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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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For Civic Media News, I'm Lisa Hale.
Governor Tony Evers sent a letter to Wisconsin's Congressional delegation this week
urging them to revise the new federal hemp law, which bans the sale of most hemp products in the
United States starting in November of 2026. It was passed as part of the plan to reopen the federal
government last year after the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.
According to Evers, the new federal hemp law is projected to jeopardize $700 million dollars
and economic impact for the state and nearly 3,500 jobs in Wisconsin.
The impacts of the new federal hemp bill will be further intensified in Wisconsin due to the fact
that Wisconsin has not yet legalized medical or recreational marijuana. The growing of hemp has
become a strong diversification option for Wisconsin farmers and as of November 2025,
Wisconsin had 470 federally licensed hemp producers.
Meanwhile, a bill that would allow Wisconsin law enforcement agencies to conduct roadside
drug tests is on Governor Tony Evers' desk for consideration. Civic Media's James Kelly reports.
If signed into law, the legislation would allow law enforcement authorities to conduct
a saliva test while investigating potential operating while intoxicated violations.
Like the use of a preliminary breath test during OWA investigations,
the result at the scene could not be used as evidence but would allow law enforcement
authorities to require a blood test be taken to confirm or deny that result.
The saliva test will be able to detect substances like marijuana, methamphetamines,
and certain opiates. Because the test would not be admissible evidence in court,
law enforcement authorities would also be required to dispose of the samples taken during their
investigation. Governor Evers has previously expressed his intent to sign the bill into law,
but it will still take some time for law enforcement authorities to train and test the new tool
before it can be widely used. For Civic Media News, I'm James Kelly.
13 people could face criminal charges tied to the failed recall of Wisconsin assembly speaker
Robin Voss two years ago. Officials say those who tried to oust Voss allegedly listed fake
addresses on petition forms and other submitted signatures from people who didn't actually sign.
But the State's Election Commission ruled that there's not enough proof that organizer
Matt Snorick or the Recall Committee violated the law. The Committee is recommending charges to
the Racine County District Attorney's Office, which will decide whether to take the matter any
further. One of the partisan races coming up in November 2026 as a repeat, the 2022 election.
In 2022, Attorney General Josh Cald narrowly defeated Fondelac County District Attorney Eric Tony.
This year, Tony seeks to unseat the two-term incumbent again. The latest Marquette law school poll
finds that 10 months before the election, voters view both candidates favorably.
Poll Director Charles Franklin. We love us some Attorney General candidates. I exaggerate a
little bit, but not hugely. Both Eric Tony and Josh Cald have slightly net positive favorability
ratings. Both of them have a plus five. Franklin says Cal is the better known of the candidates with 56
percent of poll respondents saying they had no opinion of him. That's compared to 75 percent
with no opinion of Tony. The most recent Marquette poll was conducted between February 11th and
February 19th with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3. Governor Tony Evers in the Wisconsin
Department of Military Affairs have announced $2 million in grant funding to bolster flood
resilience across the state. Civic Media's James Kelly has the story. According to a press release,
the funding through the pre-disaster flood resilience grant program is meant to help communities
identify and mitigate flood vulnerabilities with strategies like reconnecting streams and flood
planes or reducing erosion hazards. Two types of grant funding were made available through the
program, one for assessing vulnerabilities and one to implement the mitigation methods.
The goal is to naturally manage flooding before disasters like in Milwaukee, Washington and
Waukeshaw counties last August strike. The United Nation received the largest funding award
at $300,000 to create a covert inventory and study water flow and hydraulic structure.
The City of Madison, Ozaki County and City of Stevens Point also received significant
funding awards of over $200,000. For Civic Media News, I'm James Kelly. How much will it cost
to see the Packers play? Civic Media's County Filment has that answer.
The price to see the Packers play has gone up for this season. The team announced the new pricing
on Friday. Depending on where you sit in the bowl, you'll be paying between $4 and $22 more per
ticket. Packers president and CEO Ed policy said the ticket prices for a game at Lambo are around
the middle of the NFL's pricing range. With the new increases, base value prices for regular season
tickets are between $143 and $196. Pre-season tickets are cheaper, but tickets sold through a third-party
ticket broker can be substantially higher. Packers fans don't seem to be priced out, though, with more
than 155,000 people on the waiting list to buy Packer Season tickets, most wait decades for their
chance to buy that 18 inches of pure aluminum pleasure. I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
For Civic Media News, I'm Lisa Hale. For news anytime, visit our website at civicmedia.us.
The crew heads to Kansas City. Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports baseball. The brewers wrapped up
their six-game homestand with an eight-to-two win over the race. I asked the Miz, Jacob Mizorowski,
if he feels he's grown as a starter despite giving up a home run. Yeah, of course. I mean,
I think it shows the growth that I've come from last year. Last year, I would not have been
able to do that, and so there's a step in the right direction with it all. The brewers were off
to a good start. They're five and one. They'll play the royals in Kansas City tomorrow night,
game time 645. NBA, the Bucks competed, but lost to the Rockets 119-113. Doc Rivers says he got
a compliment about his young roster from one of his own former players, Kevin Durant.
I loved how unselfish this group of guys were. I mean, Kevin Katie and I had a running
dialogue through the game, and even he made that comments and man, they're playing the right way.
That's good when you see him here in opposing players like that. That's Doc Rivers with sports
on Mike Clemens. A little freezing rain right away this morning, then some heavy rain with
thunderstorms this afternoon, and a couple of those could be strong to severe. So stay
weather aware today. We're looking at some heavy rain too with an inch, two and a half, or more.
Today, 47 tomorrow cloudy, more rain tomorrow night. 49. I'm meteorologist Sean cable.
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