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From the 97.9 WGBW newsroom, I'm Connie Falman with this local news update.
Marquette police say they've stopped searching for a missing college student last
scene walking out onto the ice. 21-year-old northern Michigan student Trenton Massey has been missing
since early Sunday morning. More than a dozen agencies and countless volunteers have been
searching since then. Massey's cell phone was found on a path where surveillance cameras captured
him walking just before 3am Sunday morning. Authorities say Massey appeared disoriented and was
having difficulty walking. Shortly after 3am, police say Massey was seen walking out onto the ice
before disappearing from the camera view. The NMU campus was closed Monday due to a winter storm.
Authorities say they've searched on land in the water and from the air using specialized
equipment like a helicopter, airboat, hovercraft and so on are. Scuba divers have searched below
the ice and searchers have also used an underwater remote operated vehicle as well as a drone
and canines. They say volunteers are welcome to continue the search but caution them to stay
off the ice. If you drive through downtown Green Bay across the Main Street Bridge,
you'll need to add some extra time for a detour starting next week. City leaders say the
Main Street Bridge will be closed for maintenance starting at 6am Monday morning through 5pm on Wednesday,
March 4th. Traffic will be detoured across the Walnut Street Bridge downtown. Green Bay
Aldi shoppers could be affected by a nationwide recall of frozen meatballs. The products were
sold at Aldi's stores with the name Bremer Family Size Italian-style meatballs. Food safety
experts say a consumer complaint about finding metal fragments in the products prompted the recall.
The 32 ounce package contains about 64 meatballs. If you have any of these products,
you can take the package back to where you bought it or just throw it away. There are six Aldi
stores in the Green Bay area. Crypto scams are becoming a growing problem, targeting some of Wisconsin's
most vulnerable. But as Civic Media's Melissa K tells us, state lawmakers are fighting back.
New legislation in Wisconsin is taking aim at scams involving cryptocurrency kiosks.
It is a statewide issue. That's Wood County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Quentin Ellis.
He said the scammers use a variety of scripts. They will call with any amount of different
scenarios. One was actually people were calling saying they were me. Me from the Wood County
Sheriff's Department needed you to put money in a cryptocurrency kiosk to avoid coming to jail.
Scammers using emotional manipulation to threaten their victims with arrest or jail if they don't
respond immediately. They target vulnerable populations, often elderly individuals,
and will pose as trusted authority figures. It's definitely a statewide problem. It's just
there hasn't been one telltale way to respond to it because of the lack of regulation of these
machines. Chief Deputy Ellis says several other states already have legislation in place to protect
against this type of scam. I'm very hopeful that this passing legislation will
act as a major deterrent to these companies and keep them from allowing this type of thing to
happen to our people in Wisconsin. The bill has broad bipartisan support and would protect both
consumers and operators. Everybody accept these major major corporations that are based
wherever else in the nation or in the world even. They're getting their money and everybody
else here in Wisconsin that that's falling to these is becoming a victim. I'm Melissa Kaye.
Assembly Bill 968 passed the assembly and will now go to the Senate with news at the top and
bottom of the hour all day and on demand anytime at wgbw.fm. I'm Connie Feldman 97.9 wgbw news.
For civic media news I'm Lisa Hale. The latest Marquette law school poll shows voters in Wisconsin
are clearly undecided in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race and in both party primaries for the
gubernatorial election. In a presentation on Wednesday Charles Franklin the director of the Marquette
law school polls since 2012 said with just six weeks remaining until the nonpartisan ballot in
April 66 percent of the poll voters don't know who they will support for Wisconsin Supreme Court
justice between liberal Chris Taylor and conservative Maria Lazar. There is a small difference.
Lazar is at 12 percent support and Taylor at 17 so a five point Taylor advantage and that big 66
out to the side. The same can be said for the gubernatorial primaries coming up in August.
In the Republican primary for governor 35 percent of the voter support Tom Tiffany 2 percent
support his challenger Andrew Mansk and 63 percent are undecided. On the democratic side 65 percent
of the voters polled haven't picked a candidate. Francesca Hong is the front runner with 11 percent
Mandela Barnes is close behind at 10 percent and Sarah Rodriguez comes in third place with
6 percent of the vote. The remaining five democratic candidates have 5 percent support or below.
