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So, in the BIR news, I'm Melissa K. The Madison City Clerk has resigned months after nearly 200 ballots went uncounted in November. And as an investigation into the errors continue, Savannah Tome Olson has followed the story from the beginning.
Mary Beth Witzelbell has been at her post for almost 20 years. She's been at the center of the uncounted ballots case when 193 absentee ballots were found after the November election.
The mayor's office said Witzelbell didn't notify anybody about it until weeks later. The city opened its own investigation as did the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
The commission has the power to determine that the clerk acted improperly or even illegally. And the next part of their investigation would likely include asking people to sit for depositions, including Witzelbell. And then last month, she was placed on paid administrative leave.
In a statement from Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway, she thanked Witzelbell for her service. Madison City Attorney Michael Haas has been acting as interim city clerk.
It's the season for tornadoes running from April to August. Meteorologist Brittany Murlow tells us how they form.
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the bottom of a thunderstorm down to the ground. They can completely destroy well-made buildings, uproot trees, and hurl things through the air, turning them into deadly missiles.
A tornado can touch down during the day and at night. But they do need three specific things to form, the fuel, which is the heat and humidity. A spark, which lifts the warm air up, usually from a cold front, in the last thing needed as a spin in the sky.
For example, if you put a pen between your hands and roll it, one hand moved faster than the other to make that happen. This is what the winds need to be doing at different levels or directions.
And all of those must happen for the perfect tornado environments. And when they align, it happens fast.
Twisters can also lift up and drop down again, creating gaps in their path and sparing one house over the other.
Wisconsin sits on two great lakes, which blends itself perfectly to the shipbuilding industry. Lisa Hill reports on efforts to rebuild domestic shipbuilding.
Marinette, Sturgeon Bay, Manitouac, Milwaukee, Green Bay, all cities involved in commercial and military shipbuilding.
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin wants to ensure that our nation's shipbuilding industry remains strong and vibrant.
Baldwin has introduced by America and made in America requirements into the defense bill.
We know about the big shipyards in Wisconsin, but there are hundreds of, and upon hundreds of small businesses that supply certain components for those ships.
She added military vessels aren't the only ones to be concerned with. Baldwin said not so many decades ago, the U.S. dominated shipbuilding. That's no longer the case.
I think in the last year for which there are records, we built in the United States five commercial ships and China built 1700.
So hopefully that sunk in. We have gone from being dominant in commercial shipbuilding to having our lunch eaten by China.
Baldwin added that she will be happy to work with President Donald Trump in efforts to resurrect the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
Early in his current administration, the president said he was committed to that objective.
Last week, Trump directed the Department of Defense to explore actions that could bring commercial shipbuilding back to the United States.
She said one of the actions might be docking fees for Chinese vessels.
But he said in motion the work that the administration has to do to see that through.
And that's one where I'll work really closely with him.
Baldwin made her comments during a virtual town hall meeting for her constituents in Northeast Wisconsin earlier this month.
I'm Lisa Hale, Civic Media News.
And I'm Melissa K for WFHR and WIRI News.
The crew shuts out the Tigers. Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports. The Brewers beat Detroit five to nothing.
Thanks to the pitching staff led by starter Quinn Priester, holding the Tigers to just one hit and no runs.
Pat Murphy and how GM Matt Arnold and the Brewers Scouts found the 24-year-old right-hander.
Now, it's hats off to them for finding a guy in AAA that can come and give us two pretty good outing so far.
And looks like he's a lot to work with, a great kid and competitor and seems like once again they strike again.
Matt Arnold in his posse.
NBA, the Bucks Holding Practice, getting ready for Saturday's playoff game at noon against the Pacers.
College football, Wisconsin Badgers of Lost, their starting left tackle for the season due to a torn ACL had coach Luke Ford.
The ACL had coach Luke Fickle on tackle Kevin Haywood.
Obviously, I think he's going to have to have surgery. So it's probably going to lose him and then probably not going to get him back obviously for the season.
So that was one that's going to be really difficult and tough. But you know, it's also a part of the game.
That's the Badgers Luke Fickle with sports on Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba.
Yesterday in the Hollywood beats, I reported that White Lotus season three star Amy Lou Wood was hurt by the portrayal of her character during a sketch
on Saturday Night Live last weekend. She called the portrayal mean and unfunny.
Wood took to Instagram to clarify that she was not upset with Sarah Sherman, the actress who played her in the sketch.
She also said Saturday Night Live reached out to her and apologized privately.
Katie Perry was in space for eight minutes aboard a spacecraft sponsored by Tech Company Blue Origin.
A spacecraft crossed the outer space barrier for a few minutes before coming back down to Earth.
One of Perry's space mates, Gail King, said Perry sang what a wonderful world as they floated along.
Blue Origin is owned by Jeff Bezos, whose wife Lauren Sanchez was also on board the flight.
This marks the first time in history six women have gone into space on a mission that achieved almost nothing while wearing bell bottoms.
Money well spent.
Here's a film that might amuse you if you're just in the mood to sort of zone out.
The amateur starring Romney Malik is what I would describe as halfway decent entertainment on the big screen,
but there just isn't a whole lot there. Malik plays a CIA analyst who wants to avenge the death of his wife.
He does just that and there are some interesting scenes involving his revenge, but nothing is ever really explained.
It's directed well and there are some cool scenes and a good pace, but it lacks substance and frankly Malik seems miscast in his own film.
That's right, he's also a producer.
Get ready folks, the playoffs are right around the corner.
Of course I'm talking about the music competition show The Voice.
Season 27 playoffs start in late April and the show is adding what they call mega mentors in Cheryl Crow and Leon Rhymes.
The two will be on opposing teams led by Michael Buble and John Legend respectively.
The Voice airs Monday nights at APM on NBC.
I'd love to be a mega mentor.
HBO's The Last of Us Season 2 is finally here with the first episode airing last Sunday night.
The wait seems to have been worth it for viewers as well as the network, which says season 2 viewership for the premiere was up 13% from last season's debut episode.
Sunday nights show drew 5.3 million viewers compared to 4.7 million for season 1.
The Last of Us Season 1 ended with a total of 32 million viewers.
New episodes drop Sunday nights on max.
Britt Lower's star is on the rise as she will join the cast of Sender, a horror film starring Jamie Lee Curtis who is also producing.
This will not be a huge leap for lower, generally speaking as she's had plenty of psychological horror film training on Apple TV's hit show Severance.
Deadline reports that Sender is based on a short film by director Russell Goldman called Return to Sender.
For more showbiz fun, tune in to Nightlight with me, Peach Wabba, weeknights from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Civic Media Radio Network.
Hi, meteorologist Brandon Bourmans.
A nice mid-April day with a good amount of sunshine and a break from the wind as well, high temperatures in the mid-50s.
Partly cloudy skies tonight with lows in the mid-30s.
On Thursday, increasing clouds scattered showers developing in the afternoon highs near 60.
It's 35 at our studios.
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