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This is your WGBW Daily News Roundup for the Talk of Green Bay, 97.9 FM and 1590 AM.
I'm Terry Bell.
Here's what Wisconsin needs to know.
A little more than half of Wisconsin students who took the state's main standardized test
last spring, Matt Dorex seated grade level expectations and English language arts and math.
But it's hard to compare the results of last year's forward exam because the Department
of Public Instruction changed the scoring system.
Water systems nationwide will have to get rid of their lead pipes.
That's after President Biden's announcement yesterday in Milwaukee.
Stewart J. Wattles was there.
Biden used his trip to Milwaukee to issue a new deadline for cities to replace those lead water
pipes.
I'm announcing a new rule written on the law from the environmental protection agency that requires
water systems across America replaced lead pipes service in every single one in America within
10 years. Milwaukee has that fifth highest concentration of lead pipes in the country.
With the president in Milwaukee, I'm Stewart J. Wattles.
U.S. Senate candidate Eric Houghley is claiming FEMA is running out of money,
but the federal emergency agency says it's not true.
Houghley goes on to claim in a social media post that money for Hurricane Helene relief is being
diverted to illegal immigrants. FEMA says that's not the case either and is asking people to stop
sharing the video. Young adults are registered to vote like never before. Vote.org reports
signing up a record 800,000 new voters under the age of 35. Registration is especially high in
states with abortion restrictions like Wisconsin. In spite of all that kind of dysfunction,
they're being compelled to vote by a lot of issues. They've also grown up around. This is a
generation they grew up with mass shootings in schools. John Marcus reports on higher education for
the Hessinger report. Blame supply and demand for higher egg prices. University Wisconsin economist
Andrew Stevens says this year's bird flu outbreak meant a lot of laying hands had to be
euthanized and it takes about six months to replace them. Stevens points out it's also the time
of year and more people start baking again, which brings up demand. The Milwaukee Brewers will be
on TV next year, but they won't be on Bali Sports Network. Major League Baseball says it will produce
and distribute all non-nationally televised games for the Brewers. Bali's owner is in bankruptcy.
I'm Terry Bell, civic media news. Now here's what you need to know closer to home.
For WGBW News, I'm Lisa Hale. Fire danger is high over most of the listening area.
It's very high in Marinette and in O'Conto County where a wildfire broke out yesterday afternoon
and burned about 10 acres of woods near mountain. The DNR says severe lack of precipitation and high
winds are contributing to the increased fire danger. Officials suspect lightning caused the blaze
in the O'Conto woods, but the investigation continues. Marinette County authorities are looking
for 76-year-old Norm Haifert in the town of Lake. Haifert has Alzheimer's disease and while he
does have a tracker on him, it is not working. Haifert walked away from his residence on right
away road near Pioneer Road at about 12.50 Tuesday afternoon. He is a white man with a slight build
in short gray hair. He was wearing a gray jacket, blue shirt, and blue jeans.
Seven communities in North East Wisconsin will receive part of over $115 million in grants
to improve or build libraries, community centers, and multi-purpose community facilities.
Brown County, Fremont, New London, Ripon, and Shawna, Wapaka, and Washera counties will each
receive between just under $2 million and $4.25 million. The grants will go toward funding
projects designed to provide reliable broadband access to local communities.
The Ashkash area community pantry is changing a policy that will allow it to serve more people
in the area. Starting this month, OACP no longer requires guests to reside in Southern Winnebago
County, Executive Director Ryan Rasmussen. We have decided to drop our service area completely,
meaning technically anybody from the entire state of Wisconsin is going to be able to come to our
pantry to receive the necessary foods that they that they want or need. The Ashkash area community
pantry serves up to 2,500 families every month. A Fox Valley man has sentenced to 10 years for
trafficking, methadena, and mana twok and being a felon in possession of firearm,
Qin Neng Zhang, 36 of Nino, was arrested after drug informants purchased methadamine from him.
The judge orders Zhang to serve 10 years in prison and 10 years supervised release.
