Jagler points out that declining enrollment and administrative costs are big issues for school districts.
You know at the same time when we're doing this.
you look at some of the costs administratively.
The costs have gone through the roof.
We're spending less money in the classroom.
The costs of living and housing affordability are also issues.
It's shocking.
First time home buyers in Wisconsin are approaching almost 50 years old, 45, 46 years old.
That's just unacceptable from the times that we were young and starting out families.
Sasha Ripley, a Democratic candidate from Montello, is challenging Jagdler for the Senate seat.
I'm Pop Nelson for Civic Media News.
The city of Ripen has an ambitious five-year capital improvements plan totaling $60.4 million in possible projects.
Some of those were mentioned Monday night when a presentation was made on the financial management plan to the Common Council.
City Administrator Adam Sontag said the city has a lot of wants and needs, but projects have to
to be prioritized by need.
The biggest project would be an upgrade of the wastewater treatment facility with a projected cost of $15 million.
Among the needs are a well project and the State Highway 23 project.
The state will pick up most of the cost of the State Highway 23 project.
A new ambulance will be purchased next year.
Of the $60.4 million, about $48 million will be borrowed.
Some of the remaining costs will be picked up by grants.
As of this September,
the city's debt capacity is at $38 to $39 million.
Sointake says when some projects will be done, depends on funding and other circumstances.
The Berlin Area School District will hold its annual meeting this evening.
Each school district is required to hold an annual meeting.
Berlin's annual meeting is at five in the Berlin High School Auditorium.
The regular board meeting will follow at 5.30.
Berlin School Superintendent Emmett Durchey says it's an opportunity for anyone 18-year-older that lives in the school district to attend and vote on a few things.
He knows some of those votes are important.
For instance, last year a vote at the annual meeting reduced the number of
school board members during tonight's annual meeting, district voters can vote on the district's annual budget, which the school board will approve during their regular meeting.
I'm Wayne Mauser for Civic Media News.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
Wisconsin has joined 19 other states in suing the Dollar General Corporation.
The lawsuit alleges the company is engaging in long-running deceptive pricing practices by routinely charging customers more at the register than the prices displayed on the shelves, price tags, and advertisements.
Attorney General Josh Call said in a statement that the prices people see when they're shopping should be the same prices they're charged.
The complaint alleges that thousands of Dollar General stores have taken advantage of shoppers by extracting millions of dollars
in unlawful overcharges.
The company also allegedly received tens of thousands of consumer complaints, but did nothing about it.
It's on to Game 5 in the World Series for the Brewers after losing to the Rays last night in Tampa Bay.
The crew is still on top, winning three of the seven-game series.
The first team to win four takes the World Series title.
An Oshkosh Middle School teacher arrested by ICE agents earlier this month is awaiting deportation.
According to federal agents, immigration and custom enforcement agents arrested Wendy Mendes in Milwaukee on October 14.
Mendes came to the U.S.
from Costa Rica in 2020 and, according to ICE, was supposed to leave the country six months later.
The Oshkosh Area School District website lists Mendes as an English speaker of other languages teacher at Vell Phillips Middle School.
In letter to parents and families, district officials say
Mendez is an employee in good standing and is on unpaid administrative leave due to unforeseen circumstances.
Mendez was named an Ostrash School District Employee of the Year in 2025.
A special education teacher and assistant activities director at Green Bay's Preble High School has resigned after the district saw social media posts alleging inappropriate text messages to a former student.
The district placed Joey DeMarathon leave earlier this month.
The parents of Wisconsin native Alex Pretty are fighting for accountability from the federal government nine months after their son was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Michael and Susan Pretty say the Justice Department violated their son's rights and have been fighting for months.
to get the federal government to turn over evidence.
Pretty was a graduate of Green Bay's Preble High School who worked as an ICU nurse with the VA in Minneapolis.
He was shot and killed on January 7th during widespread protests against the killing of Renee Good.
The Pretties say the federal government failed to provide the information needed for a full investigation.
Under federal rules, the Justice Department has discretion of what evidence it shares.
No agents have been criminally charged.
It's on to game five in the World Series for the Brewers after losing to the Rays last night in Tampa Bay.
The crew is still on top, winning three of the seven-game series.
The first team to win four takes the World Series title.
And the coolest thing made in Wisconsin is...
Click smart privacy glass made by the Cardinal IG company in Tomah.
The windows go from clear to totally private in less than a second with a touch of your fingertip.
Contest organizers say more than 100 products were nominated this year.
The top four runners up included an electric rope shovel made by Kumatsu in Milwaukee, a zero turn lawn mower with commercial grade strength, and a blacked out tactical design made by Aaron's company in Brilliant, and a high tech smart scope made for the Army by Vortex Optics.
Now, in its 11th year, the contest aims to highlight Wisconsin's vibrant manufacturing industry.
The industry contributes more than $70 billion to the state's economy each year.
The last blaze of fall colors are still on display in parts of our state, and today might be the perfect time to get out and get one last glimpse, if you can, with record high temps expected to move north from the southwestern part of our state throughout the day into the 70s.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
Game 5 of the World Series tonight.
Hi, I'm Mike Cummins with Sports Baseball.
The Brewers hadn't lost a game since early this month, but last night it was the raise Ben Williamson driving in the winning run, bottom of the 12th inning on Fox.
Five-man defense against Williamson.
Williamson who is one for 15 in the playoffs against a five-man infield.
It's a bounding ball that skips over the top and extends Tampa Bay season.
The Rays winning four to three, forcing a game five tonight.
Reaction by Brewers manager Pat Murphy.
The guys understand it's going to be hard.
It's going to be hard.
You're playing the best team in the American League.
They proved it all year long and they came up big today.
It's going to be hard.
Rays manager Kevin Cash.
You know you're going through three innings to Ashby.
Nothing's going off.
They kept their heads up and we just kind of bought ourselves some time.
That's the raised manager Kevin Cash with sports.
I'm Mike Clemens.
It is going to be sunny and quite a bit warmer today with a high in the low to mid 70s this afternoon.
Tonight clouds will increase with scattered showers or thunderstorms late tonight.
A low dropping into the mid to upper 50s tomorrow.
Little cooler, a few clouds in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon with a high in the mid to upper 60s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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