Monday News Roundup

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 took to the streets once again over the weekend for the fourth iteration of the nationwide No Kings Rallies.

The local rallies, organized by Chippewa Valley Indivisible, took place at Owen Park in Eau Claire and the Peace Circle in downtown Chippewa Falls on Saturday.

Cindy Greening, an organizer with Chippewa Valley Indivisible, highlighted encouraging residents to vote early beginning this week as the focus of the events.

Today we're at the No Kings whore rally.

So it's to bring people out and remind them to vote.

We want people to get out and vote.

It's a non-partisan event.

We're a non-partisan group, which doesn't mean neutral.

So we're non-partisan, but we have strong opinions about, you know, like what

we would like

for people.

And so the purpose of this event is to get people out to early vote on the 20th.

And so that we can have the biggest early vote in the history of this country and then get them to vote on

election day if they don't make it that day.

Greening also explained why encouraging early voting was chosen to be the theme for this iteration of the No Kings rallies as concerns over election integrity continue to grow with just weeks until the midterm elections.

There's a thing called the red wave.

So normally when there's voting on the first day, oftentimes it looks like the Republican is the winner.

But as more of the mail-in vote and some of the other vote comes in, suddenly the blue vote overtakes it, which makes the other side claim that the vote was inaccurate.

It's actually always been this way, but it's to try and get that early vote in so that people can see earlier and more clearly the balance.

Chippewa Valley Indivisible organizers estimated a crowd of about 1,500 for the rally in Eau Claire and a crowd of about 450 for the rally in Chippewa Falls.

For 1057 CFW News, I'm James Kelly.

For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.

Thousands of Wisconsinites took to the streets over the weekend for no-kings protests all around our state.

Part of a nationwide day of action, Saturday's events focused on encouraging people to vote early for the upcoming midterm elections.

Demonstrators marched from the Wisconsin State Capitol to the city municipal building in Madison.

In Milwaukee, people gathered at Cathedral Square Park where organizers say the message was loud and clear.

Be ready and get out there before November 3rd.

Green Bay's no-kings

This event was at the historic City Stadium where the Packers played before there was such a thing as Lambeau Field.

And Lambeau Field certainly made its presence known last night as the Packers hosted the Dallas Cowboys for primetime Sunday night football.

The Pack had enough momentum coming off their win over rivals Chicago Bears to lasso the Cowboys last night.

Now the Pack heads to Detroit to take on the Lions this Sunday.

Kickoff is set for 325.

A family argument turned deadly in Racine over the weekend.

Racine police say family members were yelling during an argument around three in the morning yesterday.

They say a 63-year-old female family member came home during the argument and fired a gun hitting a 30-year-old man.

Authorities say the man died at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head.

Officers arrested the female at the scene.

Formal charges of first-degree intentional homicide are being referred to the Racine County District Attorney's Office.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students are calling for stronger sexual violence prevention measures on campus.

Students gathered Friday at Library Mall to support survivors and demand improved campus safety.

The rally gave survivors an opportunity to share their experiences publicly or anonymously.

The university says it plans to add a new violence prevention position with its office of fraternity and sorority life.

A campus sexual assault climate survey is also planned for the spring of 2020.

One person is dead after a UTV crash in Wapaka County over the weekend.

Wapaka County Sheriff's deputies say the crash happened in the town of Union on Simcoe Road.

Two people were on the UTV, but no other vehicles were involved.

Both people were airlifted to ThetaCare Medical Center in Nina, where one person was pronounced dead.

Authorities have not released the condition of the other person.

All aboard for Wisconsin's growth as a $218 million federal rail grant rolls onto new tracks between Madison and Chicago.

The new Chicago to Madison extension is poised to inject $46 million in annual economic benefits across the state.

State transportation leaders say that means 200 new jobs and a steady stream of tourists stepping off the train and into local shops, restaurants and hotels.

From better freight reliability for farmers to fresh foot traffic for small businesses, comfortable travel means confident commerce.

Wisconsin Dairy processors couldn't get up to $50,000 to help with projects involving food safety, employee training, plant expansion or modernization and consulting services.

State egg workers say the grants are meant to help processors improve profitability and support the long-term future of dairy processing in Wisconsin.

Applications are due by noon, November 3.

Wisconsin's two candidates for governor are preparing to face off in the only gubernatorial debate set for this Wednesday night.

Republican Tom Tiffany says his message will be consistent with what he's been saying on the campaign trail, focusing on affordability.

Democrat David Crowley says he's focused on delivering for hard-working families and wants the debate to show voters a clear contrast between his commitment to those families and what he calls Tiffany's willingness to do the bidding of billionaire donors.

The debate is scheduled to air on your local ABC affiliate starting at 7pm this Wednesday, October 21st.

And that's your state news update.

I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.

The Packers dominate the Cowboys.

Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports, NFL.

The final score was Green Bay 23 to 13, but the Packers defense smothered the Cowboys offense.

Safety Evan Williams, who had an interception on how they shut down quarterback Dak Prescott.

Yeah, we showed some good looks.

I feel like throughout the game we showed some a lot of zero looks, a lot of, you know, high pressure looks and yeah, I was able to kind of speed his clock up, which led to some good things for us.

College football, the Wisconsin Badgers lost to UC

17 to seven Saturday night, head coach Luke Fickle.

Well, we didn't play real well tonight.

That's for sure.

And I'll take the heat on that.

Like there's no way you're going to go on the road and have as many penalties and play as undisciplined as as we did and think you're going to meet a really good football team.

Wisconsin now four and two baseball.

The Brewers wait to see who they'll play in the World Series.

The Rays lead the American League Series three games to two after beating the Guardians three to one game six.

is tonight in Tampa with sports on Mike Clemens.

I meet Errol and just Brandon Bormans like yesterday.

Plenty of sunshine.

The difference today far less wind high temps in the comfortable mid 60s.

Mostly clear skies tonight with lows in the lower 40s.

Tuesday will start out mostly cloudy and then increasing sunshine highs again in the mid 60s.

Currently it's 39.

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