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Civic Media News. I'm Terry Bell. Here's what Wisconsin needs to know. Vice presidential candidate Tim Walls campaigns in Wisconsin today with stops in Green Bay and O'Clair. He tells Good Morning America why he's running.
I watched Donald Trump dismiss the COVID pandemic. I watched him drive an economy into the ground and I watched Joe Biden and Kamala Harris pick those pieces up.
Senator Bernie Sanders is in Milwaukee after criticizing Donald Trump in Barrow Boo over the weekend.
We cannot elect somebody who was working overtime to undermine American democracy.
First lady Jill Biden campaigns were Kamala Harris and Madison tonight. Harris herself will be in Milwaukee lacrosse in Green Bay on Thursday.
Elon Musk's political action committee has taken over a big share of Donald Trump's get out the vote efforts in Wisconsin.
Musk's America pack is reportedly working with the far right dark money group turning point action. Their combined efforts are said to be focusing on people they've identified as Trump supporters who haven't voted recently.
Wisconsin is second in the nation in the number of damn failures. That's according to the Wisconsin policy forum. It says 34 Wisconsin dams have failed since 2000.
28 of those 34 dams have failed since 2018. Only South Carolina does worse. The policy forum says it's a symptom of aging infrastructure and more rain due to climate change.
Native American tribes in Wisconsin are bringing back growing and harvesting wild rice. Joe Graveen is a member of the Lock the Flambo Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Northern Wisconsin.
You don't see that opponent's race that hasn't been there for 20 years. That smile under fees to energy to give off.
But tribes are concerned that climate change could threaten future crops. A man from Milwaukee is dead after getting shot at a youth flag football game Saturday afternoon.
The man died after being rushed to the hospital. The person was arrested, but police let him go after they determined he was innocent. Milwaukee police say they're looking to how and why it happened. Meanwhile, city leaders are condemning the violence.
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. Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walts makes an appearance in Green Bay this afternoon. It's his fifth visit to Wisconsin and his first visit to New Wiscoe.
Presidential nominee Kamala Harris will reportedly be in Green Bay Thursday. On the Republican side of the ballot, former president Donald Trump last made his visit to the Green Bay area in April.
And in August and appear his running mate JD Vance appeared the presidential election is in 22 days.
Civic media has a Wisconsin legislative voter guide with information that you're looking for preparing for the election candidates running to represent you and the new legislative maps are all included.
The Wisconsin Public Service or WPS is asking the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for rate increases of more than $200 million for customers in northern and eastern Wisconsin.
In the 2025 and 2026 years, Tom content with the citizens utility board. There are a lot of people in Northeast Wisconsin that are already struggling to make ends meet and struggling to pay their utility bills.
How much is too much is kind of the question and see our story online for a link to make your public comment.
The Green Bay Area Public School District will present its $311 million 2024 25 budget to the school board at a special meeting tonight at five.
A public hearing will be held October 28th at 530. The vote on the budget will follow that public hearing.
CFO Angie Robles says the budget is balanced but she sees future deficits if there are no per pupil cost of inflation increases made soon.
See our story at WGBW.FM for information on the budget and the public hearing.
Spooky season is here and there are some real creepy crawlies that can find their way into your house.
In the fog box, elders, stink bugs, paper wasps, even lady bugs all want in. As it starts to get colder, pests are often drawn to the warmer areas and will make their way through windows, pipes or even the smallest of openings.
It's not only spiders you should be concerned about but rodents as well that can fit into spots the size of a human finger.
And that's what you need to know. I'm Lisa Hale, WGBW News.
The Packers cut the cards. Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports NFL. The Packers with a 34 to 13 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
Green Bay opened with a run game but Matlow Flur says he let Jordan love call some of the plays.
There were a lot of plays though that we line up, no huddle. We have a lot less moving parts. You know, allow Jordan the freedom to check to what he wants to.
