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Wisconsin has joined 19 other states in suing the Dollar General Corporation.
The lawsuit alleges the company is engaging in long-running deceptive pricing practices by routinely charging customers more at the register than the prices displayed on the shelves, price tags, and advertisements.
Attorney General Josh Call said in a statement that the prices people see when they're shopping should be the same prices they're charged.
The complaint alleges that thousands of Dollar General stores have taken advantage of shoppers by extracting millions of dollars
in unlawful overcharges.
The company also allegedly received tens of thousands of consumer complaints, but did nothing about it.
It's on to Game 5 in the World Series for the Brewers after losing to the Rays last night in Tampa Bay.
The crew is still on top, winning three of the seven-game series.
The first team to win four takes the World Series title.
An Oshkosh Middle School teacher arrested by ICE agents earlier this month is awaiting deportation.
According to federal agents, immigration and custom enforcement agents arrested Wendy Mendes in Milwaukee on October 14th.
Mendez came to the U.S.
from Costa Rica in 2020 and, according to ICE, was supposed to leave the country six months later.
The Oshkosh Area School District website lists Mendez as an English speaker of other languages teacher at Vell Phillips Middle School.
In letter to parents and families, district officials say Mendez is an employee in good standing and is on unpaid administrative leave due to unforeseen circumstances.
Mendez was named an Oshkosh School District employee of the year in 2025.
A special education teacher and assistant activities director at Green Bay's Preble High School has resigned after the district saw social media posts alleging inappropriate text messages to a former student.
The district placed Joey Demorathon leave earlier this month.
The parents of Wisconsin native Alex Pretty are fighting for accountability from the federal government nine months after their son was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Michael and Susan Pretty say the Justice Department violated their son's rights and have been fighting for months.
to get the federal government to turn over evidence.
Pretty was a graduate of Green Bay's Preble High School who worked as an ICU nurse with the VA in Minneapolis.
He was shot and killed on January 7th during widespread protests against the killing of Renee Good.
The Pretties say the federal government failed to provide the information needed for a full investigation.
Under federal rules, the Justice Department has discretion of what evidence it shares.
No agents have been criminally charged.
It's on to game five in the World Series for the Brewers after losing to the Rays last night in Tampa Bay.
The crew is still on top, winning three of the seven-game series.
The first team to win four takes the World Series title.
And the coolest thing made in Wisconsin is...
Click smart privacy glass made by the Cardinal IG company in Tomah.
The windows go from clear to totally private in less than a second with a touch of your fingertip.
Contest organizers say more than 100 products were nominated this year.
The top four runners-up included an electric rope shovel made by Kumatsu in Milwaukee, a zero-turn lawnmower with commercial grade strength, and a blacked-out tactical design made by Aaron's company in Brilliant, and a high-tech smart scope made for the Army by Vortex Optics.
Now, in its 11th year, the contest aims to highlight Wisconsin's vibrant manufacturing industry.
The industry contributes more than $70 billion to the state's economy each year.
The last blaze of fall colors are still on display in parts of our state, and today might be the perfect time to get out and get one last glimpse, if you can, with record high temps expected to move north from the southwestern part of our state throughout the day into the 70s.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
Game 5 of the World Series tonight.
Hi, I'm Mike Cummins with Sports Baseball.
The Brewers hadn't lost a game since early this month, but last night it was the raise Ben Williamson driving in the winning run, bottom of the 12th inning on Fox.
Five-man defense against Williamson.
Williamson who has won for 15 in the playoffs against a five-man infield.
It's a bounding ball that skips over the top and extends Tampa Bay season.
The Rays winning four to three, forcing a game five tonight.
Reaction by Brewers manager Pat Murphy.
The guys understand it's going to be hard.
It's going to be hard.
You're playing the best team in the American League.
They proved it all year long and they came up big today.
It's going to be hard.
Raise manager Kevin Cash.
You know, you're going through three innings to Ashby.
Nothing's going offensively.
They kept their heads up and we just kind of bought ourselves some time.
That's the raise manager Kevin Cash with sports.
I'm Mike Clemens.
Partly cloudy today.
We'll get to the low 70s for a high this afternoon tonight.
Scattered showers, thunderstorms are possible with a low dropping into the low to mid 50s tomorrow.
Few clouds in the morning, then sunny and a bit cooler with a high in the low to mid 60s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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