Zhang was on probation for felony convictions of aggravated battery, soliciting a child to
participate in gang activity, and other drug charges at the time of his arrest.
And that's what you need to know. I'm Lisa Hale, WGBW News.
The Packers Back at Practice. Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports. The Green Bay Packers installing
the game plan for their matchup Sunday against the Cardinals at Lambo Field. Quarterback Jordan Love
has already thrown five interceptions this season, but says he knows he can do better.
Yeah, I mean, it's one of those things you just got to be smart with the ball. You know,
you look at last week and we're down, we're trying to make play. So you're trying to force the ball
and things like that. But it just comes down to being smart with the ball and I got to do a
better job with that NBA. Bucks head coach Doc River says they may have dodged a bullet. New
guard Gary Trent Jr. Signed from the Raptors did not need an MRI after suffering a hyper extended
elbow against the pistons. River says he may even be able to play tomorrow night when the
Bucks host the Lakers. College basketball. Great guard says he's been impressed this summer by
sophomore guard John Blackwell saying he kind of reminds him of former Badger Johnny Davis,
who's now in the NBA. He came back in June. I felt he knew he was the best player on the floor.
He wanted to dominate. It's just a competitive mindset to be the best on the floor.
That's Badger's head coach Greg guard with sports on Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba. If you haven't seen Wolverine and Deadpool yet,
you're in luck. It's still in theaters. The film has taken in 633 million at the domestic
box office and it's been in theaters since early July. Showing some serious staying power,
the Ryan Reynolds Hugh Jackman lead blockbuster came in seventh place this past weekend
at the box office, still managing to pull in 1.5 million in its 11th week of release.
That folks is what they call having box office legs.
An interesting business model news, who doesn't love to be freaked out by their accommodations
when traveling? That said, soon you can make your worst nightmare has come true by staying at the
house that was the setting for the 1982 film, Poltergeist. The Seamy Valley California House
just sold to a man hoping to not only turn it into an Airbnb, but replicate the movie set where
a young girl got sucked into the TV set. Luckily, that is more unlikely to happen nowadays with
the much less Poltergeist-friendly flat screen TVs. If you're sort of in the dumps about recent
Star Wars shows not lasting so long, don't feel sorry for the franchise. The brand is as profitable
as ever. The Hollywood Reporter says the studio made 1 billion for merchandising in 2023 alone.
In a stroke of genius, Star Wars creator George Lucas negotiated for the rights to merchandise.
The studios thought he was crazy and agreed. Lucas sold the rights back to Disney a few years ago
for four billion dollars. It's just that simple. All he had to do was create a profitable movie
franchise. Where it on the street is that actor Fart Smith and star of Independence Day will Smith
and Michael Bay, director of the first bad boys with Smith, are teaming up for a new action film
for Netflix called Fast and Loose. Smith recently made headlines for having the worst smelling
gas in the western hemisphere. Director Barry Sonnetfeld claimed that on the original men in black,
will rip the doozy that closed down the set until the stench subsided a week ago Tuesday.
Despite being married to the star of Sex in the City, Mr. Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew
Broderick, says there are guest roles he had no problem turning down when offered so the two could
work together. One role in particular, the actor turned down was that of a premature sort of
sounds like miscalculator. Hey, that actually kind of makes sense. The New York Post reports that
Parker says the couple doesn't work together because why would they? Stating a desire to keep
their personal and professional lives separate. It's official. Taylor Swift is the richest female
musician in the world. To be honest, I couldn't believe she wasn't already. Forbes reports that 34
year old Megastar has a net worth of 1.6 billion. That's impressive enough, but she officially became
a billionaire just last fall. So the cash is still rolling in. Swift surpassed the former rich's
female musician, Rihanna, who has a net worth of a measly 1.4 billion. Sounds like Taylor can
officially stop waitressing. For more showbiz fun, tune in to Nightlight with me. Peach Waba,
weeknights from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Civic Media Radio Network.
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