This is your WFHR Daily News Roundup for locally grown radio 97.5 FM and 13.20 AM and
WISC country 105.5 FM WIRI in Wisconsin Rapids.
Pacific Media News, I'm Terry Val, here's what Wisconsin needs to know.
Wisconsin is getting about $16 million in a nationwide settlement with Johnson and Johnson
over harmful baby powder. State prosecutors around the country say the company knew that
talc in its baby powder could cause cancer. Attorney General Josh Call did not say exactly
how the money will be used.
Former UW lacrosse chancellor Joe Gow faces a disciplinary hearing today. He was fired
as chancellor in late December for making pornographic videos and posting them online.
Now Gow is fighting to save his job as a communications professor. He maintains he did
nothing wrong. Donald Trump singing Milwaukee's praises at a campaign stop in Racine yesterday
after calling Milwaukee a horrible city last week.
They say, oh, he doesn't like Milwaukee. I love Milwaukee. I said you got to fix the crime.
We all know that. You got to make sure the elections honors, but I'm the one that picked
Milwaukee. The Milwaukee crime rate actually fell last year. The Republican National Convention
is in about a month. The idea that noncitizens get to vote for president is not only untrue,
but good government groups say falsehoods like that plant dangerous seeds of doubt about
American elections.
Noncitizens are already not legally allowed to vote in federal elections. This has been
the case through American history and it was codified into American law in 1996. David
Becker is with the Center for Election Innovation and Research. Today is June 10th, which marks
the day in 1865 and the last enslaved people in the United States were told they were free.
The Juneteenth flag flies over the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison today until sunset. A ceremony
yesterday marked the progress black Americans have made and the challenges they still face.
Summer in Wisconsin means county fairs. This year cat only to be tested and cleared for
bird flu before being shown. Bird flu is turned up in dairy cows in other states, but
so far not Wisconsin. Public health officials say it's an opportunity for farmers to sharpen
their safety practices. I'm Terry Bell, civic media news. Now here's what you need to know
closer to home. For WFHR and WIRI News, I'm Melissa K. Organizations in our area have received
grants to address social isolation. The Department of Health Services awarded 37 grants
across the state to address social isolation in communities. Social connection can help
reduce the risk of chronic disease and serious illness. Organizations in Wood, Portage, and
Marathon counties receiving the grants include the Marshville area United Way, Mid-State
Independent Living Choices, the ODC, the ADRC of Portage County, and the Montgomery Center.
These grants are intended to help fight loneliness and make communities more livable for older
adults and people with disabilities. There's a Veterans Expo and Packed
Act event happening next week. It's on Wednesday, June 26 at Crossview Church. Find out about
resources and benefits from 9 to 2 at 1000 East Riverview Expressway in Wisconsin Rapids.
There's a new way to handle AFib or heart rhythm disorders, and a Spirors Heartcare is one
of the first in the region to use it. It's called Pulse Field Ablation or PFA. Pulse
Field Ablation basically delivers high energy and very high frequency and very short duration
that does not result in heating or cooling of the tissue. So there is really no collateral
damage. That's a Spirors Cardiac electrophysiologist Ronnie Ortiz MD. He said this method is
safer than any other method currently in use.
Safer than any other ablation modality, safety is paramount here. Patients finish less
anesthesia time, they finish quicker, and they recover faster. Early diagnosis and treatment
can prevent many of the complications and risks associated with AFib so people affected
can still live active lives.
The Mid-State Technical College Board Appointment Committee will meet at 5 p.m. tonight. They're
responsible for appointing members to the Mid-State District Board of Directors. They'll
meet in Room A223 on the Wisconsin Rapids campus and virtually via Microsoft Teams.
You can join the WFHR team for our virtual town hall meeting tonight at 6 p.m. We'll
be talking about our upcoming newsletter and we want your input. Visit wfhr.com slash
newsletter to sign up.
The Southwood County Allied Veterans Council will be recovering the American flags from
the headstones of veterans this Saturday June 22nd at 10 a.m. They're asking for help
from the community to recover the flags. They'll start at the Forest Hill Muzzleam and
work through the Forest Hill Calvary and Restaurant Cemetery until all flags have been retrieved.
Every time should last no more than two hours. That's this Saturday at 10 a.m. It's too
early to tell if the Canadian wildfires are going to be as much of an issue this summer
as they were last year. However, there are ways you can prepare to protect yourself if
we again have intense episodes of orange skies and the persistent smell of smoke. The Wassup
Pilot and Review reports it's important to check air quality information before spending
time outdoors. If you notice your coughing or short of breath, you'll need to take it easy
or head inside. This is especially true for those in sensitive groups such as the elderly,
young children or people with heart and lung issues or ailments. You should also protect
your indoor air quality. If you don't have air conditioning, you can create a homemade
air purifier using a box fan and a furnace filter. The DNR has a webpage dedicated to air
quality resources. You can find out more by visiting DNR.Wisconsin.gov.
