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.
Chippewa Valley residents gathered for an event featuring former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn at the Pablo Center in downtown Eau Claire on Thursday morning.
Dunn was one of the police officers who defended the Capitol during the January 6th insurrection and is now traveling the country to share his experience with voters ahead of the 2026 midterm election.
Prior to the event on Thursday, he said that January 6th was the worst day of his life and he's been fighting for true accountability in the years since.
Since January 7th of 2021, I've been fighting for accountability.
And whether that's the people who attacked me and my co-workers, whether that's the people who incited it, whether that's the people who sent the foot soldiers, which I believe Donald Trump did, I've sought accountability for that.
And we've been through election cycles.
We've been through court proceedings.
We've seen the partings happen.
And accountability had just seemed to go down the drain.
So now I search for different ways to find accountability.
And that's going after the people who
where election deniers that I believe incited the violence that happened at the Capitol on January 6.
Dunn also shared his message to Eau Claire area voters with just a few weeks remaining before Election Day, asking them to honestly evaluate how their lives have changed over the last two years before casting their vote.
Y'all deserve better than what you have now.
I think you have to step back and ask yourself right now.
Are you better now than you were two years ago?
And if you can honestly say this isn't about me.
If you can honestly say you are, then vote for the status quo, vote for the way, vote for Van Orden, vote for Tom Tiffany.
But if you can honestly sit there and say that, which I don't believe anybody can factually say that, vote with your heart, give people a chance to, we deserve better.
The event was put together by Chippewa Valley Indivisible and organizers say nearly 200 local residents attended.
For 1057 CFW News, I'm James Kelly.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
Despite national debates over election rules and security, Wisconsin election officials say voters can't expect the same procedures at the polls this November, as in the past.
At a forum hosted Wednesday by Keep Our Republic and UW-Stevens Point, Wisconsin elections commission administrator Megan Wolf outlined safeguards already in place.
Those included paper ballots, public testing of voting equipment, and post-election audits to verify results.
The discussion also addressed possible federal changes.
Former U.S.
Attorney John Votery pointed to the proposed SAVE Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
The legislation has passed the U.S.
House but has not become law.
With yesterday's rainy, gloomy weather moving in, it can be easy to forget much of our state is in a serious to severe drought right now.
As Civic Media's Maddie Schaefer tells us, the wildfire risk doesn't go away with just a few drops
of rain.
The
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is warning of increased wildfire danger across northern Wisconsin as drought conditions continue.
The lack of rain has left much of the region an extreme or exceptional drought, making it easier for wildfires to start and spread.
The DNR says nearly 20 wildfires have occurred across the state in the past week, most caused by sparks from equipment and downed power lines.
Warm, dry and windy conditions are expected to keep fire danger elevated.
is reminding residents to check daily burning restrictions before starting outdoor fires and to avoid operating machinery during the hottest part of the day.
Campfires and debris burns should also be completely extinguished as hot embers can start fires hours later.
Elevated fire danger is expected to continue until the state receives significant rain or snow.
For Civic Media News, I'm
Maddie Schaefer.
Nearly a thousand wildfires across Wisconsin this year alone have already burned more than one
thousand acres.
A prominent Wisconsin businessman has been identified as one of the six people killed in Tuesday's plane crash near Wisconsin Dells.
Menominee Airport Commission Chairman Daniel Johnson says Ron Reek, an experienced pilot and local warehouse owner, was killed in the crash after ice built up on the wings during a thunderstorm.
Reek owned the plane that went down, killing five others, ranging in age from 13 to 67.
All six in the plane were from West Central Wisconsin.
The National Transportation Safety Board said
preliminary information indicated the plane was flying at 24,000 feet when the pilot reported icing and requested to descend.
The plane crashed in a densely wooded area in the town of Delona, just southwest of the Dells.
Just weeks before Wisconsin's midterm elections, mail with a white powdery substance is showing up at election offices around our state.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission just reported their office received the suspicious mail on Wednesday afternoon, and a staffer noticed the white powder that appeared to match mailings in other states.
Election officials say staff did not open the mail, and the commission alerted authorities.
The FBI is among the agencies investigating.
Authorities say they believe there are more than 100 letters in circulation that appear to be designed to scare officials.
Game times were just announced for the highly anticipated Frozen Tundra face-off college hockey doubleheader at Lambeau Field this coming February.
The Wisconsin Badgers women's hockey team will take on the Ohio State Buckeyes at 2 p.m.
on Saturday, February 20.
Later that day, it's the men's turn to face the Michigan Wolverines under the lights at 6 p.m.
This marks the first hockey event at Lambeau Field in more than two decades.
Wisconsin defeated Ohio State back in 2006 for the inaugural
and Tundra hockey classic.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
It's on to the World Series.
I am Mike Clemens with Sports Baseball.
It was the top of the fifth at Dodger Stadium.
The score tied four to four when the Brewers Garrett Mitchell went to
bat.
Another home run by David Hamilton in the ninth as the Brewers beat the Dodgers six to four completing a four game sweep winning the National League pennant Dodgers manager Dave Roberts after the loss
Honestly, they just outpitched us.
They out hit us.
They played defense better You know, they didn't make any mistakes and they didn't walk many guys and you know, whether it's Bowers Contreras We got beat
Brewers manager Pat Murphy
right now.
They got a bunch of Hall of Famers
That's
Pat Murphy.
The World Series begins a week from tonight in Milwaukee with sports on Mike Clemens.
Rain likely this morning.
Staying cloudy but becoming a little less windy here by later this afternoon.
Our high today in the upper 40s.
Tonight mostly clear with a low dropping to around 30 tomorrow.
Sunshine with a high in the upper 50s.
High meteorologist Sean Cable.
Outside now it's 46.
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