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For WFHR and WIRI News, I'm Melissa K.
The battle over an Enbridge Oil Pipeline in Northern Wisconsin is heating up again.
Hundreds packed into a conference room at Northwood Technical College in Ashland last Tuesday for opening statements and public testimony over the Line 5 Pipeline.
The pipeline is owned by Enbridge, a Canadian energy company. It carries about 23 million gallons of light crude oil and natural gas a day.
Enbridge wants to reroute a segment of the pipeline to go around land owned by the Bad River Band of Lake Superior, Chippewa.
The company says the reroute has gone under extensive review, but the tribe once the reroute stopped. They're worried about the risk of a spill and want state regulators to reconsider a permit issued last November.
Stephanie Soci is an attorney with Earth Justice representing the tribe quite simply DNR didn't have the information that it needed to issue the permit.
It's missing baseline data, it's missing baseline information and from there we see cascading effect.
Enbridge says that the pipeline shuts down. There would be a serious disruption to the energy market. The company is operating under a deadline.
Two years ago, a federal judge ruled that Enbridge was trespassing on tribal land. It was ordered to pay more than $5 million and remove the pipeline by June. That decision is also under appeal.
Supporters of the project say it creates engineering and construction jobs that pay well. Environmental activists like Dave Beckman say that while the jobs pay well, they're temporary.
Yes, it will have an economic impact in terms of transitory jobs. The majority of those jobs won't last very long to put the pipeline in and then they're gone.
The hearing for the reroute will take another month and a half with proceedings in Madison and in Ashland. It's expected to wrap up in early October.
There will be a training exercise in Antigo this week. The Antigo Police Department, Langland County Sheriff's Office and the Wisconsin DNR in collaboration with the Unified School District of Antigo will be conducting an active shooter training exercise at Antigo High School on Thursday, August 21st. So you'll see law enforcement and vehicles at the Antigo High School from 9 a.m. until 7.30 p.m.
DEI changes for the State Bar. Joanne Krillotz has more.
The State Bar of Wisconsin has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty over its diversity, equity and inclusion criteria.
The Conservative Law firm filed the lawsuit in December of 2023 claiming the criteria was discriminatory for excluding individuals based on race.
Under the settlement agreement, the State Bar of Wisconsin will now be required to remove race-based criteria from its programs as well as revise its definition of a diversity to exclude religion, sex and other identity characteristics.
Gas prices fell 3.7 cents over the last week, landing at an average of 283. This is 10.8 cents lower than a month ago and more than 48 cents per gallon lower than this time last year.
Gas buddy officials say some states have seen price cycling over the past week with some Midwest states included. Ohio saw higher prices last week while Michigan dropped.
Prices in those states could cycle back the other way, more in line with the national average, which has spent most of 2025 in the low $3 per gallon range.
Non-cycling states will likely remain near current levels as we head toward Labor Day.
Prices in Central Wisconsin today range from 271 to 278 per gallon.
I'm Alyssa K for WFHR and WIRI News.
It's the Brewers and the Cubs.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports.
Baseball, the Brewers opening a five game series today in Chicago against the Cubs.
Beginning with a double header, the Brewers losing to the Reds yesterday, 3-2 in extra innings, ending their 14-game winning streak.
Jose Quentana pitched into the seventh inning before giving up a run, manager Pat Murphy.
He was great. The bias was great.
We put Grand Anderson in a spot that he hasn't been in a lot.
We were depleted, totally depleted, and we needed Q to do what he did in hindsight's 2020.
NFL, the Packers beat the Colts Saturday, 23-19, but they had 11 penalties just in the first half.
Five of them by Rookie Tackle, Anthony Belton.
There are some things that we got to clean up from a technique standpoint to get him to play to the level I know is capable of playing.
I think he's a really talented guy, and we got to refine some of the mechanics.
That's Packer's head coach, Matt Loughler, with Sports on Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba.
If you're of the mindset that there aren't enough Christmas movies, you'll be happy to know there's another headed our way.
Variety reports that Tabitha Brown and Lil Rell Howory are teaming up to executive produce and star in unexpected Christmas.
The film will be a family-friendly comedy drama.
The story follows a family that gets together around the holidays for a reunion, which quickly turns chaotic.
Never heard that one before.
Unexpected Christmas hits theaters November 7th.
Taylor Sheridan's brand continues to grow and is expanding further in his home state of Texas.
The Yellowstone creator is teaming up with Paramount Plus, the platform where he has many of his episodic shows parked to build a humongous soundstage.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sheridan and Paramount will build a 450,000-foot campus and six sound stages that can house up to four major productions simultaneously.
Some of Sheridan's shows include Lioness, Landman, and Tulsi King.
The conjuring, last rights, according to prognosticators, is tracking off the charts when it comes to box office predictions.
The film does not open until September 5th, but experts are expecting massive returns when it comes to a horror film opening in September,
with estimates ranging from 40 to 45 million dollars at the gate.
Bear in mind, this is before any reviews are in, but given the film is part of a successful franchise, the powers that be seem confident in their estimates.
Let's stick with horror.
Speaking of massive returns at the box office, Zach Kragger's weapons is doing just that.
The film has reached 100 million worldwide in just one week in theaters.
It has surpassed centers, which pulled in 77 million in a week's time back in the spring.
Weapons is crushing it globally due to approval from audience and critics.
If you see it soon, you'll have time to recover before seeing the conjuring, last rights.
Fans of the show do not seem happy with how Carrie Bradshaw's storyline ended, and just like that is the follow-up to sex in the city,
and finished its third and last season last Thursday night.
Variety called the finale a bizarre ending to a bizarre show.
I'm not gonna risk spoilers here, so check out the final episode and send me your opinions on Nightlight with Peach Waba.
Would love to know what you think.
Some franchises get tired, and others keep turning out content that is probably worth checking out.
Such is the case, in my opinion, of Alien Earth, the latest show from the Alien brand, which started back in 1979,
with the feature film starring Sigourney Weaver.
In this new iteration, they bring the Alien to Earth after a crash landing.
Noah Holley is the creative force behind the show, and is known for turning the Fargo movie into a successful TV show.
He appears to be crushing it so far as Alien Earth is pulling a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The show's first two episodes dropped last Thursday night on Hulu, and episode a week will drop moving forward.
For more showbiz fun, tune in to Nightlight with me, Peach Waba, weeknights from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Civic Media Radio Network.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely today with a high in the upper 70s to low 80s this afternoon,
a few more lingering thunderstorms tonight with temperatures dropping into the upper 60s to near 70 tomorrow,
mostly sunny with a high right around 80.
I'm yourologist Sean Cable, right now it's 64!
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