So the point to take away from this is this has less to do with the individual vagaries of the race
and has a lot to do with the fact that Wisconsin voters just haven't tuned into any of this year's
elections here in February. The survey of 818 registered Wisconsin voters was conducted between
February 11th and 19th. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3. The Wisconsin state assembly
passed proposed legislation last week seeking to add protections for news coverage and free speech
from bogus lawsuits. Civic media's James Kelly reports. The anti-slap or strategic lawsuits against
public participation bill passed on a voice vote in the assembly and now moves to the state senate
for consideration. Lawmakers say the goal of the bill is to prevent the use of costly and time-consuming
litigation as a tool to limit free speech or retaliate against a news organization for their coverage.
If passed into law the anti-slap bill would create a more efficient process records to quickly
dismiss lawsuits it deems were filed to target protected speech or discourage civic participation.
Such lawsuits typically do not have a legitimate legal basis but are filed simply to punish an
individual or organization by forcing them to engage in the expensive and lengthy legal process to
defend themselves. The bill would also allow the prevailing parties to recover attorney fees and
require a prompt hearing for civic media news. I'm James Kelly. Unfortunately school shootings
happen across the country. In Madison two people were killed at the Abundant Life Christian
School in December of 2024. Now one Northeast Wisconsin County is taking a more proactive approach
in dealing with these tragic situations. Civic media's Bob Nelson reports.
School leaders from a cross fund the last county recently met to talk about the unthinkable.
How best to pool resources for an active shooter or a tragic scenario in a school setting.
Ripon schools superintendent Ron Rivard says they'd like to train one or two people from each
district to help with reunifying parents and kids during such an event. In the midst of that it's
you want to be able to take care of your people and to have other professionals that are coming in
that are trained to be able to help just manage all the logistics of reunifying families and helping
navigate that whole situation. I just think is a good idea. There are nearly 60 schools across
to find the lab county. I'm Bob Nelson for Civic Media News. Wisconsin could lose a seat in Congress
after the 2030 census. Population estimates show faster growth in other states, especially in
the south, which could shift several house seats away from the Midwest. Experts say that while
Wisconsin's representation may shrink, it would still be one of the most competitive swing states
in national politics. Republicans now hold six of Wisconsin's eight congressional seats.
Legal challenges over the state's district map are pending before Wisconsin's Supreme Court.
Is Brian Best a recent UW-Madison research project suggests it may be? The research led by
traffic operations and safety laboratory or top slab shows salt brine used between 40% and 72%
less salt than traditional rock salt. Salt brine is a mixture of granular salt and water used
to keep roads clear before or during winter weather. Field testing evaluated operational and safety
performance on parallel roads in two Wisconsin counties. Salt brine was applied in one direction
and the traditional granular rock salt was applied in the opposite direction. Results showed nearly
equal road performance between the salt brine and the rock salt highway sections.
For civic media news, I'm Lisa Hale. For news anytime, visit our website at civicmedia.us.
The Packers, preparing for the draft. Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports from the NFL
Combine in Indianapolis, where Packers GM Brian Gutekins says the team spoke to a number of
college defensive linemen. We had about 11 interviews last night and hearing these guys' stories.
I mean it's always really kind of an interesting look into the into the person and I enjoy that part
NBA. The buck speed the Cavaliers, advisor form 118 to 116 Cleveland, unable to score at the
buzzer, Doc Rivers. I think I told our team like we'll take the win and I thought we played great
except for a four-minute stretch. We had a 12-point lead turn of ball over three times or two times
and then ran a poor play and then it's a one-point game. You know we kind of messed with the game in
that way and but we still want college hoops. The Badgers losing in Oregon 85 to 71. Nick Boyd
just 11 points. Baseball, the Brewers, a 13 to 12 win over the Giants, priced rang with two home runs
including a Grand Slam with five runs batted in with Sports on Mike Clemens. It is going to be cloudy
with a little light snow this morning and then I think we will see the clouds break with some sunshine
by late this afternoon. Our high-to-date 35 tonight, partly cloudy 26 tomorrow, warmer partly
cloudy 47 with much colder temps and a little light snow into the weekend. I'm meteorologist
Sean Cable. That's your Green Bay News Roundup from 97.9 WGBW. Subscribe to this podcast on
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