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Now a look at Northwoods News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
Republicans won two state Senate races in northern Wisconsin Tuesday, while two incumbent state assembly members also won re-election.
In the 25th Senate District, Republican Eric Severson defeated Democrat Charlie Ray.
Unofficial results show Severson receiving about 53% of the vote, compared to Ray's 47%.
Meanwhile, in the 23rd Senate District, Republican Romain Quinn defeated Democrat Jeff Foster, receiving about 64% of the vote, compared to Foster's 36%.
In the state assembly, Democrat Angela Stroud won reelection in the 73rd district, defeating Republican Frank Koska.
Stroud received about 65% of the vote compared to 35% for Koska.
And in the 74th assembly district, Republican Chance Green won another term, defeating Democrat Paul Johnson.
Green received about 58% of the vote compared to 42% for Johnson.
All results remain unofficial until certified.
Meanwhile, in the governor's race, Wisconsin
Voters made history Tuesday by electing the state's first black governor.
Here's Civic
Media's Connie Feldman.
Democrat David Crowley defeated Republican Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin's gubernatorial race.
Crowley's victory also marks the first time in our state's 178-year history that Democrats will hold the governor's office for more than eight consecutive years.
Tiffany conceded the race by 9.30 last night.
He congratulated Crowley on his victory, saying, quote,
Wisconsin's next governor.
Shortly afterward, David Crowley thanked Wisconsin voters on social media, saying in part, thank you for believing in me, serving as your governor will be the honor of a lifetime.
That's Connie Feldman, and for Northwood's News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
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 years 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 SportsNBA.
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.
Scattered showers this morning.
It is going to stay mostly cloudy here for a good chunk of the day.
Today are high right around 45 this afternoon.
Tonight we could see some of that rain mixed with a little light snow.
Our low 25 tomorrow partly cloudy becoming mostly sunny with a high of 43.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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