This is your WCQM Daily News Roundup for 98Q Country 98.3 FM and Trail Mix 103.1 FM and 980 AM WPFP in Park Falls.
Now a look at Northwoods News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
If you're heading out camping this fall, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding people to be careful about bringing firewood along.
October is National Firewood Month, and the DNR says moving untreated firewood can also move invasive insects and diseases that can damage or kill trees.
Pest can hide on or inside firewood and emerge after its move somewhere new.
That includes spongy moths, emerald ash borers, and the fungus that causes oak wilt.
The DNR is asking campers to buy local, burn local, buy firewood at or near where you're staying and leave any unused wood behind instead of bringing it home.
Wisconsin State Parks and other state-managed lands generally don't allow firewood brought in for more than 10 miles away.
The exception is wood that's been certified as treated by the State Department
of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection.
The DNR says all staff state parks and forests with campgrounds offer local firewood for sale.
You can also find local firewood sellers and vendors of certified firewood by visiting the Firewood Scout website.
The Hunt Hill Nature Center is hosting an adult field trip next week to explore the glacial lakes and forests of Washburn County.
The Boundary Waters of Washburn County trip is scheduled for October 9th.
Forester Matt Graham will lead the
group and explain how glaciers shape the area, how the lakes and forests are managed today, and how sustainable stewardship supports recreation and conservation.
The trip runs from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
starting at the Hunt Hill Nature Center in Serona.
Participants should be prepared to hike one to two miles over uneven terrain and bring a lunch and water.
Registration is required by noon on October 2nd and the trip is limited to 20 people.
The cost for the trip is $15 or $10 for Hunt Hill members.
Registration can be found through the Hunt Hill Nature Center's website.
For Northwood's News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
A public bus driver in Milwaukee was sentenced to six years in prison last week after pleading guilty to killing a pedestrian while driving a bus drunk.
According to the criminal complaint, bystanders reported a Milwaukee County transit system bus hit 61-year-old George Kaiser last November, knocking him unconscious.
Kaiser was pronounced dead at the scene.
The bus driver, 55-year-old Damien Peters of Milwaukee, had a blood alcohol content nearly six times the legal limit for a commercial driver.
In addition to prison time, the judge revoked Peters' license for five years and also sentenced him to four years of extended supervision.
Today's your chance to tell Wisconsin Public Service what you think about proposed rate hikes.
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is hosting two public hearings this afternoon and evening at the Neville Public Museum in Green Bay.
Last spring, WPS asked to raise electric rates by 14% by the end of 2028.
That would add about $16 a month to the average customer's bill.
Natural gas rates would go up about $7 a month next year.
WPS officials say the price increase is needed to pay for new renewable energy sources and ongoing work to reduce outages and improve repair times.
The hearings are open to WPS customers throughout the utility's service area, which includes metro areas like Green Bay, Oshkosh, and Wasaw.
If you can't make the hearing at 2 p.m.
or 6 p.m.
in person today, there is a zoom link on PSC's web page.
Luna takes the crown for the third year in a row as the most popular cat name in the U.S.
That's according to a recent survey published in U.S.
News and World Report.
Luna's also a popular dog name, according to the report, as are the runner-ups Milo and Bella.
Mocha made the number 100 spot, all the way at the bottom, but still, cat G. Enough to make the list.
Wisconsin drivers get a bit of relief at the pump this week thanks to a refinery restart.
The average gas price across the state right now is about 430 a gallon.
That's down more than 13 cents from last week.
While prices around most of Wisconsin will fall somewhere between 418 and 447 a gallon, there are a couple of pockets showing numbers below 4 bucks a gallon on GasBuddy's price map.
Keep an eye out for those prices if you're driving south of Fond du Lac, west of Appleton, or all the way up north in the Marinette area.
Patrick Dahan with GasBuddy says diesel prices in the Great Lakes region should also begin easing, but it may take several more days to see that reflected at the pump.
Dahan says the current geopolitical situation can still push prices in either direction with little warning.
Alpha Epsilon Pi is suspending all chapter programming in Madison following the arrests of two chapter leaders in a hazing investigation.
National officials issued an immediate cease and desist directive, halting all social gatherings, pledge meetings, and philanthropic events, while law enforcement continues its inquiry.
Police recently discovered roughly 30 young men covered in food and condiments inside a sweltering fraternity basement.
Fertunity leadership strongly condemned the alleged behavior, promising to expel any members found responsible and support full criminal prosecution.
With football season gearing up, the Green Bay Packers are looking for workers to join the legendary Lambeau Field Experience.
The team is holding two walk-in job fairs on Wednesday, October 7th and on the 21st in the Johnsonville Tailgate Village off Onida Street.
The organization says a variety of positions are available for job seekers who want to be part of the football season, including seasonal Packers' game day roles in guest services and security.
The team says they'll conduct on-site interviews between 4 and 6 p.m.
each day.
Applicants should be available to work for all home games and potential playoff games.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie
Thelman for Civic Media News.
with a new head coach,
Buck's owner, Wes Edens.
You look around here, there's no Yanis, there's no Chris Middleton, there's no, you know, Brooke Lopez, Drew Holiday, all these amazing players that came through here.
We have the next crop of these young folks here that I think have every right to believe that they can be the next group that kind of builds towards that.
NFL, the Packers face the Buccaneers Sunday in Tampa.
Christian Watson says he understands why Packer fans booed the team last Thursday night, tied in Tucker Kraft, asked to comment.
Like I said, when I was referring in the past,
to disappointment.
I'm talking about from the day overall, not not just from the fans.
Obviously the fans are out there and Christian put it the best.
Like this is an entertainment business.
We got to go out there and put a better product on display.
So you know, people are happier and they're headed to their cars after the game.
That's Tucker Kraft with Sports on Mike Clemens.
It is going to be mostly cloudy today with scattered showers possible this afternoon and are high right around 70 today tonight.
Scattered showers, mostly cloudy, low of 56 tomorrow, mostly cloudy, with more scattered showers and a high of 72.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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