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From the 97.9 WGBW newsroom, I'm Connie Feldman with this local news update.
We're in the heart of March Madness, but many sports fans in Wisconsin are already looking ahead
from the hardwood to the ball field. Brewer's fans will have more ways to catch games this season
and some won't even need a subscription. The team announced its continuing deal to air 10 games
for free on TV stations across Wisconsin, including WACY channel 32 here in Green Bay.
The first one is opening day, March 26, when the brewer's hosts the White Sox.
Team officials say the goal is to make games easier for everyone to watch, whether on cable,
streaming, or local TV. Today is the first day of spring. Man, it's finally starting to feel like
it, but many across our state are still trying to dig out from our record-setting snow storm
earlier in the week. From Door County to Western Wisconsin, the blizzard of March 2026 broke multiple
snow records. Those include 33 inches in Sturgeon Bay over three days, a Madison daily high,
and a couple dozen inches near LaCrosse. Mother Nature is doing her part to help melt all that snow
with warmer temperatures, but heavily impacted communities are still cleaning up. Details of
what's ahead for the weekend are coming up in the forecast. More than 300 workers in Appleton could
be out of a job in two months. Spectrum announced it's closing their Appleton office,
effective May 21st, affecting 313 workers. Spectrum says it's shifting the work at the
Technical Repair Call Center to other call centers around the US. The cable provider says the
move will allow them to provide information and training more efficiently. Spectrum says
employees will have the opportunity to relocate to another technical repair location or apply for
another job in the company, like the Fondelac Call Center. Employees who don't have a new position
in Spectrum by May 21st are eligible for severance benefits. A reminder this morning that the
celebration of life and legacy for Bob Harlan originally planned for last Monday was re-scheduled
for this coming Monday March 23rd. Fans are invited to attend the event at Lambo Field Atrium
from 3.30 to 5pm. A couple details to keep in mind if you are planning to go. The service will be
on the main level of the Atrium. General admission and standing room only,
fans can begin going in at the Miller Light Gate at 2.30pm. Expect a line and be prepared for the
weather. If capacity is reached, fans in line will be notified. Fans are asked not to bring flowers
or gifts. There will be an area for sympathy cards. You can find parking information and additional
details on Packers.com. Visitation and the funeral mass at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral are also
scheduled for Monday prior to the public event at Lambo. After nearly two decades of fielding
911 calls, one Brown County Dispatcher gave her two weeks notice at this week's public safety
committee meeting. Jennifer Conlay told County Leaders the Dispatch Center is being run on control,
fear tactics, and threats. She's not the only one complaining. Dispatchers have been speaking
out at County Board meetings for months about the impacts of ongoing staffing shortages,
forced overtime, and what some are calling a toxic work environment. At the March 18th meeting,
Dispatcher Julia Robach said the center will be down to 33 dispatchers by the end of the week.
Full staff is about 50 dispatchers, according to a staffing report. Public Safety Communications Director
Chancy Huntsinger told the committee that recent data from 2026 shows improvement. According to
Huntsinger, overtime is down 40% and 100% of 911 calls are being answered within 15 seconds.
With news at the top and bottom of the hour all day and on demand any time at wgbw.fm,
I'm Connie Falman, 97.9 WGBW news.
Pacific Media News, I'm Stase Keane. Three more Wisconsin Republicans are headed for the exit,
including Kevin Peterson, Devon Lamehu, and Rick Gundram.
Peterson is from the 57th district in the Fox Valley and says he's proud of his time in the assembly
and thanked his staff, colleagues, and constituents.
Senate Majority Leader Lamehu from Oosferg says he's ready for a new chapter and wants to
spend more time at home. Gundram is from the 58th assembly district and central Wisconsin. He says
he's looking forward to family and travel after 20 years in local county and state government.
Lamehu is the 4th Republican State Senator not seeking re-election this fall,
joining wrestling's Van Wongard, Brookfield's Rob Hutton, and Whitewater Steve Nas.
In the assembly, Gundram is also the 4th GOP member stepping aside, along with Speaker Robin
Foss of Rochester, Speaker Pro Tim, Kevin Peterson of Opaca, and Representative Dave Murphy of Hortonville.
Public School enrollment is shrinking again across the state of Wisconsin.
State data showing public schools lost more than 14,000 students this year
was 68 of the state's 72 counties seen declines.
Overall enrollment dropped nearly 2 percent as compared to last year, continuing a long-term
slide that's pushing some districts to consider closing or combining districts and schools.
A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum says the state has been losing students faster
than the national average for more than two decades, though the gap has started to shrink recently.
And Bayfield County is standing apart from its up-north neighbors over the Line 5 pipeline project.
The county board there voted 10-2 last month to reject an agreement with Inbridge
that would have reimbursed the county for emergency and law enforcement calls at the construction site.
The district attorney in Bayfield County said taking that money could make it look like law
enforcement is working for the company, not the public.
Some supervisors have argued that Inbridge should still help to pay for the extra costs.
Iron and National counties have already said yes to that same deal.
More news is available at civicmedia.us
The Badgers season ends.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports Men's College Basketball.
The Wisconsin Badgers lose in an upset.
To the High Point Panthers, 83-82, the Panthers hitting 3-point shots 15 times in the game.
Did the Badgers have a bad performance?
Head Coach Greg Gard.
I don't think we played bad.
I thought they beat us.
They beat us.
They were banging in that many threes that was their chance.
To do that.
And credit to them.
Tip your cat to them.
That they were able to make shots then take more and make more than they have in a long time.
The Badgers Nick Boyd, after the loss.
Disappointing.
It's a name of the game, man.
You ain't, you lose.
You gotta keep your head up.
Get yourself back up and, you know, keep fighting.
I mean, I ain't disappointed about another.
Here's what it is.
NBA, the Bucks blown out in Utah by the jazz.
128 to 96.
We played awful.
Didn't play with any competitive spirit tonight.
That's Bucks Head Coach Doc Rivers with sports on Mike Clemens.
It is going to be partly to mostly cloudy today with a high right around 45 this afternoon.
Tonight mostly cloudy will drop to 33 for a low tomorrow.
Mostly cloudy and it will be warmer with a high right around 48.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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