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For Civic Media News, I'm Lisa Hale.
A city in Northeast Wisconsin will impound your car if police suspect reckless driving.
Civic Media's County Felmen reports from Green Bay.
A new rule allows officers to impound vehicles while issuing tickets or making arrests related to reckless driving.
Under a new Wisconsin law, the police department would have to determine if the impounded vehicle is stolen and return it to its owner if possible.
If not stolen, the owner would have to pay to get the impounded vehicle back.
After passing the council last night, the new ordinance goes into effect immediately.
The new ordinance passed the Green Bay Common Council this month and goes into effect immediately.
A story that got statewide even nationwide attention last year has an update.
Ryan Borgwart, the 46-year-old apple-to-man who faked his own death while kayaking on Green Lake and then fled to Eastern Europe for a woman, failed to show for a motion hearing in Green Lake County Court this week.
According to state court records, neither Borgwart nor his attorney appeared at the hearing.
He was trying to get certain digital materials related to his case, deleted.
However, with no one there to argue the case, the judge dismissed the motion.
Borgwart was sentenced to 89 days in jail last August after pleading no contest to obstructing an officer.
He also paid $30,000 in restitution, split between the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office and the Wisconsin DNR for the 58 days that they searched the lake for him.
Six people died in snowmobile crashes in Wisconsin so far this year and the DNR says alcohol is often a factor and is urging riders to wait until they're done for the day before they start drinking.
During the upcoming sled safe weekend, wardens will patrol trails, share safety tips and watch for impaired riders.
Officials say slowing down and staying on marked trails can save lives.
Governor Tony Evers visited Wansaw on Tuesday to discuss affordability issues with local leaders, Isabella Nieto reports.
The roundtable at the neighbor's place included their director Donna Ambrose, along with B. Her, the executive director of the Meng-American Center, Marathon County Supervisor and Lemmer and others.
They discussed their concerns about cuts to health care and local programs stemming from federal uncertainty.
We had a great conversation with several people that are really important to the Wansaw area and there's around affordability.
And we talked about food, food sovereignty, we talked about child care, we talked about health care and several other areas that people are seeing needs.
Evers said they're working on legislative steps to reduce costs for Wisconsinites.
We can get the legislature to do some work before they go home to run for the off run for reelection.
He said the state has funding available to make some of those steps happen, including working towards preventing property tax increases.
If there's some things we can do in various areas, we'll be looking forward to doing that.
We have anywhere between $4 and $6 billion, not all of it is available because we have to be thoughtful about that.
But we do have some that is available and hopefully some of these ideas we can solve.
Evers said despite his coming departure from the governorship, he's hoping there will be something that can be done now.
He said if the state government is in a position to help, it should.
O'Claire officials gathered at the newly opened downtown transfer center on Wednesday to celebrate transit equity day. James Kelly has more.
Transit equity day is held on February 4th, Tom or the birthday of Rosa Parks, who's refused to give a proceed on a bus to a white passenger in 1955 sparked the over-year long Montgomery bus boycott, a crucial moment in the civil rights movement.
Bill Swanhorst is the O'Claire Transit Commission chairperson and a former O'Claire bus driver and shared his thoughts on the history of transit equity day in O'Claire.
This is a 10th year since I attended a conference in Washington, D.C. to create February 4th.
Why February 4th? We wanted an activist that believed in equity and transportation and who better than Rosa Parks and her birthday is February 4th.
So 10 years ago when we created that and by way it was unions, it was management, it was Ireland, it was South Africa, it was European countries.
In its proclamation declaring February 4th as transit equity day, the O'Claire City Council highlighted the importance of public transit as an essential service for residents to access things like healthcare and employment, as well as its importance in addressing climate change.
Swanhorst also shared his thoughts on what future progress could look like for public transit in O'Claire.
Continued, applicable ADA compliance. Believe it or not, we build our buses, our transfer center, our accommodations are very ADA compliant.
When we drop off at some schools, some healthcare facilities, some older churches, they are not ADA compatible.
So the future would be to have our community be ADA.
To honor transit equity day, a local nonprofit Jonah covered all bus fares on Wednesday so residents could ride for free.
Each bus also had a rose in the front seat to honor Rosa Parks.
I'm Melissa Kay, Civic Media News. For news anytime, visit civicmedia.us.
The Bucks have a new player.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports NBA. The Bucks did not trade Yannis, but they did add one new player.
In a three-way trade, his Useman-Jang, a six-foot-nine-forward, grew up in France, spent the last four seasons with the Thunder, the Bucks at Home tonight against the Indiana Pacers.
NFL, the Super Bowl is Sunday at 530 on NBC. Patriots quarterback Drake May injured his right shoulder in the AFC Championship, had an illness last weekend.
Like I said, I'm not trying to lie to you guys. I'm saying I'm feeling great. I'm feeling great. I'm still looking forward to get out there here today.
Another day of practice. Got one tomorrow and feeling pretty good.
Seattle is back again at the Super Bowl. I spoke to Geron Reed who played for the Packers three years ago and is excited to be back with the Seahawks.
I think it would be amazing, man. I think we deserve that. Fans deserve that. Seattle deserves that for us to be able to bring the trophy back home.
At Seahawks' defensive tackle, Geron Reed from Super Bowl 60 with sports on Mike Clemens.
It is going to be blustery and a lot colder today, mostly cloudy, breezy with falling temperatures.
We're going to drop from the 20s this morning into the low teens by later this afternoon.
Tonight, we're going to drop to three below zero tomorrow, mostly sunny with a high of 17. I'd be the urologist, Sean Cable.
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