Monday News Roundup

For Civic Media

News, I'm Connie Feldman.

The NFL has sidelined Packers running back Josh Jacobs while criminal charges against him move through the court.

Jacobs is now on the commissioner's exempt list, so he cannot practice or attend games with Green Bay.

He was charged Thursday with misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property following a May arrest.

Jacobs denies the accusations.

His lawyers say he intends to return to the Packers and the NFL after the review is finished.

Two teenage boys died Saturday when their car went off the road and hit a tree in Marinette County.

Marinette Sheriff's deputies say the crash happened shortly before 11 p.m.

on County Highway G east of Crivets.

They say the teen driver lost control on a curve, went into a ditch, and hit a tree.

The Sheriff's office identified the driver as 16-year-old Landon England from Menominee, Michigan.

17-year-old Princeton Welty from Crivets was also killed in the crash.

A nationwide bench warrant has been issued for an Eau Claire woman who failed to appear at her sentencing hearing on charges of child neglect.

Civic media's James Kelly has more.

According to court documents, 36-year-old Tony Hammons was scheduled to appear in court on August 28 for sentencing after pleading no contests to four counts of chronic neglect of a child as party to a crime.

An investigation was launched after school employees reported malnourishment concerns with her four children.

Their step-parent, Mary Bentley Orem, was also sentenced to over four years in prison in October.

I'm James Kelly for Civic Media News.

Online court records show an attorney has had periodic contact with Hammons in the last week.

More state tax money than expected could leave Wisconsin with a nearly $3 billion surplus.

However, there's still no agreement on how to use it.

New figures show tax collections rose 3.4% from the year before and came in about 2% higher than projected.

Republican budget leaders say they want to revisit tax relief and property tax help, along with the support for schools.

75 veterans who served during the global war on terror are back home in Wisconsin after a four-day mission of healing retreat.

The veterans left the Fox Valley last Thursday to tour the 9-11 Memorial and Museum in New York, along with the Freedom Tower and Statue of Liberty.

Organizers say the trip is a chance for veterans to reflect on their own service, while sharing the bond that comes with those who've lived through some of the same experiences.

The trip is offered at no cost to veterans as a way to celebrate the veterans and their families, organizers say, while helping them find a healthier path forward.

Heavy rain on Saturday brought IndyCar's only double-header of the season to a halt at the Milwaukee Mile on Saturday, intensifying rain forced drivers off the track on lap 90.

Race 1 was delayed further by storms yesterday morning, but did eventually resume, and drivers completed both races yesterday.

That Saturday soaker was a precursor to a hot and humid weather pattern setting in across our state.

National Weather Service forecasters say it'll be hot and stormy over the next few days in much of Wisconsin.

Temps are expected to be in the upper 80s and 90s with chances for scattered afternoon and evening storms.

More details coming up in weather.

And that's your state news update.

I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media

News.

with sports where the Brewers opening a four game series tonight in Wrigley Field against the Cubs.

Milwaukee with an eight game lead over Chicago heading into tonight's game.

And yet the crew still not a favorite in the postseason.

Manager Pat Murphy.

People like to say we're the underdogs.

Well, that's fine.

We're just trying to say we have to play a certain way.

The expectation can't be we got a better record than them.

So we're better at this, this and this.

We have to play a certain way.

And yeah, it'll be a great opportunity, a great environment.

The Cubs

losing at home last night to the Reds 7-5 Cubs manager Craig Council.

Three home runs are going to kill you in the start.

I mean, that's just too many.

You're not having a good start if you give up three home runs.

You got to limit that part of the game.

NFL, the Packers made some trades at the deadline yesterday to form a 53-man roster.

They added running back Caleb Johnson from the Steelers and tight end Mark Redman from the Rams.

They gave up quarterback Kyle McCord to the Dolphins for a future six-round pick.

With sports, I'm Mike Clemens.

Mostly sunny today with a high right around 85 this afternoon.

Tonight partly cloudy, 72 tomorrow, sunshine 85, and then we do have a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday night into Wednesday.

I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.

That's your daily news roundup for 98.3 WISS in Oshkosh.

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