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For 97.9 WGBW News, I'm Lisa Hale. When AmeriCorps workers received an unexpected email last week telling them the program is done and they're out of a job, several local organizations were affected. One of them is the Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes.
Seven AmeriCorps members working with the Girl Scouts Outreach program are out and leaders say without those seven AmeriCorps, the outreach program could be eliminated in Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh and 11 other Wisconsin cities.
Last week, Governor Tony Evers said Wisconsin will join a multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration over those cuts.
Meanwhile in Green Bay, the Green Bay Conservation Corps was in danger of losing 13 positions thanks to the Trump administration's cuts to AmeriCorps.
Last night, the Green Bay City Council voted unanimously to fund those positions through the summer. The city will use $115,000 in ARPA interest funds to pay for the positions.
Police need the public's help in finding a missing North Fondle Act teenager who may be experiencing a mental break.
18-year-old Alan Fernando Lievia Lievia was last seen at home Sunday around 9.30 pm.
He hasn't been seen since. He hasn't been to school. His phone was last pinged in Chilton Tuesday night, but it is not ringing through.
Lievia Lievia is a Hispanic male, five foot nine inches tall, weighs 165 pounds with short, wavy black hair and brown eyes.
People with any information are asked to call the North Fondle Act police.
The body of 19-year-old Diego Alejandra Ramirez from Fox Crossing has been found.
We reported last week that Ramirez was last seen in the early morning hours of April 27th in Manasha.
Police found his body near the Racine Street, off ramp of US 10 Eastbound Tuesday.
They don't suspect foul play, but an investigation is continuing. Police say they do not plan on releasing any more details.
One worker was hospitalized after a chlorine leak at a water treatment plant in Alley, Monday.
Green Bay Metro Fire Department and its hazmat team successfully contained the leak on a 100-pound chlorine cylinder.
The leak did not impact the safety of the water supply system, and the air of the nearby neighborhood was monitored to ensure resident safety.
Wisconsin is one of the top 10 states with the most workers in meat packing and processing, and the rules could be changing.
Some advocates say that could put workers in harm's way. Savannah Tome Olsen has that story.
The Trump administration is now changing safety rules for those employees, and experts say it could put them at higher risk of getting hurt.
The US Department of Agriculture is overhauling regulatory protections to permit faster processing lines for pork and poultry companies.
It says the goal is to allow these plants to set their own speeds, and that research has confirmed no direct link between processing speeds and workplace injuries.
But labor advocates say that's not true, citing the USDA's own data from January.
Georgetown University's Debbie Berkowitz is a former OSHA official, who studies how processing speeds impact safety.
She gives this example from USDA data showing what happens when processing goes faster.
In poultry plants, 82% of workers were at increased risk of musculoskeletal disorders.
Berkowitz says it's hard for workers to speak up when conditions aren't safe.
There's a real fear of speaking out and speaking up to companies when things are unsafe.
And the media industry is disproportionately made up of refugees and workers of color.
Wisconsin has more than 500 meat plants statewide. For civic media news, I'm Savannah Tome Olsen.
The mother of an inmate who died of dehydration and malnutrition at one of Wisconsin's maximum security prisons last year has filed a federal lawsuit,
alleging guards failed to give him water or his medication.
Donald Mayor was found dead in his cell at Wapong Correctional Institution in February 2024.
Court documents show guards had turned off the water to the cell during the week leading up to his death without documenting it and didn't give him his mental health medication.
Mayor's mother, Jeanette Mayor, filed the lawsuit seeking unspecified damages in federal court in Milwaukee.
The prison's former warden pleaded no contest that same day to a misdemeanor charge in connection with Mayor's death and was fined $500.
The chief judge of Milwaukee County Courts says that while a worry-free courthouse would be ideal, the law does allow the government to carry out warrants.
Stuart J. Wattles has more from the top judge in the county.
Judge Carl Ashley talked to the media earlier this week after the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan.
