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and WISC country 105.5 FM WIRI in Wisconsin Rapids.
For WFHR and WIRI News, I'm Melissa Kaye.
The Rhinelander Fire Department is grieving after the sudden loss of one of their foundational members.
Assistant Chief Dan Bauer died on Saturday after a massive heart attack.
He was described as the heartbeat of the Rhinelander Fire Department and will be sorely missed.
Dan Bauer leaves his wife Jenna and their four children as well as other family members.
The department will release arrangements and a family benefit in the near future.
A marathon county man will spend three years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.
50-year-old Sean Hignite of Weston pleaded guilty to this charge on August 1.
The arrest happened in January after police responded to a domestic incident involving a gunshot.
Hignite said there wasn't any gunshot.
Police searched the home after obtaining a search warrant.
They found a loaded handgun inside the house and a spent shell casing in the backyard.
Hignite later admitted the gun belonged to him and that he fired at that night.
During the sentencing, the judge pointed to Hignite's dismal history of consuming alcohol and committing crimes.
After three years in federal prison, Hignite will have three years of supervised release.
The enrollment period for affordable healthcare coverage is open now.
Wisconsinite's statewide can sign up for health insurance now through January 15.
The open enrollment period began on November 1 and extends through January 15, 2025.
More than 250,000 people in Wisconsin signed up for health insurance during the last open enrollment period.
Signed into law in 2010, the Affordable Care Act ensures people can access health insurance without lifetime limits and protects the coverage of people who have pre-existing conditions.
Another key provision of the ACA authored by Senator Baldwin allows young people to stay on their parents' insurance until the age of 26.
The Justice Department will be monitoring compliance with federal voting rights laws in 27 states on Tuesday.
Of the 86 jurisdictions they will monitor on November 5, four of those locations will be in Wisconsin.
These include the town of Lawrence and Thornapple in Russ County.
These towns have had trouble providing voting machines accessible to people with disabilities.
The City of Milwaukee, which has been the target of false voter fraud claims in the past, and finally the City of Warsaw.
You might remember that the mayor of Warsaw met with some controversy when he decided to remove a ballot box.
The Justice Department enforces federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all eligible citizens to access the ballot.
When you're heading to the polls tomorrow, make sure you aren't violating election laws with what you choose to wear. Lisa Hale has the story.
When people are passionate about their candidate, they tend to wear that passion via garb, a t-shirt, a hat, and or campaign buttons.
Megan Wolf, the chief elections official in Wisconsin, that is prohibited under Wisconsin law.
So you should not be coming in wearing a peril or displays that advocate for a position or a candidate on the ballot.
Wolf says any display of support for a candidate or for a position on the ballot is considered electioneering and is not allowed at the polls.
The next Ruby's pantry in Wisconsin rapids will be Saturday, November 16th.
There may be a few online bundles still available if you would like to choose your pickup time.
As always, there will be lots of cash pay bundles the day of, plan to come early and line up in the parking lot at pitch early learning center.
They begin at 8 a.m. bundles are $25 cash only and approximately 70 pounds of food.
There's no limit to how many you can purchase as long as they fit in your vehicle.
Wisconsin has been a popular place lately, especially for visiting politicians.
Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walsh stopped in Walshaw on Saturday to thank volunteers for their work to persuade and turn out voters in the final stretch of the campaign.
She talked with around 40 people at the Harris Walsh coordinated campaign field office in Walshaw saying,
it may sound a little cheesy, but this state is starting to feel like home.
But everywhere I go, people are fed up with Donald Trump and fired up for a new way forward.
This is Mrs. Walsh's eighth visit to Wisconsin since Governor Walsh joined the ticket.
Governor Tim Walsh and Mrs. Gwen Walsh will tour the state of Wisconsin again on Monday before heading to Michigan.
President Donald Trump has claimed there has been a huge increase in terrorists entering the United States in recent years.
But is that true? Here's Trisha Young with the facts.
While speaking in Milwaukee, Donald Trump claimed,
quote, we have had more terrorists come to the United States than the last three years than in the last 30 years.
No data supports this.
Border agent encounters with individuals on the terrorist watch list have only been tracked since 2017.
From 2021 to September 2024, there were 382 encounters compared to 11 from 2017 to 2020.
However, these individuals were stopped from entering.
I'm Trisha Young for Wisconsin Watch. Learn more at WisconsinWatch.org.
Gas prices have fallen 2.8 cents per gallon over the last week.
The average across the state is 284 today.
This is over 16 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and 29 cents lower than this time last year.
Officials at gas buddies say no matter who wins the election,
gas prices are likely to stay much lower than in previous years.
Facts are important and Wisconsin's chief election official tried to clear up some of the misinformation that's been spreading during this closely contested election.
Here's Lisa Hale.
Megan Wolf, Wisconsin's chief elections official told reporters in a virtual press call Friday that inaccurate information has been distributed about non-citizen voting in the state.
