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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 WIRI News, I'm Melissa K.
Authorities have caught the shooter who assassinated a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and shot another lawmaker and his wife.
Some Wisconsin lawmakers have left their homes for their own safety after being named on the shooter's so-called hit list.
Savannah Tomay Olsen has the story. Officials say Vance Bolter impersonated a police officer early Saturday morning in order to kill Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
Authorities say he also shot Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman in his wife Yvette who have had surgery and are reportedly in stable condition.
Authorities allegedly found a manifesto of sorts, which listed dozens of Democratic lawmakers he wanted to target.
And a source confirmed to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 11 Wisconsin lawmakers were on that list.
CNN reports Bolters LinkedIn page shows he attended Cardinal Stredge University in Fox Point from 2008 to 2016.
At least one of his cars was found in Faxon, Minnesota, which is about a 90 minute drive west of the Wisconsin border.
For civic media news, I'm Savannah Tomay Olsen.
Gas prices fell 2.8 cents over the last week for an average of $2.92 today.
This is 8.2 cents lower than month ago and over 33 cents per gallon lower than this time last year.
Officials at gas bodies say drivers should expect prices to increase. Israel and Iran are trading attacks which has caused oil prices to surge to multi-month highs.
Gas prices could rise by 10 to 20 cents and diesel could jump 15 to 25 cents in the days ahead.
Gas putty officials say the situation in the Middle East has the potential to worsen at any moment.
Prices in central Wisconsin today range from 279 to 289 per gallon.
While millions gathered for no Kings rallies across the country, Wisconsin Rapids saw several hundred people on the East Riverview Expressway on Saturday for the event pushing back.
Against the Trump administration. No Kings day is flag day and I think it's time that the good people of the United States take back the meaning of the American flag.
Several were surprised by the number of people who came out for the rally.
I am greatly surprised but I'm so happy that there are this many people who feel the same that I feel.
Organizers estimated that well over 300 people attended making this the largest gathering of protesters in Wisconsin Rapids since groups started demonstrating at that location in mid-March.
People were there for a variety of reasons.
No Kings, no Crowns and stop funneling our money to billionaires and put it back in Social Security, Veterans Affairs and children programming where it belongs.
Third congressional district candidate Emily Berge described the emotion of the event.
I think there's anger, there's solidarity, there's people are nervous, there's fear, but there's also joy.
You know, and I think that's what draws people in is to be with each other and to have fun even, there's music playing, just slide togetherness.
A small group of counter protesters joined the crowd during the last hour of the rally.
That sign is we said we'd rather vote for a felon than I'm not going to say the word out loud because...
Her group of six were there in support of the Trump administration.
Kathleen Levens shared what they were standing up for.
We the people on the government of the United States, it doesn't belong to the government.
It's a government that was created by the people for the people and we believe in that.
That's what we believe in.
I'm Melissa K for WFHR and WIRI News.
The Brewers cut the cards.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports.
The Brewers head to Chicago to open a series against the Cubs tomorrow night.
Yesterday, the Brewers beat the Cardinals three to two to win the four game series and move up into second place.
Did things get testy with St. Louis over the weekend?
The Brewers Trevor McGill.
I mean, yeah, I mean tensions were high, everything's surrounding, it's happened over the series.
So yeah, that's just, that's huge for us three out of four and get out of the jam like that.
Reese Hoskins got bean, the Cardinals Wilson Contreras having words with the Brewers bench, Pat Murphy.
Cardinals Brewers, man, there's always going to be high emotion.
The health of the game is that you let players, especially veterans like that, handle what they handle.
If we feel like somebody's throwing at us on purpose, the empires will take care of it.
Girls high school softball, the Coconic Ghosts, where they'll want to nothing win over Kenosha Bradford
to clinch their fourth state division title in the last five years.
It's amazing feeling. I mean, I wouldn't want to go out any other way, so it's just incredible.
That senior pitcher, Carly Meredith, with sports on Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba.
Taylor Sheridan's dance card continues to remain full.
He is jumping back into the feature film world with a new film called F-A-S-T or FAST,
which will star Brendan Sclenar, who he worked with on 1923, and Successions, Juliana Canfield.
The film is a thriller that will hit theaters in April, 2027.
Taylor Sheridan, in addition to writing the critically acclaimed film Heller Highwater,
is the creative force behind Yellowstone, Lioness, Tulsa King, and Yellowstone Prequels, 1883, and 1923.
Speaking of theatrical releases, this summer is off to a great start when it comes to the box office.
Next summer, there is also a real treat in store when Toy Story 5 will hit the silver screen.
Pixar Animation and Disney have announced officially that the next chapter for Buzz and Woody will premiere June 19th, 2026.
In the story, our heroes take on modern technology, or tech toys, in order to fight for their existence.
Ted Lasso star Jason Cedecas learned a lot from his uncle George Went.
On a recent episode of the where everybody knows your name podcast, actor, writer, producer, Brett Goldstein,
who plays Roy Kent on Ted Lasso, told Ted Danson that Cedecas found out about his uncle's death
while in the writer's room at Ted Lasso, then added that they matched tears with laughter
by watching compilations of George Went as norm.
Orlando Bloom is alive and well after his surgery.
No reason to panic Bloom fans, the actor had elective surgery, which was a blood filtering procedure
to remove microplastics or forever chemicals from his blood.
The procedure is only available at one clinic in London, according to Collider.
If you're thinking about checking out this procedure, just know that it costs 10 grand.
Let's be honest, most of us will just have to cross our fingers and hope that having Tupperware in our blood isn't as bad as experts say.
Alan Richardson has played Reacher for three seasons now and season four is currently in production.
It's a good gig because there are 29 Reacher books and each one equals one TV season,
which could keep an actor working for quite a while.
The role is iconic and based on the books by Lee Child.
Richson says when he won the role, he was nervous about trying to fill the shoes of Tom Cruise,
who played the character in the movies.
Richson says he was really thrilled when he got the part, but recently said that he was even more excited
when he realized the character Reacher in the book eventually has thinning hair.
Richson says he erupted in cheers when he read that because there is no pressure now to not go bald,
which for a guy can be a challenge over the course of 29 TV seasons.
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Partly to mostly cloudy today with a chance of scattered thunderstorms,
especially later this afternoon, are high today in the low 80s.
Tonight, scattered thunderstorms likely could be some locally heavy rain are low in the mid 60s tomorrow.
Chance of thunderstorm to the high upper 70s to low 80s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
Temperature now 67.
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