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.
Following her victory in Tuesday's election, Rebecca Cook spoke with the media about what comes next as she prepares to represent Wisconsin's third congressional district.
During a virtual press conference on Friday morning, Cook thanked her supporters and campaign staff for the work they put in to flip the district back to Democratic control.
With a new Democratic majority in the House and Senate, Cook is hoping to hit the ground running and deliver on her campaign promises.
I'm really excited for our victory that happened on Tuesday.
Excited to be able to move the ball forward to deliver on campaign promises that I made to the people of the Third Congressional District.
Being able to get to Congress to lower costs, combat corruption, support small business, bolster agriculture, and really work to rebuild an American dream that we can actually grasp.
Asked what she believes Democrats should focus on in the first 100 days with their new majorities in Congress, Cook highlighted improving healthcare affordability and access as the first issues that need to be addressed.
The things that I think we should focus on in the first 100 days are expanding the AACA tax credit premiums for three more years.
That's something Congress was trying to do last fall and I think would provide people pretty immediate relief.
There's so many folks in the district who have seen their premiums go up from $400 to $1,800 a month.
I think getting a public option passed is something that we could do rather quickly, as well as expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental and hearing.
And I know a lot of people are concerned here in the Chippewa Valley about
Medicare advantage.
I think there's a lot of ways that we can improve Medicare.
Cook says she'll be working to set up her new offices in the district and Washington DC over the next few weeks so constituents can easily contact her with issues.
She will also be working with her opponent in Tuesday's election, Republican Congressman Derek Van Orden to ensure a seamless transition.
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For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Thelman.
A Wisconsin State Patrol trooper has been released from ICE custody after being detained at an airport.
Carl Aaron Van der Merve was detained Thursday while waiting to board a flight at Dane County Regional Airport.
The South African National has been waiting seven years for an asylum hearing and holds a valid work permit through 2030.
The Department of Homeland Security says Van der Merve overstayed his visa in 2019, while his attorneys argue he has a federal work authorization.
Van der Merve was released
Friday under electronic monitoring and regular immigration check-ins while his case remains pending.
Three people are now behind bars after authorities uncover a massive decade-long fraud scheme in Dork County involving fuel delivery.
Dork County Sheriff's deputies say 65-year-old Thomas Kazmarek, his wife Jean and their son Justin, are accused in a $1.8 million fuel theft and money laundering operation.
Please say the family targeted 14 local victims over 10 years.
Investigators are continuing to audit records to see if any other customers were affected.
One person is dead after a workplace accident last week at American Asphalt in North Central Wisconsin.
Cronin and Wetter police say the man was trying to check conditions inside one of the company's silos when he got trapped between the doors of a silo gate.
OSHA has officially launched an investigation alongside local police to determine exactly what led to the fatal incident.
The company has temporarily stopped production at the site.
The Packers came out on top and then some in New England yesterday.
The 45 points racked up by the Pack is a new record for the most points allowed by the Patriots in their home stadium.
Final score 45 to 27.
Mike Clemens will have much more coming up in sports.
Four people and one dog were found dead in a Wisconsin home over the weekend.
West Bend police say they found two adults and two children dead inside a home while responding to a 911 call shortly before noon on Saturday.
Rescue workers took another child in the home to the hospital.
Police haven't released her condition.
Police say they also found a gun at the scene which they believe was involved in the incident.
The incident remains under investigation, but police say there's no threat to the public.
We Energy's customers are bracing for higher utility bills.
State regulators have officially approved a new energy rate increase.
The rate hike will take effect over the next two years, hitting wallets in 2027 and 2028.
Company leaders say the increase is necessary for infrastructure, but consumer advocates are urging families to budget ahead.
A massive political shift is hitting Madison following last week's midterm elections.
Wisconsin Democrats have flipped the state legislature, securing a government trifecta for the first time in 16 years.
Democratic leaders say their immediate priorities include slashing everyday consumer costs and pushing forward with long-awaited policy changes, including the legalization of recreational marijuana.
People walking along downtown Green Bay's waterfront this weekend may have come across an unexpected sight, 200 sleeping bags laid out on Green Bay's city deck landing.
Each sleeping bag was there to represent a person without a home in the community as the temperatures dropped below freezing.
The demonstration was organized by a Green Bay church to create a stark visual representation of the more than 200 unhoused people recorded during Brown County's recent homelessness survey.
Following the awareness event, organizers donated the sleeping bags to local shelters and outreach groups.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
A record night for Green Bay.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports from Boston, where the Packers beat the Patriots 45 to 27.
That 45 points, the most a visiting team has ever scored in the Patriots Gillette Stadium Packers quarterback Jordan Love.
Man, it's just a great win.
You know, I think all around all three phases, great team win and, you know, be able to have a stat like that that no one's done.
It's pretty cool.
Love with three touchdowns
and 373 yards passing Patriots quarterback Drake May struggled giving up an
an interception on the opening drive, the first of three.
Yeah, just throwing the football in spots that I don't think I don't think I should have thrown it.
You know, the first one, I think I just got to see him.
See the guys, you know, deep, you know, see the safe positions on the second one happens.
I got made total a little farther and the third one, they're jumping cross routes.
So I got to see in front
NBA.
The Bucks losing to the Celtics at home 117 to 97 at one and nine.
The Bucks are off to their worst start in over 30 years with sports on Mike Clemens.
A few clouds this morning, then becoming partly cloudy this afternoon.
It's going to be a nice day with highs in the upper 50s to near 60 today.
Tonight mostly clear.
We're going to drop down into the mid to upper 30s tomorrow.
More sunshine with a high in the mid to upper 50s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
Currently it's 42.
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