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From the 97.9 WGBW Newsroom, I'm Lisa Hale with this local news update.
The City of Green Bay's City Clerk will no longer provide election services to the Green Bay Area Public School District.
This means that the school district will be responsible for handling its paperwork, verifying signatures and campaign finance documents.
The City will still conduct the elections, which means ballots, polling places and election results will not change.
But the City Clerk will no longer verify documentation.
The City has handled the school district election since the early 1980s. The district voted unanimously to accept the change to the policy with no discussion at its August 25 meeting.
The change is effective immediately. The next election for the Green Bay Area Public School District Board of Education will be in 2026.
The Board's executive assistant will act as the clerk to accept election documentation.
To combat what some call nuisance deer and reduce the overall deer population, the Howard Village Board voted eight to one Monday night to approve a deer control plan.
The plan increases the hunting areas in the city from two to six, the current locations of the Howard Industrial Park and the Howard Dog Park and four additional locations.
Hunters can try for a buck if they harvest two doves. Field dressing will only be allowed in the industrial and the dog park.
The archery deer hunting season begins September 13th.
One million dollars in federal funds will be used to make public facility improvements at Zipple Park in the O'Conto County town of Gillett.
The funds are part of over 18 million dollars in community development block grants given to Wisconsin by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD.
Governor Tony Evers announced the funding yesterday. In the meantime, President Donald Trump's proposed 2026 budget eliminates the community development block grant program in its entirety.
Wisconsin legislators introduced a bill to renew the Knowles Nelson stewardship program for six years allocating $72 million annually.
Senator Kristen Dessler Alphime of Appleton is one of the bill's co-authors. She said the program adds value to our communities, the state's hunting and fishing heritage and its tourism economy.
This legislation introduced by the Democratic legislators is in contrast to the Republican backed Knowles Nelson legislation that renews the funding for four years at just over $28 million annually.
The Knowles Nelson stewardship program launched with bipartisan support in 1989 to care for Wisconsin's land, waterways, trails, campgrounds and more.
If legislative action is not taken, the program will end June 30th, 2026.
Wisconsin child care providers have started getting their new benefits from the state and they say it's a lifeline. Savannah Tomay Olson reports.
The child care bridge program began this month. It replaced child care counts, the federally funded initiative that started during the pandemic.
It gave payments directly to child care providers, but it expired at the end of June.
Advocates had said if providers suddenly lost that money they had been getting for years, the industry would be pushed further into crisis.
Already costs are high, wages are low, wait lists are long and profit margins are slim.
On average in Wisconsin, infant daycare costs more than tuition at UW Madison.
In one survey, a quarter of Wisconsin child care providers said without that extra funding from child care counts, they would probably close entirely.
Governor Tony Evers and Republicans in the legislature came up with a deal to create this bridge program.
Providers have now gotten their first payments. They're getting about 87% of what they did under child care counts.
Folks, our workforce and the economy can't afford more parents leaving their jobs because they can't afford child care.
In 2025, the year of the kid ensuring we do what's best for Wisconsin kids and the folks and families who raise them is as important as ever.
Evers office says this month, more than 3,000 child care providers got a total of $8.7 million.
That means 126,000 kids across Wisconsin are benefiting from that extra money.
The program will disperse $110 million to Wisconsin child care providers over the next year.
For civic media news, I'm Savannah Tomay Olsen.
22 year old James Vanderleys is ordered to stand trial for the death of a two year old boy in a Green Bay home in June.
Vanderleys waived his preliminary hearing on Tuesday in the death of Leo Escalante, who was the son of an ex-girlfriend.
Vanderleys is not the boy's father.
Vanderleys's father, David Vanderleys, told police the toddler fell down the stairs.
David Vanderleys also faces charges in connection with the death of obstruction and 18 of felon.
He returns to court in October.
A man accused of shooting another while traveling on Highway 172 in Ashwabanan on August 15th was officially charged with first degree intentional homicide Tuesday.
