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For 97.9 WGBW News, I'm Lisa Hale. A community that once spearheaded the movement to protect bees emerging from hibernation in the spring is rolling things back just a bit.
Appleton, which pioneered the no-mo may movement, is now saying slow-mo summer is the way to go.
Appleton is a BUSA city partner and encourages residents to raise their lawn mowers to four inches and mow when their lawns reach six inches tall.
It also encourages mowing later in the afternoon when pollinators are less active.
If you're gearing up to do a little work in the yard, remember to do it safely. Melissa K has more.
Spring weather brings the opportunity to complete outdoor projects. Remember to keep safety in mind as you tackle those jobs.
We energies reminds customers to call before you dig. The number for diggers hotline is 811 or you can find them online at diggershotline.com.
You need to give them at least three business days notice before starting any digging project. Be aware of overhead power lines when you're using ladders.
Don't trim trees near power lines and avoid all contact. Make sure to follow utility equipment guidelines when you're planting, doing landscaping or adding yard structures.
You can find those guidelines at we-energies.com.
Cuts to Medicaid could eliminate coverage for 50,000 Wisconsinites and increase costs for everybody who sees a doctor. Savannah Tomay Olsen breaks it down.
Republicans in Congress have passed a resolution to reduce the energy and commerce budget by $880 billion. They're doing that so they can extend President Donald Trump's tax cuts.
But most of that money would come from slashing Medicaid. The DHS says Wisconsin would lose about six and a half billion dollars.
That would mean 52,000 Wisconsinites would lose coverage and the state would have at least an extra $160 million and costs. Wisconsin Medicaid director Bill Hanna.
Laws of federal funding means the state really has four options. One, the state needs to find more state dollars.
The other options are we change who's eligible for Medicaid. So fewer people are eligible, which means the uninsured rate will likely go up.
Uninsured rates going up means more uncompensated care in our health care infrastructure and hospitals and other providers.
The other option is we can cover fewer services, eliminating optional services. Often means we end up spending more.
I mean, the third option is just cutting provider rates because we have fewer dollars and Hanna says that won't just impact the people who rely on Medicaid.
If more people are uninsured and can't pay for care when they need it, that means hospitals aren't getting the money for the services they're providing and costs could go up for everybody.
Here in Wisconsin, Medicaid covers one in five people, 60% of people in nursing homes and one in three children. For civic media news, I'm Savannah Tomay Olsen.
Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to increase penalties for sex, extortion convictions. Joanne Croulette has that story.
At the Capitol lawmakers are considering Braden's law, increasing penalties for sex, extortion, especially if it leads to suicide.
The fast growing cybercrime targets children to send explicit images and extorts them for money or more content.
The bill is named after Braden Bone, the Warsaw area 15 year old died by suicide in March after being victimized by a cyber criminal.
The bill was the subject of an emotional public hearing last week before the Assembly Committee on criminal justice and public safety.
Braden's mom, Brittany Bird, said her son was targeted by organized crime and that there needs to be a consequence that at least makes cybercriminals think twice about it.
The police came and they looked in the space where he was and he had left a note and his note said, make sure he gets caught.
I'm so sorry. Everything's on my phone. So my son knew what was happening and he was so afraid. There was no way out.
The bill would make sex torsion perpetrators eligible for felony murder charges if their actions result in a victim's suicide.
It has bipartisan support in the backing of Attorney General Josh Call. I'm Joanne Croulette.
The crime was over 10 years ago, but memories of a walk a Shaw attack involving then teenage girls keep coming back.
Stuart J. Wattles has more from southeastern Wisconsin.
The release of one of the girls in the slender man stabbing has been postponed after the proposed group home location was found to be just eight miles from her victim's home.
The victim's mother told the court this week that her daughter fears encountering Morgan Geyser, who stabbed her 19 times in 2014 to appease the fictional slender man character.
Geyser's revised release plan must be submitted within 30 days with a hearing set for June.
Meanwhile, Michael Bowren, the judge overseeing the proceedings in this case for more than a decade, retired Wednesday.
The judge now assigned to the case is walk a Shaw circuit court judge Scott Wagner.
