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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 order's 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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I'm Connie Feldman, 97.9 WGBW News.
With civic media news, I'm Terry Miller.
The head of universities of Wisconsin won't quit, even though the Board of Regents wants them to.
According to the Associated Press, President J. Rothman says he was told privately
that a majority of the Board lost confidence in him, but wasn't given any reasons.
He says the Board threatened to fire him if he doesn't resign.
The Board's President says she can't talk about personnel matters.
Rothman took the job two years ago and says his record shows strong leadership.
A veteran reporter from Southern Wisconsin is being held after being kidnapped in Iraq.
Shelley Kiddelsen, who grew up in Mount Horab and attended Darlington High School,
was taken in Central Baghdad Tuesday night.
Iraq's Interior Ministry says security forces pursued the vehicle involved,
and one person is in custody. Kiddelsen's mother says Shelley had sent a message and photo Monday
saying that she was okay. The State Department says they warned Kiddelsen about the kidnapping threat.
And we're still trying to go through all those bills the Governor signed and shot down recently.
Governor Tony Evers vetoed one law that would have let employers consider pending non-criminal
charges when making hiring or firing decisions. Evers said the proposal could unfairly punish people
based on accusations that haven't been proven. Republican lawmakers criticized the veto,
saying the bill would have protected employers in cases tied to work-related theft or misconduct.
Evers says the State should not weaken due process.
More than 100 Wisconsin educators are being honored this year by the Herb Coal Educational
Foundation. The group is giving out over $1.4 million in awards statewide. Each of the 100
teachers and 15 principals will get $6,000 and their schools will get the same amount.
More news is available at civicmedia.us.
Baseball the Brewers in KC, tonight against the Royals,
Bryce Durang says it's their bullpen that's helped them get to 5-1 and in first place.
Up and down our lineup our pitching staff did a very good job of controlling what they can control
and pitchers did a good job keeping us in the games. The offense did a good job having quality at
bats and scoring runs and that's how you win games so it worked out in our favor.
That's the Brewers' Bryce Durang with Sports on Mike Clemens.
Hi, I'm meteorologist Brandon Bourmans, a lull in the act of weather pattern briefly before
another round of rain moves in. For today you can expect partly sunny skies,
high temperatures in the mid-40s. Look for a rain to redevelop tonight,
a thunderstorm or two campier ruled out either, low temperatures in the mid-30s.
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