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For Civic Media News, I'm Lisa Hale.
With concerns over ice arrests increasing in the Midwest, the head of an immigrant rights
group is trying to focus on good information. Christine Newman-Ortice of Vosis de La
Prenta is pushing the Round the Clock hotline for confirmed ice sightings.
It is 1-800-427-0213 and in nearly all of the recent ice activity which has picked up
here in Wisconsin, this has been used as a way to centralize these reports. We have been
encouraging people to not post or repose sightings on social media until they're verified
in order to avoid unnecessary fear and misinformation.
Newman-Ortice says the hotline is staffed by volunteers 24-7. Homeland Security says
their agency is simply following current laws and wants to work with local departments
on transfers of inmates.
While the entire nation seemed to be thinking about football in the Super Bowl last week,
one city had basketball on its mind. The Oshkosh area school district held a special ceremony
to honor one of its own. Tyrese Halliburton, who is excelled on the basketball court. Halliburton
has become a household name in professional basketball, most recently as an Indiana
Pacer. And last week he was inducted into the Oshkosh North High School Hall of Fame.
Halliburton is a 2018 graduate of Oshkosh North. For civic media news, I'm Lisa Hale. For news
anytime, visit our website at civicmedia.us. For civic media news, I'm Lisa Hale.
Governor Tony Evers visited Warsaw last week to discuss affordability issues with local leaders.
Isabella Nieto reports. They discuss their concerns about cuts to health care and local
programs stemming from federal uncertainty.
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 the run for
re-election. He said the state has funding available to make some of those steps happen,
including working towards preventing property tax increases.
We have anywhere between $4 and $6 billion. Not all of it is available because we have to
kind of be thoughtful about that. But we do have some that is available and hopefully some of
these ideas are we can 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. Diane Mulemans is the new Wapaka County Circuit court
judge for branch three. Governor Tony Evers announced her appointment last week to fill the
vacancy created when Judge Raymond Huber died. Mulemans will complete a term that ends July 31,
2027. Prior to her appointment, she served as corporation counsel for Wapaka, Marathon and Green
Lake counties. The Wisconsin state legislature's joint committee on finance has unanimously
passed legislation for nearly $2 million to support homeless veterans in the state.
The funding for the veterans housing and recovery program is meant to address the closure of such
programs in Green Bay and Chippewa Falls. The new grant program would award a $25 per
DM payment per veteran housed to nonprofits and other organizations that provide housing and
support services for veterans who are struggling with homelessness in our state.
In honor of Black History Month, one University of Wisconsin is opening an exhibit
featuring Dr. Martin Luther King. The showcase at UW Clare will be open all month and according
to UW-EC officials, the exhibit in the Davies Center features three sections. One honoring prominent
Black figures who spoke for the forum series over the years, one that documents historical
university program supporting equality, and one that recognizes each winner of UW-EC's
Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award. Landlord Tenant Issues were the number one consumer
complaint with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection in 2025.
The agency released its list of the top 10 consumer complaints of 2025 last week.
Number two were complaints about telemarketing, which included fishing, spoofing,
imposter scams, robo calls, harassment, and violations of the do not call registry.
Rounding out the top five were complaints about home improvements, telecommunications,
and identity theft. For Civic Media News, I'm Lisa Hale.
For news anytime, visit our website at civicmedia.us.
Yannis says he's almost ready. Hi, I'm Mike Clemence with Sports. Yannis and Tettacupo
held a press conference during the NBA All-Star Weekend in LA. I was asked how his calf injury is
coming along. I feel good. I feel 100% to be honest with you. I just gotta check the boxes,
right? So I gotta do things. I gotta get off the corner. I gotta play some one, one, three, three.
The Bucks return to action Friday in New Orleans against the Pelicans. In college hoops,
the Wisconsin Badgers had to Ohio State to play the Buckeyes 730 tomorrow night. The Badgers
now 18 and seven after beating Michigan State. At the Winter Olympics, Wisconsin Speed skater
Jordan Stolls next event coming up this Thursday morning in the 1500 meter race. Stolls setting
a new Olympic record of just 33.7 seconds in the 500 meter over the weekend to earn his second
gold medal. Yeah, it feels amazing to do it in a distance. That's where it's close closer margin,
but I'm super thankful to have two goals. That Speed skater Jordan Stolls with Sports,
I'm Mike Clemence. I'm meteorologist Brandon Bourbons. Monday will pick up where Sunday left
off plenty of sunshine unseasonably mild again with highs in the lower 50s. Mostly cloudy tonight
with lows near 30 degrees, not as warm on Tuesdays still nice though with highs in the low-to-mid
40s, rain developing at night. That's your Wisconsin Rapids News Roundup from WRI and WFHR
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