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For WFHR and WIRI News, I'm Melissa K.
Work on a new bill to help victims of crimes and disasters is underway at the state capital. Lisa Hill has the story.
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced new legislation aimed at providing tax relief to victims of crimes and disasters.
The bill dubbed the Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams and Disasters Act would reinstate a tax deduction for residents with stolen or destroyed assets.
The bill would apply to personal casualty losses from things like storms and fires as well as theft losses from things like scams or robberies. The legislation will now be introduced by a bipartisan group in the House of Representatives.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has an announcement. Brittany Merlot tells us more about the Rare Plant Monitoring Programs 2025 Plant of the Year.
This year the agency is encouraging us to plant milkweed in our yards. There are 13 Native Milkweed species in Wisconsin and five of them are listed as endangered, threatened or under special concern.
Milkweed is especially helpful for monarch butterflies as the only plants the butterflies lay their eggs on and the only food the caterpillars eat.
And if you want, you can find Native Milkweed plants on the DNR's website.
The Village of Port Edwards is asking residents to weigh in with their thoughts about local transportation needs and safety.
The Village Board would like to hear from families and caregivers on the safety of routes that children take to school.
This will help direct resources for future improvements to walking and biking paths, crosswalks and traffic patterns near schools.
You can find the link for the survey on the Village of Port Edwards Facebook page. It will be available until June 8th.
A bill requiring child sexual abuse prevention programming in Wisconsin schools was approved by the Assembly Committee on Children and Families last week.
Appleton Democrat Lee Snodgrass noted it would not apply to private schools. Joanne Krulotz has more.
Okonomowak Republican Barb Dietrich didn't disagree while citing the recent case of a school bus driver accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl on his bus.
Dietrich said it's critical to teach kids safety at an appropriate age and called the bill the start of something very positive.
The bill requires school boards to provide at least one instructional session to pupils in 4K through grade 12.
Specifies what the program must cover and requires that parents be notified and given the option to exempt their students.
If you are a landowner or forester and you're interested in attracting more birds to your area, there's an upcoming webinar you'll want to check out.
The Wisconsin Center for Wildlife is holding forestry for birds events in June. They have a webinar on Friday June 6th followed by three Saturday field days including one in Portage County.
You can learn more and register at the UW Extension website.
Several streets will be closed in Marshall beginning on Friday at 2 p.m. for the annual dairy fest celebration.
Streets immediately surrounding Columbia Park will be closed. This includes sections of West Blodget, North Chestnut, West Arnold and North Walnut.
Sections of 2nd and 3rd street will also be closed in that area. On Saturday May 31st streets will be closed for the parade and downtown activities beginning at 7 a.m.
These include Central Avenue between Veterans Parkway and 14th Street along with 14th Street from Central Avenue to Vine Avenue.
You can find a full list of dairy fest activities at MarshfieldChamber.com. I'm Melissa K for WFHR and WIRI News.
A Brewers win over Boston. Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports baseball. The Brewers and Red Sox wrapping up their series today in Milwaukee.
Last night, Christian Yelich hit a walkoff grand slam in the 10th to lead the Brewers to a five to one win over Boston.
The inning before Yelich scored the tying run from 3rd, manager Pat Murphy.
We've all seen that. I've been here with Yelich as long as I have. We've all seen that mace hit on him that double and then his base running to get you to 3rd. That's why he's a great player.
NFL, the Packers OTA is continuing today without Packers defensive back. Jair Alexander reports as the Packers will take him back if he takes a pay cut.
Jair's agent says he wants to stay in Green Bay, but not with a restructured deal. In golf, the U.S. women's open.
Tees off tomorrow in Wisconsin. Nelly Corda on what it's like to compete at Aaron Hills.
It tests every part of your game. It's very demanding. Even if you think you've hit it good, you just exhale when you see it stop.
As golfer Nelly Corda was sports on Mike Clemens on your entertainment beat. I'm Pete Schwabba.
The Memorial Day weekend's top two films, Lilo and Stitch and Mission Impossible, combined with the boxals to pull in about 250 million big ones and about 540 million globally, smashing records.
The total box office take from all the releases over the weekend came in at 341 million domestically. Take that COVID pandemic.
The Halls Smackdown, the previous record from Memorial Day, which was set in 2013 with a $314 million take powered by films like Fast and the Furious 6,
Hangover 3, and Star Trek into Darkness. Lilo and Stitch topped the Memorial Day weekend with a record setting 4-day take of 183 million.
Mission Impossible, the final reckoning came in second with 77.5 million.
Rounding out the top five were final destination bloodlines, sinners, and thunderbolts.
Overall, the box office is 30% ahead of where it was at this point last year, and the studios have a $4.2 billion prediction for the summer box office alone.
Good signs. On the heels of Lilo and Stitch is incredible showing at the box office, it's time for a tip of the cap to Disney CEO Bob Eiger, who returned to run the studio in 2022 in the middle of the pandemic.
Variety reports that prior to his arrival, the studio was putting out too many films, quantity over quality.
Some of the studio hits since Eiger's arrival include Inside Out 2, Mufasa the Lion King, Moana 2, and Deadpool and Wolverine.
The four films were some of the biggest hits last year. On the way from the House of Mouse this summer are Avatar 3 and Zootopia 2.
The last of us season 2 is in the books. Last Sunday's episode pulled in 3.7 million viewers, a 30% drop from the season's premiere.
Despite the 30% drop from the season premiere to the finale, the show is still outperforming season 1 when it comes to overall numbers.
HBO has already given the go head for season 3, there is no release date, but production is scheduled to start in June.
Billie Eilish had an outstanding Memorial Day weekend. She took home an award for every category she was nominated in at the American Music Awards Sunday night thanks to her album, Hit Me Hard and Soft.
Eilish was nominated 7 times, including for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Favorite Touring Artist, Favorite Female Pop Artist and Favorite Pop Album.
She also won for Song of the Year and Favorite Pop Song. Beyoncé brought home two awards for Favorite Female Country Artist,
and her somehow controversial album, Cowboy Carter, matched her a favorite country album trophy.
Post Malone also now has his first country music award after winning Favorite Male Country Artist.
M&M took home two awards for Favorite Male Hip Hop Artist and Favorite Hip Hop Album for the death of Slim Shady.
Gracie Abrams won Best New Artist and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars won Best Video Collaboration.
Mars also won Favorite Pop Musical Artist of the Year. I was shot out again.
For more showbiz fun, tune in to Nightlight with me, Peach Wabo, weeknights from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Civic Media Radio Network.
It is going to be cloudy with scattered showers, maybe an isolated thunder shower this afternoon or high today in the upper 60s to low 70s with wind out of the East at 5 to 15.
Tonight will drop to 50 tomorrow, partly cloudy, warmer 74 by Friday, mostly sunny with a high near 80.
IBD Orologist Sean Cable, outside now it's 53.
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