The criminal complaint says 18-year-old Jaguemko Layton of Nakusa told police he shot the man because he was afraid the victim would rob his home while Layton was at work.
The court has ordered a competency hearing set for September 5th.
In Milwaukee, a federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss the charges against Judge Hannah Dugan.
The ruling could be appealed and that would put off a trial until next year.
News at the top and bottom of the hour all day and on demand any time at WGBW.FM.
I'm Lisa Hale for 97.9 WGBW News.
The return of the Miz.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports baseball tonight.
The Brewers host the Diamond Baxter Game 3 of their four game series.
The crew of another dramatic win.
9-8.
Last night over Arizona.
Jacob Mizorowski on the mom from Milwaukee.
After a few shaky starts, he was back in form.
Five innings pitched.
Ten strikeouts.
Allowing three runs.
The Miz asked if he had a little more confidence in his command.
I mean, it's the same.
I think I don't think I changed the intent on any game.
You know, these last two or three, but it feels good to feel like I'm back.
Manager Pat Murphy.
Thought Miz through the ball well.
This is a really good offensive team as you guys have witnessed.
You get ahead of them.
It doesn't matter.
But I thought we showed tremendous poise resiliency.
NFL.
The Packers reduced their roster to 53 players.
Today, they're adding 16 players to their practice squad.
The team also signed long snapper Matt Orzick to a three-year contract extension worth
$4.8 million.
With sports on Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Conrad Krieger.
A new Kobe Bryant biopic is in the works at Warner Brothers.
Warner Brothers acquired a script based on the dramatic true story of the NBA legend joining the Los Angeles Lakers.
The film is supposed to be called With the Eighth Pick, which makes no sense because he was drafted 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets.
The film has no release date set just yet.
Well, in case you missed it, Taylor is engaged.
Yes, Swifties, that Taylor.
Travis Kelsey popped the question two weeks after Swift announced her new album on the New Heights podcast.
And the week before football season officially starts.
Swift them posting on Instagram saying your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.
I mean, that is if your English and gym teacher have a total of a billion dollars combined.
And this post is crushing Instagram numbers with nearly 18 million likes in just three hours.
Will it be Travis Swift or Taylor Kelsey?
Well, I recently went to the theaters and saw a couple movies to look forward to.
Seniors, a film about a 59-year-old Mike Flint, who after nearly four decades returns to his alma mater to take the hit that changed everything.
Bruce doubted and nearly broken, he pushes for one more game.
Not for glory, but for his teammates, he lost.
The family he fractured and the ending he still believes is possible.
This upcoming football movie is set to release September 19th.
A 24th upcoming film, Marty Supreme, is based on Marty Reisman, Timothy Chalamet, who pursues his dream of becoming a champion table tennis player.
And check out the trailer on YouTube. It looks awesome.
This film is set to release on Christmas Day of this year.
Lots of other releases feature Black Phone 2.
Tron Aries, the running man featuring Glen Powell and Avatar Ash and Fire.
Lots of movies to look forward to for the end of 2025.
According to People News, Kenosha Native, Mark Ruffalo says he ate a lot of Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches to prepare for his upcoming role.
This just might be the best way to prepare for a role I've ever heard of.
I just put a bunch of weight on Ruffalo said, and no, this wasn't for Hulk.
For that, he eats a lot of Pesto.
Sorry, that one was bad.
Tron was on preparation for his role in the upcoming show Task, in which he stars as an FBI agent leading a task force to end a string of violent robberies.
Task is set to premiere on September 7th on HBO Max.
The Rock was scared. That sentence may have never been said before this beat.
According to Puberty, Duane the Rock Johnson said he was scared to make a serious raw and gritty film.
Of course, I'm talking about his role as UFC legend Mark Kerr in the upcoming biopic, The Smashy Machine.
Johnson said he had a dig into parts of himself he'd never explored before.
Without Kevin Hart, this might have been his biggest challenge yet.
For more showbiz fun, tune in to Nightlight with Pete Schwabba.
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