And that's what you need to know. I'm Alyssa K, WFHR and WIRI News.
Mark Kett to play the Badgers. Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports. The Mark Kett Golden
Eagles will host the Wisconsin Badgers and Men's College basketball, the oldest rivalry
in the state. The game is set for Saturday, December 7th at Pfizer, Forman, Milwaukee.
The two teams have faced each other every year since 1958. Baseball tonight, the Brewers
play the Angels for the rubber match in their three game series, the crew winning last night
6-3. And we learned that Willie Mays died at the age of 93. Mays once had four home runs
in a game, April 1960, against the Milwaukee Raised County Stadium, the Brewers Pat Murphy.
That's my childhood. You know, my childhood is thinking about the guys I pulled for, you
know, and the guys that I, you know, like growing up, you know, I'd be in the backyard
and my brothers were from New York. So my brother's one brother would be the Yankees,
the other brother would be the Red Sox. I'd be the Dodgers or the Giants. And if I was
a Giants, that was Willie Mays. And, yeah, you know, what an icon in our game, you know,
just a tremendous ball player and, you know, that's Pat Murphy with sports. I'm Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba. The show must go on after some healing. Indie
Ware is reporting that shortly after Ian McClellan was told to break a leg, he exited stage
left and fell. The 85-year-old is expected to make a full recovery because luckily, there
was a doctor in the house who tended to the actor. If I had worked one more theater cliche
into this bit, I would have set a record. There's no business like show business. Mike
Drop, it appears there is still bad blood between dancing with the stars and former host
Tom Bergeron. Bergeron was let go in 2020 after expressing his disapproval when former
Trump press secretary Sean Spicer became a contestant. He said he would have disapproved
if there was a Democrat cast as well. His passion for only letting a political people
dance competitively on color television led to his firing. When Bergeron found out the
producer who can't him was also let go in 2022, Tommy B tweeted Carmas of ****. I think
the only appropriate way to settle this dispute is with a dance off. 5, 6, 7, 8. Francis Ford
Coppola's Megalopolis has found a distribution partner and will hit US theaters this fall.
The five-time Oscar winner invested $120 million of his own money for his passion project
according to the Los Angeles Times. The film screened at the Con Film Festival where critics
responded favorably. The cast of Megalopolis includes Adam Driver, Lawrence Fishburn, Aubrey
Plaza, and Giancarlo Esposito. Megalopolis opens September 27th. The relatively squeaky clean
image of Justin Timberlake just took a hit. The pop star and actor was cited for a DWI and
a few other moving violations while driving in the Hamptons after leaving a friend's party.
Timberlake reportedly refused to take a field sobriety test initially, then told one of
the police officers that this was going to ruin the tour. The police did say Timberlake
was a total gentleman but had no choice but to cite him when they asked him to walk a straight
line and he wasn't in sync. Whatty Harrelson was in a motorcycle accident recently while
driving to Conan O'Brien's podcast, Conan O'Brien needs a friend, where he was to appear with
Ted Danson. O'Brien addressed the bandage on Harrelson's hand during the broadcast,
Harrelson told O'Brien about his accident and said it's a good thing he wore a helmet because
he flew over his handlebars and hit his head when he crashed into a Tesla. Instead of going to
an actual doctor, whatty drove to the set were pretend Dr. Becker bandaged him up. Throughout
the interview listeners learned that hazing was alive and well on the set of chairs.
Danson says most of the actors were in their 30s and Youngbuck Harrelson was 24 when he joined
the cast. In an effort to show Harrelson the pecking order, Danson said he and his castmates
tried to kick Harrelson's butt. First with physical activity, but Harrelson beat them all in
basketball, leg wrestling and arm wrestling. When they switched to more cerebral methods,
Harrelson beat them at chess too. Who would have thought a humble guy from Indiana could
outsmart Hollywood actors? From where show is fun, tune into Nightlight with me,
Peach Wabba, weeknights from 7 to 9 p.m. on the Civic Media Radio Network.
With your forecast, I'm Corey Hartman, mostly cloudy today, highs in the upper 70s.
For tonight, showers may be some thunder and a low of 58. Partly sunny, 75 on Thursday with
scattered showers. Showers and storms Thursday night, a low of 59, mostly cloudy and 78 on your
Friday. Right now, 71 degrees.