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.
City of Eau Claire voters approved a ballot measure to create a new Citizens Advisory Healthcare Action Committee on Tuesday.
Representatives from Community Action of Wisconsin circulated a petition in support of the initiative earlier this year, which directs the city to develop a plan to address local health care access and affordability.
That plan includes three components, diagnosing the current state of health care access and affordability, assessing how local, state, and federal policy decisions are impacting the health care industry, and recommendations for what future policy decisions should seek to accomplish.
It also directs the city to establish a seven-member advisory committee to accomplish those goals, with five of those members required to be city residents.
The effort came as an estimated over 50,000 Wisconsinites could lose their Medicaid coverage amid federal policy changes, and the Chippewa Valley continues to struggle with inadequate health care access.
Prior to Tuesday's election, the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce raised concerns about whether the committee was in effective use of limited city resources.
The U.S.
Department of Agriculture has announced nearly $15 million in funding to expand high-speed Internet access across Western Wisconsin.
According to a press release, the funding through the USDA's Telecommunications Infrastructure Loans and Loan Guarantees Program will go towards expanding fiber to the premises internet access in Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, and St.
Croix counties.
The West Wisconsin Telecom Cooperative Project seeks to improve internet access for residents, businesses, schools, and farms in the region.
The Dunn County Board is scheduled to vote on its proposed 2027 budget at its meeting on Tuesday.
The county's current budget proposal stands at a little over $117 million, a roughly $12 million drop from the 2026 budget.
The proposal also includes a number of cuts as the county faces a $1.4 million deficit, including the elimination of a handful of county positions that had not been filled.
The county board will also hold a public hearing for residents to share their thoughts on the budget proposal before officially voting on it.
For 1057 CFW News, I'm James Kelly.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
Nearly 2.7 million votes have been tallied in Wisconsin's governor's race, but official statewide results are still weeks away.
Local election officials are reviewing their counts through a process called the Canvas.
And the numbers can change during that review.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission's chair must certify the results by December 1st.
The agency will publish statewide results after certification.
David Crowley is on track for Wisconsin's widest governor's race victory since Tommy Thompson's last win in 1998.
With 99% of precincts reporting, the Democrat leads Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany by 8.2 percentage points.
That would top Jim Doyle's 7.4 point win in 2006.
The results are still unofficial.
Wins in Racine and Kenosha counties helped Crowley expand the Democrats' reach in Wisconsin's race for governor.
Both counties backed him.
Police are investigating a possible explosive device found at the Stevens Point Post Office.
Officers responded around 10 a.m.
Tuesday and evacuated the facility.
Authorities called in the Marathon County bomb squad after officers could not determine whether the device was an explosive.
Police secured the device inside the building and Main Street was closed during the investigation.
Two fraternity members will not face charges after a hazing investigation at UW-Madison.
Madison Police arrested the pair on September 23 after officers discovered 30 partially clothed men in the basement of the Alpha Epsilon Pi House.
People were covered in food, condiments, and other liquids.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozane says his agency declined to press charges against the two suspects since there wasn't enough evidence.
The men, both 20,
were president and vice president of the fraternity.
Wisconsin voters approved more than 1.3 billion for schools Tuesday, but rejected more than four out of every 10 referendum questions.
Voters passed 45 of the 79 proposals on ballots statewide.
That brings the year's total to more than 1.8 billion
to more than $1.86 billion in approved funding.
The full year approval rate was 59%, the lowest for a midterm or presidential election year since 2010.
As temperatures start to drop, state officials say heating scams are on the rise.
People are reporting urgent calls and official looking emails demanding payment right away or the heat will be shut off.
That threat is a scam.
Under Wisconsin's winter moratorium, utility companies cannot legally shut off your heat for unpaid bills between November and mid-April.
The State Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection urges people to hang up on high-pressure calls that impersonate utilities.
They say scammers can be convincing with made-up work orders, fake billing statements, even truck numbers.
They're ready to dispatch right away unless payment is made.
If you get one of these calls or emails, ignore it.
If you have any questions, just call your utility company.
Consumer advocates say if you're behind on your bill, call the power company directly to work out a payment plan or call 211 for help with assistance programs.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
Close, but no cigar.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports NBA.
The Milwaukee Bucks battled back, but came up short to the Celtics losing in Boston.
109 to 102, Bucks head coach Taylor Jenkins after the loss.
We cannot overlook the fact that we were down 22 to the Celtics and came back and took the lead.
I'm way more focused on that.
We put ourselves in a position to win the game, the resilience, the fight that our guys had in the second half, the defensive intensity, the ball movement.
Obviously we started making some shots, but just the energy, the life was there.
Our guys responded at halftime.
The Bucks host the...
tomorrow night, NFL after suffering at Torn ACL and meniscus tear nearly 11 months ago.
The Packers, Micah Parsons was back at practice for the first time.
I asked how's the knee doing?
Right
now my knee feels great.
It feels really great.
Like before I feel like a hitch.
I feel like I'm not getting my power.
But now I'm stronger.
The things that we do to warm up how we acted.
I've been feeling great ever since then.
That's the Packers.
Micah Parsons not expected to play for another two and a half weeks with sports on Mike Clemens.
It is going to be cloudy with scattered showers today high in the low 50s this afternoon.
Tonight clouds will gradually decrease.
It's going to get cold with lows dropping into the low 30s tomorrow.
Partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the mid to upper 40s.
I meteorologist Sean Cable.
Right now it's 48.
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