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From the 97.9 WGBW newsroom, I'm Connie Feldman with this local news update.
After a five-year break, they'll be rockin' again in Oshkosh this summer.
Festival organizers just announced the Crossroads 41 hard-drive rock music events
scheduled for August 9th at Oshkosh Festival Park.
The artist lineup will be announced in just a couple weeks on April 13th,
tickets go on sale, April 17th.
With Brewer's opening day coming up this Thursday, the team and DOT are reminding people
about new game day traffic plans.
There are a lot of orange barrels around American Family Field.
A new website is up with graphics and alternate travel options.
See more at brewers.com slash traffic.
Transportation officials say the goal is to keep all ramps at the Mitchell interchange open for fans.
There will be extra shares deputies assigned to help with traffic getting out.
The brewers will play ball at 110 this Thursday against the White Sox.
The DNR says more than 2000 deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease
during last hunting season.
That's out of almost 17,000 samples statewide.
Most positives were seen in the southern farmland zone.
New cases turned up in several counties, including the first wild detection in La Crosse County.
The DNR says steady testing helps track the disease and protect the state's deer herd.
Jesse Wang, one of two people charged in connection to the death of Elijah Wu,
filed three motions in Manitouac County Court yesterday.
Wang is asking for some evidence to be excluded,
as well as a change of venue for his upcoming trial.
Three-year-old Elijah Wu disappeared in February of 2024 and was found dead later that fall.
People in the two rivers community and beyond spent months searching for the child.
Wang and the child's mother Katrina Bauer are both facing felony charges,
including physical abuse of a child and hiding a corpse.
Prosecutors have until April 20th to respond to Wang's requests.
A hearing is set for May.
Wisconsin has seven names on Forbes annual list of the world's wealthiest people.
Billite Business owner Diane Hendrix ranks highest, with a fortune estimated at more than $22 billion.
She co-founded ABC Supply and is also known for her political donations to Republican causes.
John Menard Jr., Judy Faulkner, James Cargill II, and three SC Johnson family members also made the list.
Assign honoring Harry Houdini as being installed in Appleton this year.
A historic marker dedicated to the one-time resident has been approved for the south side of Houdini Plaza.
The legendary magician and illusionist grew up in Appleton after being born in Hungary.
The 100-year anniversary of Houdini's death will be commemorated this Halloween,
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Wisconsin families who use food share will soon have new rules on what they can buy.
Governor Tony Evers has signed a bill that blocks the program from covering candy and soda.
That deal also adds $72 million in state money and more staff at the Department of Health Services.
Evers says the extra funding will help protect families and taxpayers from bigger costs
that are tied to recent federal changes.
One of the people charged in the death of three-year-old Elijah Vu and Marathon County
is asking a judge for changes before his trial.
Jesse Vang filed three motions in court yesterday asking to move the trial and to keep some of the
evidence out. Elijah disappeared from two rivers in early 2024 and was found dead months later.
Vang and the child's mother Katrina Bauer both face felony charges including child abuse
and hiding a corpse. Prosecutors have until April 20 to respond and a hearing is set for May.
As the weather starts to warm up, a Wisconsin medical facility is trying to track
ticks again. The Marshall Field Clinic Research Institute is kicking off its annual tick
inventory via Citizen Science Project. Now this is the third year of the project through which people
can send any ticks they come across to researchers. It's meant to help track the spread of the insects
and determine risk factors for tick-borne illnesses. Officials say nearly 6,000 ticks were collected
in each of the first two years of the project. Brewer's fans headed to American Family Field
for opening date and expect two things, traffic and new food. The DOT is working with the team
to alert drivers about road work near the stadium. Once inside, fans will find new vendors offering
items like barbecue nachos on a stick, mac and cheese, waffles, deep fried cringles, and cream puffs.
The verse is all part of giving fans more reasons to come early and stay late. The season starts
Thursday against the White Sox. More news is available at civicmedia.us.
The Badgers Women's Hockey team, back in Madison, after winning the national championship again,
head coach Mark Johnson. It's been a challenging year for a lot of different reasons, but they stuck
together. I don't think a lot of us and a lot of youth thought Claire Dunwright was going to get
our game winning goal, but that shows what type of team and how well they connected. NBA, the Bucks got
blown out again last night in LA, losing to the Clippers, won 29 to 96. This team hasn't had a losing
season in 10 years. You haven't had one in almost 20. Is that right? And I didn't even know
that case. What we're going to have one this year at the Bucks stock rivers was sports on Mike
Clemens, partly to mostly cloudy today with a high right around 47 this afternoon. Tonight,
mostly cloudy. We're going to drop to 34 for an overnight load tomorrow, mostly cloudy,
but it will be warmer with a high of 54. We could see a few showers on Thursday. I mean,
you're on the show on cable.