This is your WCFW Daily News Roundup for 105-7 CFW in Chippewa Falls and 93-5 The Tap in Eau Claire.
For 105-7 CFW News, I'm James Kelly.
The Elkmount Village Board officially voted to disband its police department at its meeting on Monday.
The measure was introduced last month as the village's Public Safety Committee evaluated its budget for 2027.
At its meeting in late September, the committee voted unanimously to approve sending a pair of resolutions to the full village board to disband the Elkmount Police Department and to contract with the Dunn County Sheriff's Office instead.
Local residents who attended the meeting largely pushed back against the proposed change.
Village officials cited the cost of operating its own police department as the motivation behind considering the change as well as gaining access to more state grant funding.
They say the proposed contract that will be considered by the Dunn County Board is expected to save the village over $7,000 per year and calls for one sheriff's deputy to be stationed in the village full-time.
Currently, the Elk Mountain Police Department includes Police Chief Chad Weinberger, one part-time officer, one administrative assistant, and four volunteers.
The Menominee Area Chamber and Visitor Center has announced that it will move to City Hall over the coming weeks.
According to a press release, the current Menominee Area Chamber and Visitor Center is slated to close from November 23 to November 27 and will resume operations at their new location on the third floor of 800 Wilson Avenue on December 1.
Chamber officials say the new location will continue to offer full operational support, including for walk-in visitors.
They also say the Chamber's phone number and email address will remain the same following the move.
The Wisconsin court system has launched a new online tool aimed at making it easier for survivors of domestic violence to file a restraining order.
According to a press release, the new restraining order portal allows users to file for a restraining order through their computer or phone and helps them navigate the complicated process.
The restraining order portal officially went online last month following a testing period in eight counties over the summer.
Officials say their hope is that the portal can make the process easier and help survivors get the help they need faster.
For 105.7 CFW News, I'm James Kelly.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
A UW-Madison physics professor has just put the Badger State on the global map.
Professor Francis Halson is the latest Nobel Prize winner in physics.
UW-Madison officials say Halson was honored for his understanding of the astrophysical particles known as neutrinos, which are produced by the universe's most energetic events.
Halson credits the university in large part for the award, saying he's fortunate to be at UW where unconventional ideas can thrive.
He said it's hard to imagine his project happening anywhere else.
Halson is the first Nobel Prize winner from Wisconsin in nearly
for decades.
Nine wolves were killed up north in Wisconsin by federal wildlife officials following what the Wisconsin DNR says were repeated threats to human safety.
According to Wisconsin Public Radio, the incidents were reported in rural Price County.
The wolves are trapped and euthanized.
Before the wolves were killed, the agency says it recommended several non-lethal measures, including removing potential bait, using noise to scare the wolves away, and increasing activity around the area.
But the DNR says those efforts didn't work and the wolves became more used to people and
less likely to be scared away.
Wolves have come into conflict with rural and farming communities in Wisconsin killing livestock and pets and triggering a campaign to restart Wisconsin's wolf hunt, but the wolf is also a powerful symbol to many of Wisconsin's tribal populations who condemned the recent wolf killings.
The debate over whether wolves should be hunted is a hot topic in Wisconsin and the laws are confusing.
Right now, gray wolves are once again federally protected in Wisconsin, although there was a wolf hunt in 2021.
That's because Wisconsin is
legally required to have a hunt if gray wolves are removed from the endangered species list, which they were briefly in 2020.
Just a year later, wolves were back on the federal endangered species list.
But now, just a few days ago, in fact, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to take wolves back off the list nationwide.
Nearly 100 Wisconsin workers will be out of a job less than a month before Christmas Day, as a Milwaukee steel plant announces layoffs.
According to a press release, Maynard Steel has experienced what they call unforeseeable business circumstances, forcing them to fire all 77 workers at its Milwaukee facility.
In addition to being laid off on December 4th, workers' health care benefits will also end that day.
Wisconsin's controversial Anti-Union Law Act 10 faces a critical showdown this fall to the November 3rd election and a lawsuit heading to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Passed under former Republican Governor Scott Walker, the law severely restricted collective bargaining for most public sector employees.
Public sentiment remains deeply divided.
According to a recent Marquette University Law School poll, 54% of registered voters supported restoring collective bargaining to pre-act 10 standards.
while 43 prefer to keep the current law in place.
The debate showcases a sharp divide between Wisconsin's two candidates for governor also.
Republican Tom Tiffany strongly defends the anti-union law, maintaining that it protects taxpayers, while Democrat David Crowley supports a full repeal of Act 10 and the state's right to work laws, arguing that all public workers deserve the right to negotiate fair wages and working conditions through collective bargaining.
Madison's interim independent police monitor is pushing back against a city employment review that accuses her of ignoring multiple rules and delaying key duties.
Arameek Glass described the review to News 3 Now as illegitimate, saying only the police civilian oversight board has the authority over her position.
However, Common Council President Sabrina Madison and former Alders defend the report, citing emails where Glass allegedly claimed she only follows city rules when comfortable doing so.
ongoing dispute highlights growing friction over civilian law enforcement oversight in Madison.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
It's the Padres and the crew again.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports baseball the Brewers and Padres in game four tonight in the best of five series for their National League playoff series the Brewers losing four to three last night Milwaukee's now lost playoff games on the road 12 times in a row over the years that ties a major league record Pat Murphy.
Yeah, it's tough to win on the road and playoff situation obviously We've done a pretty good job at home.
I'd say but you know, you're you're right.
It's um
Yeah, it's never fun.
The Padres, Manny Machado, and getting another chance to play in front of their hometown crowd at Petco Park.
You know, we play well at home, sleeping in your own bed, coming to this ballpark, the energy that these fans bring.
You know, there was a moment there that we were kind of down.
It was kind of like a little battle.
You know, and once we kind of got that, we scratched away some good at bats, the crowd got into it.
And, you know, we feed off of that, man.
We feed off of that energy.
NFL, the Packers getting ready to host the Bears on Sunday.
The Wisconsin Badgers football team has the week off.
They travel to UCLA.
next week with Sports on Mike Clemens.
It is going to be an absolutely gorgeous day today.
Sunshine with a high in the low 70s this afternoon.
Tonight mostly clear with a low dropping into the upper 40s to near 50 and then tomorrow another sunny day with highs in the mid 60s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
Outside now it's 53.
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