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From the 97.9 WGBW newsroom, I'm Connie Feldman with this local news update.
We're finally coming out of the deepest part of our Arctic Freeze here in Green Bay,
but not by much. Last night's frigid windshields brought us another cold weather advisory that's
in effect until noon today. Forecasters say windshields are still in the 20 to 30 below range.
We'll finally make it above zero today all the way up to eight degrees and even see some
sunshine today and tomorrow. But as of now, authorities say you still need to keep those
safety measures in place covering exposed skin and limiting your time outside. We'll have more
coming up later in the full forecast. Hundreds of people in Green Bay braved that bitter cold
yesterday to have their voices heard after a Green Bay native was killed by ICE agents over the
weekend in Minneapolis. 37-year-old Alex Prety graduated from Preble High School in 2006 and was
working in Minneapolis as an ICU nurse at a veteran's hospital. Prety was shot and killed Saturday
morning by a federal immigration officer at a protest in Minneapolis. Several videos taken by
by bystanders spread all over social and broadcast media over the weekend. Those who knew Prety
in Green Bay expressed their outrage at what they say was Prety's kindness and concern for others
that led to his death. People lining the streets of downtown Green Bay chanted hearing signs
opposing immigration enforcement. Prety's death marks the second fatal shooting by ICE officers
in Minneapolis in less than three weeks. A third man in the city was also shot by federal agents
this month, but survived his gunshot wounds. A longtime spiritual leader here in Green Bay died
over the weekend. Bishop Robert Banks was a priest for 73 years and a bishop for 40 according to
the Green Bay Catholic diocese. Banks served as Bishop of Green Bay from 1990 to 2003. Bishop
Robert Banks was 97 years old. A graduate of Green Bay's Preble High School was shot and killed by
ICE agents in Minneapolis Saturday morning. 37-year-old Alex Prety graduated from Preble High School in
2006 and worked as an ICU nurse at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Minneapolis.
Widely circulated video shows Prety pushed to the ground by numerous federal agents before he
was shot multiple times. The deadly shooting sparked outrage in the streets of Minneapolis as well
as here in Green Bay, where people are remembering Prety as a high school athlete and talented musician
involved in Preble's show choir and musical productions. Mark Becker sang alongside Prety
in the Green Bay Boys Choir. He says even all these years later, news of Prety's loss
sends a shock wave through the tight-knit community, both he and Prety were a part of.
To feel that loss, you know, the disturbance in the force, if you will, of something so seismic
like this touching this community, there's so many people that he impacted that are stunned
and it's so sad. Becker describes Prety as funny, kind, and always wanting to take care of others.
He says seeing Prety in the video helping a woman who'd been shoved to the ground by federal agents
sums up the person he remembers from a very young age. That was who I knew he was in the boy choir.
And so it's not a shock that he grew up to be, you know, an ICU nurse taking care of people.
That's what he did in Green Bay. And it just pisses me off that that's what cost him his life.
It's not fair. Prety's death marks the third shooting by federal immigration officials in Minneapolis
in 17 days and ICE officer shot and killed Renee Good, also 37 on January 7th. A week later,
another man was shot by an immigration officer, but survived. With news at the top and bottom of
the hour, all day and on demand any time at WGBW.FM, I'm Connie Feldman, 97.9 WGBW news.
Mostly sunny today with a high right around six above the wind out of the west at 5 to 15 will
keep that windshield factor below zero all day today. Tonight a little light snow,
not much more than a dusting two above the low tomorrow sunshine with a high of 10.
I'm meteorologist Sean cable. That's your Green Bay news round up from 97.9 WGBW.
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