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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.
A sign 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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With civic media news, I'm Stase Keen.
Francesca Hong is out front, but there's still a lot undecided.
The latest Marquette law school poll shows the Madison State Representative leading
Wisconsin's Democratic race for governor with 14 percent support.
From a lieutenant governor Mandela Barnes is close behind at 11 percent,
while most Democratic voters remain undecided on the Republican side, Congressman Tom Tiffany
leans with 40 percent far ahead of Andy Mansky at 6 percent.
The poll also shows most voters haven't picked a side yet in the States Supreme Court race.
Those candidates Chris Taylor and Maria Lazar debate tonight.
Governor Tony Evers is signing a new bill into law that aims to ease
overcrowding in hospitals.
The next of Kenville will let immediate family members approve transfers from hospitals
to rehab centers without having to get court-appointed guardianship.
Officials with the Implify Health by Gunderson say they've been wanting for this bill to pass
because it would help ease crowd issues at hospitals.
Officials say the bill's passing is helping the hospital's goal of caring for the entire community.
Microsoft is changing how it works for cities on new data center projects.
The company announced it will stop using non-disclosure agreements which kept early
planning details secret.
Towns like Beaver Dam, Kenosha, Jamesville, and Menominee have all signed
NDAs in the past.
Microsoft says it's now working to end any that remain like in Racine County.
I've proposed to outlaw those agreements and Wisconsin failed to pass before the session
ended last week.
And if you're traveling to the Milwaukee season opener, you're asked to allow for a
little extra time to get to American Family Field.
The ballpark is in the middle of the I-94 East West Freeway Construction Project.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says the traffic patterns around the stadium
could delay thousands of fans who are headed into tomorrow's opener against the Chicago White
Sox. The viewers say they're hiring three sheriff's deputy crews and a tow truck to clear
disabled vehicles from the freeway in order to keep traffic moving.
More news is available at civicmedia.us.
Opening day tomorrow.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports.
The brewers opening day is tomorrow at M fan field.
Right hander Jacob Mizorowski gets the start from Milwaukee against the Chicago White Sox
right hand pitcher Shane Smith.
I asked the 23 year old Mizorowski from Missouri if he had any fun memories of attending an
opening day ballgame.
You know, honestly, I don't think I've ever been to an opening day.
I think all my opening days were on TV.
You know, I was playing some other sport doing something else.
So it's going to be kind of fun to finally be at one.
The brewers made a trade yesterday and they picked up relief pitcher.
Jake Wolford from the rays in exchange for minor league pitcher Casey Hunt NBA.
The bucks are in parliament tonight against the trailblazers.
Doc Rivers getting upset after being asked about the bucks losing 10 other last 14 games.
Third, you know, these are bad.
We win the last game, right?
But my point is yeah, but we didn't win the last game.
So clearly they showed up the next game, right?
This is not like we got blown out 40 games in a row.
That's the box head coach Doc Rivers with sports on my clements.
Partly to mostly cloudy today with a high right around 57 this afternoon.
Tonight we'll drop down to 40 and then tomorrow mostly cloudy with a few
off and on light showers.
We'll get to 50 by noon and the temperatures will drop through the afternoon tomorrow.
It's going to be much colder on Friday.
I mean to yourologist Sean Cable.
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