Barlow Planetarium on the UW-Ashkosh Fox Cities campus is hosting several events tomorrow for National Astronomy Day.
The events from noon till 9.30 include a look at the portable Planetarium, telescope displays and presentations, and of course astronomy shows.
Admission for the Astronomy Day shows is $7 per person.
I'm Lisa Hale, 97.9 WGBW News. For news anytime, log on to www.fm.
Brewer baseball tonight. Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports. It should be a packed house tonight.
When the brewers host the Chicago Cubs at Ampham Field in Milwaukee, game one of a three-game weekend series,
right-hander Ben Brown on the mound tonight for Chicago against the brewers Quinn Priester.
Good news on the return of Brandon Woodruff, who pitched five and two-thirds innings for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers,
allowing just one run on three hits as he comes back from that shoulder surgery.
It felt pretty good. Each and every outing has been a little different in terms of the way the body feels,
but it feels great. Shoulder felt good. Now it's just more about as I'm getting into these outings after a year and a half,
and it gives my fourth one. It's all about getting the delivery in place and just trying to execute pitches.
NFL, the Packers, beginning their three-day rookie mini-camp today in Green Bay in Madison,
a loss for the Wisconsin Badgers women's volleyball team, soft Marlola Schumacher,
deciding to enter the transfer portal. She's one of their best players with sports on Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba. Martin Scorsese has yet another new project in the pipeline.
Scorsese is producing a feature-length documentary about Pope Francis's education project,
which was founded by the Pope, and was picking up steam right before he passed away.
The Pope's final interview will also be part of the film and was shot exclusively for the project.
The film is called Al Diaz, a story.
Director Ryan Cougar wants to reboot the ex-files and he's got a big backer, not that he needs one.
The director seems to have the minus touch as all his films are profitable, including Creed,
the Black Panther, Black Panther will condo forever, and now sinners, which is a monster hit, pun intended.
He is talking about bringing the ex-files back and has an original cast member in Gillian Anderson excited about the idea.
She has not committed yet, but is a big fan of Cougar, and says she is open to it, which is basically a yes.
Heist film fans take note. Chris Helmsworth and Halle Berry star in the new film Crime 101,
and the response has been good enough to land not just a theatrical release, but one in a primo holiday weekend slot.
The film will open February 13th on the coveted President's Day Valentine's Day weekend,
according to Amazon Prime and MGM Studios.
The story follows a detective trying to stop a string of jewel heists.
The film also stars Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Lee, Barry Keoghan, and Nick Nolte, love a good heist film.
So what do you do after you've had a chart-topping lesbian country music hit?
If you're Chapel Rhone, you become an actress.
The rap.com reports that the singer recently met with her idol director John Waters,
the two headed off as Waters suggested the possibility.
When Rhone said, I'm not an actress, I'm a singer.
Waters replied, every singer is an actress.
Rhone's response, if John Waters says I'm an actress, maybe I am. Maybe she is.
You don't often hear of a big 41st anniversary celebration.
But in the case of the film, this is Spinal Tap, it is very warranted.
Why might you ask is the number 41 a big deal?
Because a long-awaited sequel, Spinal Tap 2, the end continues, will be released in September.
With that in mind, it seems like the perfect time to re-release the original.
That tells the story of the loudest band in England embarking on a catastrophic American tour.
This is Spinal Tap, is the brainchild of an incredibly talented foursome,
which includes Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Sheer, and Rob Reiner.
All four men wrote the script and are part of the cast, Reiner Directs.
Ditto for the sequel as they reprise the same roles with Reiner at the helm again.
The remastered original will be available July 7th in various theaters,
and the sequel drops September 12th.
The amps in the original went up to 11.
We'll just have to find out if they are even louder in the sequel.
For more showbiz fun, tune in to Nightlight with me, Peach Wabba.
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It is going to be mostly cloudy with scattered off it on showers likely today,
cool too with a high in the low 50s the wind will be northeast at 5 to 15.
Tonight a few showers early then just cloudy, low dropping into the mid 30s.
Tomorrow sunny, better warmer upper 50s on Sunday,
sunshine with a high in the low to mid 60s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
Outside now it's 46!
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