In a perfect world, we would have the opportunity to have a courthouse where people would never have to worry about coming there for their activities.
But the reality is there are legal parameters which allow the government to effectuate warrants and we're not going to interfere with that.
Judge Ashley did confirm that a reserve judge will handle her cases as the state-supreme court suspended Judge Dugan during the proceedings.
Judge Dugan faces federal obstruction charges for allegedly diverting ICE agents and aiding an undocumented immigrant's exit from the courthouse.
The Wisconsin DNR is reporting elevated fire danger throughout the state and it will remain so for this week.
An El Conto County firefighter sustained minor injuries fighting a grass and woods fire in the Townsend area Monday.
Most of the counties in the northern portion of our listening area are listed as having a high fire danger.
Green Bay and the Fox Valley are listed as moderate.
The DNR expects the fire danger to remain elevated at least through Saturday when more rain is expected.
I'm Lisa Hale, 97.9 WGBW News.
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A fast start helps the brewers get a win.
Hi, I'm Jimmy Cusca, filling in for Mike Clements.
Reese Hosskins hit a two-RBI double and Jake Bowers followed up with his two-run glass to give Milwaukee a four-run first inning.
Bowers into centerfield.
Myers is back. He is running out of room with nightstand.
Number three for Bowers.
That called courtesy of Fandall Sports Wisconsin.
Milwaukee won its third game in a row with the four-three win over the Houston Astros last night.
The brewers used offense, defense, and pitching to win.
We put up four early.
And the pitching staff, you know, again, Ureba didn't throw as bad as the numbers, but his pitch count got up.
And then, Myers came in again, second night in a row and just pitched out of a jam unbelievably, and the kill was electric.
Starting pitcher Chad Patrick pitched into the seventh inning.
Chad continues the show that he belongs here and, you know, six and two-thirds of, you know, flawless against a good ball club
that, obviously, look at their names in their lineup.
They're very, very good ball club.
William Catarras was given heaps of praise for his work.
Give William Cretid he's playing with an injury and you could tell him it affected him tonight, but in a big situation,
he comes up and throws that guy out at second base.
I'm just a hustle play that, you know, big time play.
So you got to give William Cretid for all of this, too, with the way he's calling a game, the way he's receiving, the way he's throwing.
He's been a huge car right now.
That's Brewers Manager Pat Murphy.
It'll be the same two teams, Brewers and Astros, again this afternoon.
Milwaukee gets the day off tomorrow before playing the race this weekend.
One week from today, the NFL will announce its 2025 schedule.
The Green Bay Packers will have eight home games and nine away games.
In addition to the home and home games against the Bears, Vikings and Lions in the NFC North,
the Packers will play each team in the NFC East and AFC North as well as Carolina, Arizona and Denver next year.
Filling it from my clements, I'm Jimmy Cusco with Civic Media Sports.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba.
No one told Jennifer Aniston, life was going to be this way.
The friend's actress was a victim of vandalism earlier this week when a 70-something-year-old man tried to crash through the gates of her home.
He tried to escape, but it's like he was always stuck in second year.
The actress was home at the time of the crash, but was uninjured.
K-A-B-C in Los Angeles says the man was booked for felony vandalism and the investigation is ongoing.
Although it hasn't been her day, it could still be her week or month or even her year.
Blues Clues star Steve Burns says waiters made more than he made hosting the popular children show.
Burns talked about his meager earnings while appearing on Rain Wilson's Soul Boom podcast.
Burns told Wilson that although he didn't get paid much, he didn't mind at the time because the Nickelodeon show was a side hustle
and that most of his income came from voiceover work.
The former fake animated dog owner said when he landed the gig, it was after auditioning for what he thought was a voiceover.
That's called having a horseshoe up your ass.
Mostly sunny today with a high right around 61 this afternoon.
A little breezy with wind northeast at 15-25.
Clear tonight, 38 tomorrow sunshine near 60.
On Friday, mostly sunny with a high near 70.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
Outside now, it's 55.
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