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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.
For WFHR and WIR News, I'm Melissa Kaye.
The Juno County Sheriff's Office and New Lisbon Police are looking for a man in connection
with the death of three people.
Yesterday afternoon, the Juno County Communications Center received a call about three people
found dead in a new Lisbon home.
The person officials are looking for is Virgil G. Thew.
Virgil is a 47-year-old white male about 5'10 and approximately 150 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a dark-colored downcoat and hat, and he wears glasses.
Virgil Thew is currently wanted through Wisconsin probation and parole.
He should be considered armed and dangerous.
If you have any information or you see Virgil, contact law enforcement immediately.
For 160 paper mill employees were sick and one person died after a cluster of atypical
pneumonia cases in Michigan last year.
The Marshfield Clinic Research Institute led the testing for the investigation into the
largest known U.S. Blastomycosis outbreak at a paper bill in Michigan owned by Bill
Rude.
Blastomycosis is rare and caused by inhalation of Blastomyces fungal spores from the environment.
It does not spread from person to person.
The fungal spores are usually found in moist soil or decaying wood and leaves often near
rivers and lakes.
Blastomycosis is difficult to diagnose because the symptoms often mimic other respiratory
illnesses.
This outbreak was the first associated with a paper mill or other industrial worksite.
The Marshfield Lab analyzed over 530 indoor and outdoor samples.
No Blastomyces was detected.
The cause of this outbreak remains unknown.
Brut say this is not an unexpected outcome as Blastomyces is an elusive organism.
Overall an estimated 20% of workers at the Eskanava Michigan paper mill tested positive for
Blastomycosis.
Health experts are warning Wisconsin residents that they expect to see a spike in respiratory
viruses this winter.
The state has already seen an elevated number of neurovirus and whooping cough cases this
year, but the flu rate has remained steady with last year's numbers despite declining
vaccination rates and RSV cases are low, but starting to increase.
Tomorrow is the beginning of a new year.
Have you thought about setting goals?
Lisa Hale has some tips.
Emily Wright, a lifestyle coach with true self-coaching and energetics employed at, says
keeping the goals achievable is important.
I think it's important to have a realistic expectation, so we're not setting ourselves
up her disappointment right away, and I think the baby steps is key because that
way we can maybe you have the goal of 40 pounds, but maybe it's two pounds in the first
month.
So can we achieve that?
Fantastic.
Can we achieve them?
What is the next one?
Wright also recommends writing down your goals so that you can revisit them and celebrate
your successes.
Can you guess the 2024 word of the year?
It's polarization.
The Merriam Webster Dictionary chose it because it describes the state of our country
right now.
Jessica Fiesel is a political science professor.
She says polarization is nothing new.
We've been building to this four decades.
In 2024, she says both Democrats and Republicans were tending towards extremes rather than the
center.
People tend to vote out of fear and hatred more than they do, out of support and joy.
And I think the American public is tiring of this level of hostility.
Fiesel believes polarization has become more common in the US because people don't interact
with others who see things differently.
That problem is exacerbated online by algorithms that show users content that supports their
views.
I'm Melissa K for WFHR and WIRI news.
Marquette basketball tonight.
I'm Mike Clemens with sports, men's college basketball.
The Marquette Golden Eagles are on the road in Rhode Island tonight to take on the Providence
Friars.
Marquette now 11 and two for the season had co-shock a smart on being ranked eighth in the
nation.
This week in sports, it comes down to what color you're wearing, you know, and which sides
you're on and which perspective you have.
You know, what I tell our guys is we're going to control the controllables and that doesn't
change regardless of the results out there.
NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks in Chicago against the Bulls recap on those games coming up later
tonight.
NFL, the Packers reviewing the tape of their 27 to 25 laws to the Vikings Sunday Packers
had coach Matlow Flur.
I thought there was a lot of things within our own control in terms of playing with fundamentals
and discipline that we did not do a very good job of and that was disappointing.
It just was sloppy football.
As Packers had coach Matlow Flur with sports, I'm Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba.
People seem to notice the variety of well-reviewed films playing at the box office currently
and headed to the big screen over the weekend.
Sonic the Hedgehog Part 3 took the top spot at the gate with $38 million and is currently
at $137 million and it's first two weeks in theaters.
The Lion King's Mufasa took a close second place with $37 million in change in its second
week and is showing some good word of mouth as it is actually outperforming its haul from
last week.
People also wanted a little whore over their holiday as newcomer Nosphoratu, which opened
on Christmas Day, surprised prognosticators by pulling in $40 million over five days
and $21 million over the weekend.
Wicked in Moana 2 rounded out the top five with Wicked pulling in $19.5 million and
Moana 2 pulling in just over $18 million.
Also opening on Christmas Day was the new Bob Dylan biopic, a complete unknown which
pulled in 23 million over five days and finished in sixth place last weekend with $11.6 million
bucks.
All I wanted was to hold on and live.
Those are the words of Gail Gadot, who recently gave birth to her fourth daughter.
The drama surrounding the birth was right out of a movie script as the actress revealed
that during the eighth month of her pregnancy, an MRI showed a massive blood clot in her brain.
Gadot was rushed into surgery and during the operation gave birth to her daughter Ori,
the 39-year-old actress says the name means my light and that it was appropriate as Hanukkah
is a celebration of light and miracles.
Golden Globes host Nikki Glazer might have a furrowed brow through this year's broadcast.
You can chalk that up to bad timing, as the comedian was planning on getting plastic surgery
but had to reschedule once she got the gig.
Glazer says she was planning on getting a brow lift, but her agent advised her to wait
until after the Golden Globes.
Translation?
Instead of looking surprised when she reads the nominees, she'll look grumpy.
The Golden Globes airs Sunday January 5th on CBS.
Former President Jimmy Carter passed away this past weekend at the age of 100.
Many remember Carter for his decency, endless service to humankind, which included his involvement
with Habitat for Humanity.
But what most people don't know is that he was also related to Motown Records founder
Barry Gordy.
Gordy said that in 1978 his sister Esther did some digging into their family tree.
Gordy says he was filled with shock and pride when he found out that he and Carter were
actually third cousins.
There's as much drama off-screen surrounding actress Blake Lively and actor director Justin
Baldoni as there was on-screen for their film It Ends With Us.
Following Lively's lawsuit, claiming Baldoni sexually assaulted her and launched a smear
campaign against her, Baldoni is filing a counter suit, claiming Lively and her team
launched a smear campaign against him.
Does anything good ever come from Hollywood smear campaign?
Oh yeah, publicity.
For more showbiz fun, tune in tonight light with me, Pee Schwabba, weeknights from 6-8
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