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This is Civic Media News. I'm Savannah Tomay Olsen. It was a busy weekend for politics here in Wisconsin. Friday, Democratic presidential nominee and vice president Kamala Harris was in Madison. She filled the Alliance Energy Center to capacity with more than 10,000 people. Saturday, Republican Senate candidate Eric Covey held a few events. And also Saturday, Senator Tammy Baldwin held an event in Richland Center with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
Meanwhile, Senator Tammy Baldwin has introduced a bill to help businesses who rely on a cold snowy winter when we don't exactly get one. We had a mild winter last season slowing down tourism. Seven counties across northern Wisconsin lost an approximate $6.5 million.
And because of climate change, it's likely these warmer winters will happen more and more. The Winter Recreation Small Business Recovery Act would help small businesses qualify for disaster relief when they don't have the weather they need to thrive.
Studies show more than half of college students across America have used artificial intelligence. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. At first, it seemed like people were really worried about students plagiarizing and using the work of platforms like chat GPT.
But employers are asking colleges to get students familiar with the technology. They say they need it in the workforce. Students enrolled at Wisconsin's technical colleges this fall may take a course where AI is the star of the classroom.
Officials say it could help produce a more robust pipeline of workers in the badder state. Layla Marrafield, president of the Wisconsin Technical Colleges System.
Here in Wisconsin, we really have a structural workforce shortage. And our demographics are telling us that that will continue. And what we're seeing, it's really upskilling the workforce.
Marrafield says manufacturers are making it clear they want a workforce that knows how to use AI. Forbes has named the best employers in the country and in Wisconsin. They surveyed 160,000 staffers nationwide. And the best employer in Wisconsin is Costco. Now that's headquartered over in Washington.
But number two is quick trip, which is operated out of lacrosse. Rounding out the top five were proctering gamble, acuity insurance based in Shiboygan and Bank of America. Forbes says the sixth the best employer in the state is UW Madison.
Meanwhile, a group of teachers may form Wisconsin's first private school union. The staff at Total Montessori in Madison are organizing. They plan to form a union through office and professional employees, international union, local 39.
They say they want to be paid for breaks from class and for snow days and a more consistent application of school policies. Meanwhile, the school denies some of the teacher's claims their union elections are October 2nd. And that's what Wisconsin needs to know. Here's a look at news closer to home.
For WGBW News, I'm Lisa Hale. Team Trump on tour will be making stops throughout Wisconsin this week, drumming up support for the Trump Vance presidential election ticket.
Two stops are planned in Northeast Wisconsin Tuesday. The tour will hit Green Bay at the Trump Force 47 headquarters on West Mason at 9.30. And then we'll visit the out of Gamie County GOP headquarters on Wisconsin Avenue in Appleton at noon.
Neither former president Trump nor JD Vance are scheduled speakers, but Sarah gets such as Cash Patel, former chief of staff for the Department of Defense are expected to speak.
Marinette County officials have issued a directive to political supporters in the county. Get the signs out of the right away and offer public property or the highway department will remove them for you.
A press release from the Marinette County Highway Department said political signs on private property are perfectly fine. However, those on the right away along highways and roads are not.
The highway department said it will start removing the signs on September 30th.
Winnebago County Public Health unveiled two new public health vending machines last week. County executive John Demell says having the vending machines stocked with Narcan and drug testing strips is not enabling addiction. It's saving lives.
If you have a prescription of like it and you drop one and you have a granddaughter over as she picks it up, you should have this in your house because that's going to save her life.
Public Health vending machines are outside of the Winnebago County Human Services Building at 211 North Commercial Street in Nina and at 112 Otter Avenue in Oshkosh.
Brown County has seen a 50% reduction in opioid related deaths due to awareness campaigns and efforts of an overdose task force in the Brown County Public Health Department.
In 2023, Brown County had 63 overdose deaths with 49 of those involving fentanyl. As of September 10th of this year, there have been only 17 overdose related deaths with 11 of those related to fentanyl.
Green Bay will receive $2.4 million in grants to build a wildlife viewing platform and a shoreline walk at Bay Beach amusement park.
Senator Tammy Baldwin announced the grants last week and she says the money is coming from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
The Green Bay Area Public School District Board of Education will review extensive revisions to its superintendents job description during their meeting this evening.
The new updates include rewrites of the job standards. Claude Tiller resigned as superintendent in February. Vicki Bayer is the interim superintendent while the school district searches for his third superintendent in five years.
A 41-year-old from Mexico was sentenced to five years in prison and federal court last week for drug and firearm violations in Manitowalk County.
Jose Risen Des Gomez pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute and possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon and illegal alien.
When he's released from prison, he will be deported back to Mexico.
If you're looking for work, the Ashkash Arena has a job fair from three till seven p.m. tomorrow. Officials say they'll interview impossibly higher candidates on the spot.
