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They did it.
Manasah High School won the million-dollar prize in T-Mobile's Friday Night Lights 5G competition.
Lujie supporters cast nearly 400,000 votes from all across the nation to push Manasha over the top.
The second-place school came in nearly 200,000 votes behind Manasha.
The win gives Manasha High School a $1 million home field upgrade after Calder Stadium took a beating in last summer's tornado.
The field will be revealed during a community celebration in 2027.
Newly released airport surveillance video shows the moment federal immigration officers detained a Wisconsin state patrol trooper in Madison.
The footage from Dane County Regional Airport shows undercover ICE agents stopping several men to check their identification before locating 21-year-old Carl Aaron Vandermerve.
On November 5, agents arrested van der Mervee inside the terminal as he traveled to visit family, despite holding a valid work permit while awaiting a pending asylum decision.
He was released from custody a day later following intervention from Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden.
Authorities believe transportation security officials may have tipped off federal agents prior to the flight.
Wisconsin Democrats chose their legislative leaders this week as they prepared to control the Assembly, Senate, and Governor's Office for the first time in 16 years.
Racine's Greta Neubauer will become the first female assembly speaker, while Diane Hasselbein will lead the Senate majority.
Neubauer says her members will push to repeal Act 10 and restore collective bargaining rights.
Governor-elect David Crowley has called for a commission to study the issue.
Hessebein says she understands the urgency to act but needs to set priorities with newly elected senators.
Alvernia University announced plans this week to acquire Marion University in Fond du Lac, marking a major transition for the private institution.
Marion President Aaron Sadoff said in a news release, the acquisition is an opportunity to enhance Marion's future.
Sadoff said a decline in membership for the university's sponsor made the change necessary.
Adding, Alvernia is a partner who understands and shares Marion's commitment to their Catholic mission, values and the Fond du Lac community.
University leaders say Marion will stay in Fond du Lac and there's no current plan to downsize.
Believe it or not, it's already the season for Christmas and holiday parades around Wisconsin.
Dozens of local communities are putting the final touches on floats and tuning up those marching bands to spread holiday cheer through hometown streets across the state between now and the end of December.
Green Bay's holiday parade is set for November 21st.
Kennedy Corpus with downtown Green Bay Incorporated says there's even a pre-parade event this year planned to extend the family fun.
the North Pole.
There's going to be a lot of fun activities for the family.
We've got a classical holiday movie showing.
Oh, we have hot chocolate.
a coffee stand heritage coffee and tea is going to be there.
We've got Frio Mexican treats for purchase but there'll also be some reindeer friends for the kids to see and take some pictures with.
There's fire pits if you need to warm up and there's also a run going on run run Rudolph by Golden Mate events is going on.
So that's a great place to watch the runners come and go and you can cheer them on.
So just a really fun
area to kick off your parade.
Other notable parades around our state include the Watoma and two Rivers Christmas parades, both on November 28th.
The following weekend, Sturgeon Bay, Howard Swamco and Fondalac will all celebrate the season with parades.
And Clintonville's old fashion Christmas parade is one of the last events of the year on December 12th.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
The Bucks in Orlando.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with SportsNBA.
The Bucks in Florida taking on the Orlando Magic.
Milwaukee trying to snap an eight game losing streak.
Head Coach Taylor Jenkins says they need a rebound better.
It's an area of big concern and focus for us because that factors into the possession game, right?
You know, we're not turning teams over like we need to.
We're turning it over.
We're giving up these second chance opportunities and we're like in this double digit deficit should hopefully be singles and then just continues to grow and it puts you behind the eight ball.
College football tomorrow, the Badgers.
on the road in Maryland to take on the Terrapins.
Ryan Hopkins will get the start again at quarterback.
NFL Packers and Vikings Sunday at noon.
Jordan Love named NFC offensive player of the week.
I asked him, can he imagine being Kurt Cousins with only three days to prep for Minnesota?
No, I cannot.
Yeah, that's probably a wild feeling.
You know, I think just to obviously be somewhere and then now you're with a new team.
Obviously he's been there.
He's been in that system.
But you know, anytime you're learning a new offense and expected to play, yeah, I could not imagine that.
That's Jordan Love with Sports on
Mike Clemens.
A mix of clouds and sunshine today will get to around 41 for a high this afternoon.
Tonight, clear and calm and very cold with temperatures dropping into the low to mid 20s.
Tomorrow, sunny and still cool with highs in the low to mid 40s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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