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Now a look at Northwoods News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
The Wisconsin State Patrol is stepping up enforcement of the state's Move Over law this week, reminding drivers to move over or slow down when approaching emergency responders or stranded motorists along the road.
Troopers across the state will be paying extra attention to violations and handing out informational flyers to help drivers better understand the law.
The effort comes ahead of National Move Over Day on Saturday, October 17th.
Under Wisconsin law, drivers on roads with multiple lanes traveling in the same
direction must move out of the lane closest to stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks and highway maintenance vehicles with their warning lights activated.
If you can't safely move over or are traveling on a single lane road, you must slow down.
The law has also been expanded to protect stranded motorists with hazard lights on or other visible warnings.
According to the state patrol, over the past five years, 128 people in Wisconsin have been injured while inside or near a stopped vehicle along the road and six have been
killed.
Drivers who violate the law could face fines up to $300 with more serious penalties if a crash or injury occurs.
The state patrol is reminding drivers to stay alert, avoid distractions and give stopped vehicles as much room as possible.
Governor Tony Evers has announced $6.6 million in grants to help Wisconsin workers receive training in advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence.
The funding will go to 84 employers and provide training for more than 3,800 workers across the state.
Among the recipients is Rice Lake Weighing Systems in Barron County, which is receiving more than $250,000 to train 300 employees in areas including robotics and manufacturing.
Washburn Ironworks and
Bayfield County is also receiving $256,000 to train 40 employees on a new AI integrated business management system.
The grants are part of the state's new WIS train program supported by federal funding.
For Northwood's News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
We're hearing more and more about the Enbridge Energy Company's work on a pipeline in Wisconsin's Northwoods and the growing controversy surrounding it.
Enbridge is replacing about 41 miles of oil and natural gas liquid pipeline across Ashland and Iron Counties.
The project has been in the works for seven years after a federal judge ruled Enbridge was trespassing on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation.
The company was ordered to remove or reroute the line outside the reservation.
Recently,
The multiple fires on Enbridge construction sites have destroyed company equipment.
Now, as Civic Media's Maddie Schaefer tells us, Wisconsin's DNR is accusing the company of violating environmental laws.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued a formal notice of violation to Enbridge Energy Company over its Line 5 work in Iron and Ashland counties.
The notice involves alleged permit violations during construction of the Line 5 reroute, along with environmental law violations related to an unpermitted bypass built around the August 25th spill site near Saxon.
When an unoccupied vehicle rolled into an excavation site and struck the existing Line 5 pipeline, releasing natural gas
liquids.
The notice also includes alleged air pollution violations related to the August spill.
According to the notice of violation, the DNR cites several incidents during reroute construction, including multiple releases of drilling fluid into Vaughan Creek and nearby wetlands.
It also alleges that Enbridge placed timber matting in wetlands and temporary bridges over waterways without the required permits while building the bypass.
Civic media has reached out to Enbridge for comment, but has not yet received a response.
For Civic Media News,
I'm Maddie Schaefer.
Inbridge will have a chance to respond to the allegations at a meeting with the DNR on October 26th.
Kamala Harris is coming to Wisconsin.
The former vice president is set to campaign with Democratic governor candidate David Crowley.
Wisconsin is one of several states Harris is visiting in her fall campaign blitz on behalf of Democrats running for governor and U.S.
Senate.
The time and location have not yet been released.
The event is set to take place October 26th.
Crowley was campaigning for himself in Eau Claire last weekend.
As civic media's James Kelly tells us, the Democrat talked with people about what's become an important issue for voters all across Wisconsin.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Milwaukee County executive David Crowley spoke with local residents at Forage in downtown Eau Claire on Sunday morning, thanking them for their support and energizing them for the final stretch of the campaign.
He also shared his plans to address data center development in Wisconsin, an issue that has risen to the forefront of voters' minds over the last year.
I mean, I can't
believe I'm
now datacenter David Crop.
And I want to be very
clear.
We're going to be extremely aggressive about protecting our land, protecting our air, protecting our water quality.
But it's also important that every single community have a seat at the table.
Datacenters need to earn their way.
And if a community doesn't want a datacenter, they will not be forced to have a datacenter.
And there's no if, ands, or buts.
Health care is another issue of particular interest to the Chippewa Valley after years of working to address the sudden closure of two hospitals and a number of clinics.
So my goal is to expand badger care.
Make it as a turn it into an alternative to for-profit insurance allowing people to pay into this pool to make sure that people don't fall through the cracks.
Incentivizing our providers to make sure that people are within network and no longer have to travel hours away just to get the care that they need.
It needs to be available whenever and wherever they need it.
Crowley will face off with Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany for Wisconsin Governor in the November election.
I'm James Kelly for Civic Media News.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
Game four tonight.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports Baseball.
It's the Brewers and the Dodgers in game four of the National League series.
If Milwaukee wins again, they're headed to the World Series.
The crew with another victory last night, 6-2 in LA.
Jackson Churio with a home run on the very first pitch of the game.
Manager Pat Murphy
in no moments too big for Jack Jack this exact date I guess last year right hit a first pitch homer He's special.
No, you're a special cat
So the Dodgers now down three games to nothing the only team to ever come back from that deficit was the 2004 Red Sox Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was a player on that team
Are you going to maybe reminisce with your team tomorrow about the time you came back from 0-3?
I don't think so.
I think that they've seen the documentary so
they know I can
NFL for the first time since Thanksgiving last year.
The Packers have won back-to-back games.
Up next is the Cowboys.
Can't hide from the work.
You got to put the work in each and every day.
That's Matlow Floor with sports on Mike Clemens.
We have some rain on the way today tonight into tomorrow morning.
We could get a couple tents maybe a quarter inch by the time things wind down tomorrow morning.
Today's high 52 tonight.
Scattered showers in the mid 30s.
Tomorrow cloudy breezy with a high in the upper 40s to near 50.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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