They're seeking full-time positions in marketing and operations and several part-time positions including security crowd services, operations crews, stage hands and food and beverage workers.
Employee in person tomorrow or visit the Ashkash Arena.com slash employment opportunities.
And that's what you need to know. I'm Lisa Hale, WGBW News.
Green Bay wins back-to-back games with a backup quarterback. Hi, I'm Chimie Cusco with sports filling in for my clements.
For the second straight week, Malik Willis guided the Packers to victory a 30-14 win over his former team, Tennessee.
Head coach Matt LaFlora said Willis has come up big for Green Bay.
That is the normal job of the quarterback, take care of the football, and he's done a great job of not putting in harm's way.
And quite frankly, that's allowed us in giving us confidence to open some of the things up, to come out and throw pass on the first play of the game.
Anticipating they'd be geared up for a run, you know, and to get that big explosion play to Jay Reed, I thought really set us off.
Willis threw for 202 yards, ran for a score, and passed for one more in the win.
Head coach Matt LaFlora said Willis had a lot of support in the win.
Hats off to him, hats off to everybody around him, guys rallying, having his back.
You know, I think Tom Clements does a great job, and, you know, I'd be remiss to say Connor Lewis and Sean Manion, just the help they'd given him the support.
Jordan Love's been instrumental as well, just giving him the tips and hanging right by his side and helping him out all along the way.
Starting quarterback Jordan Love, who practiced last week, has missed two games within MCL Sprint, but could return this week.
Next up, the Packers play the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
The Brewers made an impressive comeback, it's largest in 20 years, by rallying from down 8-0 in the third inning to win 10-9 over Arizona on Sunday.
The key moment was a four run, bottom of the eighth inning that put the Brewers in front.
The win helped Milwaukee avoid a four game sweep.
Next up, three games on the road in Pittsburgh before finishing the regular season with the Mets at home.
In the kickoff time for Saturday's Wisconsin Badgers football game at USC has been announced, the game will start at 2.30pm.
Both teams are two in one to start the year.
Feeling it from my club, it's up to me, Cusco, with Civic Media Sports.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba.
If you can stomach the topic, there will be a new docuseries about Sean Combs.
The New York Post reports that the investigation discovery network is behind the series.
The creators of Quiet on the Set, the Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries, will produce.
Quiet on the set, expose the toxic behind the scenes environment on some popular kid shows.
The project does not have a title yet, but will feature alleged victims.
Teachers don't get paid nearly enough, unless they're on TV.
The cast of Abbott Elementary received a lot of critical acclaim through the show's first three seasons.
It's all paying off now, as they are getting with Deadline reports, are major salary bumps.
The Abbott cast won the Acting Ensemble Award for Comedy of the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The show is also won multiple Emmys and Golden Globe Awards.
The show's fourth season premieres Wednesday, October 9th on ABC.
Sabrina Carpenter is on a bit of a roll following her win for Song of the Year at this year's Video Music Awards.
So what's next? How about a Christmas special?
A nonsense Christmas special? Yes, that's the title.
Will feature musical guests and comedy with a dash of celebrity cameos.
Carpenter says the special will really jingle your bells and it will drop December 6th at 9pm Eastern on Netflix.
A few nights ago, Countrystar Zach Bryan got a little sauce and took a shot of Taylor Swift on XTwitter.
The Swifties performed a Twitter take down on Bryan until he went into XTwitter witness protection and deactivated his account.
Bryan took to Instagram where the Swifties are still allowing him to function.
He offered an apology saying he is going through a hard time,
appreciates all Taylor has done for music and never wants to show malice toward another human being.
He closed the post with Don't Drink and Tweet and then was ordered back to the corner by the Swift Army where he continued sucking his thumb.
Netflix released a trailer for the new Sam Raimi film called Don't Move.
A Hollywood reporter says the thriller is about a grieving woman who heads to the woods to find peace.
But instead finds a man who injects her with a drug that will paralyze her.
The movie will premiere on Netflix October 25th and the trailer can be seen on YouTube.
The office is the gift that keeps on giving.
Remember Creed Bratton?
The creepy enigmatic elderly employee who had no idea what his job title was or what he did at the company?
Bratton recently posted a photo on Instagram with his fellow office mates Dwight Oscar and Meredith.
Fans flooded the post with comments.
In his years since the office he has been acting and working as a musician,
which is how he got to start in show business.
In a case you're wondering, Creed was in charge of quality assurance.
For more showbiz fond, tune in to Nightlight with me,
Peach Wabba, weeknights from 6-8pm on the Civic Media, radio network.
Mostly sunny today, we'll get to the upper 60s to near 70 for a high this afternoon.
The wind southeast at 5-10 tonight will be mostly clear in the mid 40s tomorrow.
Mostly sunshine with a high in the low 70s by Wednesday, sunny with a high in the mid to upper 70s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable, outside now it's 53.
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