This is your WCQM Daily News Roundup for 98Q Country 98.3 FM and Trail Mix 103.1 FM and 980 AM WPFB in Park Falls.
Now, a look at Northwood's news.
I'm Maddie Schaefer.
Wisconsin's nine-day gun deer hunt season is just over a week away, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is giving hunters an idea of what to expect this year.
During a media briefing Thursday, DNR deer and elk program specialist Steve Burns said another mild winter has helped set the stage for the upcoming season.
Last winter was again considered mild in consideration to deer population impact.
And that was reflected in strong fontido observations collected earlier this year.
Last year, 16 DMUs in the state had their highest buck harvest ever.
By and large, hunters can expect to see herd densities across the state, similar to what they saw in 2025.
However, Burns says deer densities can vary across the state.
I encourage any hunter who has struggled to find deer in previous years to stay flexible and be open to trying new locations.
Another factor that could affect this year's hunt is the later start to the nine-day season.
Burns says that puts hunters farther away from the peak of the deer mating season when deer tend to be more active during the day.
And if November's warmer temperatures continue, hunters may not see the colder weather or snow cover that typically helps their chances.
However, Burns says the warmer weather may not be all bad.
The silver lining in that is that a warmer gun season, hunters may be able to spend increased time in the field.
In fact, it might be the perfect opportunity to get younger or older hunters into the woods along with you.
As we get closer to opening day, the DNR is also reminding hunters to review the 2026 deer management unit maps before heading out.
Some boundaries changed last year in the northern and central forest zones, so hunters should make sure they have the correct harvest authorizations.
Wisconsin's nine-day gun-deer season opens November 21st and runs through the 29th.
For Northwood's News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
They did it.
Manasha High School won the million-dollar prize in T-Mobile's Friday Night Lights 5G competition.
Lujie supporters cast nearly 400,000 votes from all across the nation to push Manasha over the top.
The second-place school came in nearly 200,000 votes behind Manasha.
The win gives Manasha High School a $1 million home field upgrade after Calder Stadium took a beating in last summer's tornado.
The field will be revealed during a community celebration in 2027.
Newly released airport surveillance video shows the moment federal immigration officers detained a Wisconsin state patrol trooper in Madison.
The footage from Dane County Regional Airport shows undercover ICE agents stopping several men to check their identification before locating 21-year-old Carl Aaron Vandermerve.
On November 5th, agents arrested Vandermerve inside the terminal as he traveled to visit family, despite holding a valid work permit while awaiting a pending asylum decision.
He was released from custody a day later following intervention from Wisconsin Congressman Derek Van Orden.
Authorities believe transportation security officials may have tipped off federal agents prior to the flight.
Wisconsin Democrats chose their legislative leaders this week as they prepared to control the Assembly, Senate, and Governor's Office for the first time in 16 years.
Racine's Greta Neubauer will become the first female assembly speaker, while Diane Hasselbein will lead the Senate majority.
Neubauer says her members will push to repeal Act 10 and restore collective bargaining rights.
Governor-elect David Crowley has called for a commission to study the issue.
Hessebein says she understands the urgency to act but needs to set priorities with newly elected senators.
Alvernia University announced plans this week to acquire Marion University in Fond du Lac, marking a major transition for the private institution.
Marion President Aaron Sadoff said in a news release, the acquisition is an opportunity to enhance Marion's future.
Sadoff said a decline in membership for the university's sponsor made the change necessary, adding, Alvernia is a partner who understands and shares Marion's commitment to their Catholic mission, values and the Fond du Lac community.
University leaders say Marion will stay in Fond du Lac and there's no current plan to downsize.
Believe it or not, it's already the season for Christmas and holiday parades around Wisconsin.
Dozens of local communities are putting the final touches on floats and tuning up those marching bands to spread holiday cheer through hometown streets across the state between now and the end of December.
Green Bay's holiday parade is set for November 21st.
Kennedy Corpus with downtown Green Bay Incorporated says there's even a pre-parade event this year planned to extend the family fun.
the north pole there's going to be a lot of fun activities for the family we've got a classical holiday movie showing oh we have hot chocolate a coffee stand heritage coffee and tea is going to be there we've got frio mexican treats for purchase but there'll also be some reindeer friends for the kids to see and take some pictures with there's fire pits if you need to warm up
And there's also a run going on run run route off by golden made events is going on.
So that's a great place to watch the runners come and go and you can cheer them on.
So just a really fun.
area to kick off your parade.
Other notable parades around our state include the Watoma and two rivers Christmas parades, both on November 28th.
The following weekend, Sturgeon Bay, Howard Swamco and Fondalac will all celebrate the season with parades and Clintonville's old fashion Christmas parade is one of the last events of the year on December 12th.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
The Bucks in Orlando.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports NBA.
The Bucks in Florida, taking on the Orlando Magic.
Milwaukee trying to snap an eight game losing streak.
Head coach Taylor Jenkins says they need a rebound better.
It's an area of big concern and focus for us because that factors into the possession game, right?
You know, we're not turning teams over like we need to.
We're turning it over.
We're giving up these second chance opportunities and we're like in this double digit deficit should hopefully be singles and then just continues to grow and it puts you behind the eight ball.
College football tomorrow, the Badgers.
on the road in Maryland to take on the Terrapins.
Ryan Hopkins will get the start again at quarterback.
NFL Packers and Vikings Sunday at noon.
Jordan Love named NFC offensive player of the week.
I asked him, can he imagine being Kurt Cousins with only three days to prep for Minnesota?
No, I cannot.
Yeah, that's probably a wild feeling.
You know, I think just to obviously be somewhere and then now you're with a new team.
Obviously he's been there.
He's been in that system.
But you know, anytime you're learning a new offense and expected to play.
Yeah, I could not imagine that.
That's Jordan Love with Sports on Mike Clemens.
It's going to be cold today, mostly cloudy, with a high in the mid to upper 30s this afternoon.
Tonight, partly to mostly cloudy, with clearing late tonight, our low dropping into the low to mid 20s.
Tomorrow, partly cloudy, with a high right around 40.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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