Let me be clear under no circumstances are non citizens allowed to vote in the state of Wisconsin ever.
In order to vote in Wisconsin, voters must certify on their voter registration form that they are a U.S. citizen.
Wolf said every Wisconsin voter has to show an ID such as a driver's license, passport, military ID or naturalization documents at the polls to prove legal status and to vote.
We are entering the fourth year of DNR scientists surveying bear dens in the state.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources encourages people to report any black bear den locations to help with the ongoing study.
The black bear litter and diet survey helps researchers estimate black bear reproductive rates within each bear management zone.
They are specifically looking for more dens to survey in central and western Wisconsin.
It's important that you do not approach or disturb the dens while trying to report as much information as possible.
Researchers are asking for GPS coordinates, photos of the dens and surroundings and any information on bears and their activity near the site.
You can report on the DNR website, DNR.Wisconsin.gov.
Overnight parking restrictions are now in effect in port Edwards.
As of November 1st, no on-street parking is allowed between midnight and 6 a.m.
The park restrooms also closed on November 1st and the last day for leaf pickup will be Friday, November 22nd.
I'm Melissa K for WFHR and WIRI News.
The packers lose to Detroit by on-mic clements with sports.
The packers had an early field goal, then trailed the rest of the night, losing 24 to 14 to the lines at Lambo Field, dropped passes and penalties killed the packers, running back Josh Jacobs.
Yeah man, a lot of self-inflicted wounds, a lot of momentum killers.
You know, we've been getting away with a lot of it because we've been kind of masking it with the winds.
When you play a good team and you know all the little things catch up to you.
The packers now head into their by-week at 6 and 3 in third place behind Detroit and Minnesota in the NFC North Division.
NBA bucks in the Cavaliers in Cleveland tonight.
Bucks Ford Bobby Porta says his home was broken into during Saturday night's game in Milwaukee and says several personal items were stolen.
Baseball the burrs with two players winning gold glove awards for the first time since 1979.
Second basement Bryce Tarrang and outfielder, Sal Freelich.
It's definitely cool, little surreal still, and I think even cooler to do it, you know, with price.
That's Sal Freelich with sports on Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pee Chwaba.
Rapper Young Thug was sentenced to 40 years in prison for gun and drug charges.
Despite this news, the incredibly successful rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams,
will be released from prison and given credit for time served.
The judge set all kinds of contingencies and strict parameters in regard to the sentence.
With a name like Young Thug, he is asking to be a suspect in any crime.
Maybe legally change your name to something a little less crime-friendly.
Young Weblow Scout, or Young Member of Up With People.
I'm spitballing here.
This year's World Series went yard in the ratings, which is not a huge surprise,
considering the teams represented the two biggest markets in America.
Yahoo Entertainment reports that more people watch the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees in five games than any previous World Series dating back to 2017.
This was the first year they put pictures on a clock to speed up the game.
But despite that, the season did not end any sooner.
There have been many life-long Republicans who are jumping ship and endorsing Kamala Harris for president.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is continuing the trend in Hollywood.
On the platform formerly known as Twitter, the former California governor said he is an American before he is a Republican,
and therefore will vote Harris.
This is not a huge shock, as Arnold has always surprised people politically and is an actor.
What I find most surprising is that Schwarzenegger's Austrian accent hasn't gotten any less thick in 50 years.
Game of Thrones might be coming to the big screen.
Series creator say it was always their intention to end the iconic TV show with three feature films instead of the finale HBO went with.
The Hollywood Reporter says Warner Brothers has a project in the works, but it is in the very early stages, and no one is attached at the moment.
GOT fans might want to check out House of the Dragon, which HBO rolled out in 2022,
and an upcoming prequel series, A Night of the Seven Kingdoms, which should drop in 2025.
From the little screen to the big screen, John Krasinski is keeping the role of Jack Ryan.
Krasinski played Ryan for four seasons on the Amazon Prime series, Jack Ryan.
The Hollywood Reporter says he will now move to the big screen, where he will be the fifth actor to play the character over the last 35 years.
Previous Ryan's include Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine.
There is no word yet on which Tom Clancy novel the next film will be based on.
Joining Krasinski in the cast will be Wendell Pierce as James Greer and Mike Kelly as Mike November.
Both men also reprising the roles from the Prime series.
Wicked opens November 15th in theaters, and the early buzz from critics, they're raving about it.
One critic for Variety called it a masterpiece, pop star Ariana Grande plays the lead role of Glinda.
If you hear a murmuring across the country, it's Oscar buzz.
This is part one of the film, part two will hit theaters in 2025.
For more showbiz fond tune in tonight light with me, Peach Wabba.
Weeknights from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Civic Media, Radio Network.
Cloudy and drizzly with some fog and off it on showers today are high 65 this afternoon.
Tonight, Cloudy, scatter showers, maybe even an isolated thunderstorm or 49 the low tomorrow.
It is going to be cloudy with rain likely at a high of 59.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
Outside now, it's 58.
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