And he does a great job with that and sound like I'm in his ear telling him what to call. He just does a really good job with that.
The Cardinals plagued with injuries and 13 penalties for 100 yards. Head coach Jonathan Ganon got to be pretty good by good football team.
But you know, lots to take away battle. Three to one hard way to go. A lot of penalties. Green Bay now, four and two.
The Wisconsin Badgers over Rutgers 42 to seven over the weekend. Badgers running back to a walker rushed for 198 yards and three touchdowns. Head coach Luke fickle.
Really, really, really impressive. He just continues to go and battle and work and do a great job of leading force.
And you know, he's not a guy that if his number wasn't called and it was the other way around and he would be just happy right now.
And that's what's impressive about it. So we're going to continue to rely upon him just like the big guys.
And if we can continue this, this team is going to seem to going to be tough.
NBA The Box hosts the Bulls tonight in a preseason game with sports on Mike Clements.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba. Netflix is very close to controlling the universe.
But for now, they're pushing a new talk show hosted by comedian John Mulaney.
Variety reports that Netflix executives say they were impressed with Mulaney's interviews during the Netflix is a joke comedy festival where Mulroney hosted a segment called Everyone's in LA.
The comedian has also had multiple stand-up specials on the network. The new talker will drop once a week and possibly in early 2025.
Fans of the show the office, whether it's the British or American version, may or may not be excited to hear there is a new iteration of the mockumentary style comedy headed to peacock.
It's not being called a spin-off, but they are incorporating elements of the previous shows.
Variety reports that on the new show that the company that filmed the daily happenings at Dunder Mifflin are filming a new office in a dieting daily newspaper.
The show is currently being cast, executive producers include Greg Daniels, who oversaw the American office and Ricky Durface and Steven Merchant, who created the franchise.
Let's be honest, Scooby-Doo's Velma was a great actor. When it comes to carrying a show, she can only do that so far.
Max has announced that it's canceling the show Velma after two seasons. The Scooby-Doo's spin-off was considered controversial as they decided to gear the storylines toward adults for both Velma and her mystery ink chums.
The office's Mindy Kaling voiced the role of Velma and was one of the executive producers.
Here's one of Pete's picks. If you're looking for a great indie comedy, check out the film Chump Change for Rent on YouTube.
Writer-director Star of the film, and native Wisconsin son Steve Burrows was a guest on Nightlight last week,
and informed me that the film is finally available after 20 years for viewing.
This hilarious comedy, which stars in addition to Burrows, Tracy Lords, Jerry Stiller, Tim Matheson, and Mara, Fred Willard and Shelley Winters. How's that for a cast?
The film is set in Milwaukee, and it's a cracklin' good, or should I say, cacklin' good watch.
If you liked Young Sheldon, maybe you'll like this other Big Bang Theory spin-off.
Variety reports the show, which has been in development at Maxx for the last year, just added cast members Brian Pesain, Lauren Lapkas, and Kevin Susman.
Story details for the series are being kept under wraps, but the three new cast members will reprise their roles from the original Big Bang Theory.
If the show is ultimately greenlit, it will be the fourth in the Big Bang franchise.
Lifestyle influencer, insider trader Martha Stewart is pulling no punches in a new documentary.
The film, titled Martha, covers the billionaire's rise to fame, starting with her days as a teenage model to her reality series,
Snoop Dogg Friendship, and her conviction for obstructing justice and lying to the government for which she spent five months in prison.
She has opinions on all of this. Martha will soon be available on Netflix October 30th.
For more showbiz-fot and tune in to Nightlight with me, Peach Waba, weeknights from 6-8pm on the Civic Media, Radio Network.
Mostly cloudy with a scattered shower, even a thunder shower possible here this afternoon.
Our high today 52, the wind northeast at 5-15.
Tonight's scattered showers are low 35.
Tomorrow partly cloudy with a high of only 49.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
Currently it's 42.
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