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We're looking at another hazy day as the air quality alert continues.
The Department of Natural Resources has issued an air quality alert across the entire state until at least this afternoon.
The alert could be extended.
Forecasters say they expect the Canadian wildfire smoke to start to clear up gradually sometime tomorrow with scattered thunderstorms developing throughout the day.
You can check the air quality where you are on the DNR's website.
Details are also coming up in the forecast.
As that heat wave moves through our state energy providers are preparing for an increase in demand.
Civic Media's James Kelly has some tips on what you can do to help save energy while still staying cool.
As the weather outside heats up, people inside will be turning up their air conditioners to stay cool.
More air conditioning needs more energy use, however, placing additional strain on utility companies to meet the increased demand.
Energy company officials are asking residents to help mitigate that additional strain while still staying cool by doing things like closing their shades and windows, keeping interior doors open to circulate air through their homes, and getting their air conditioners inspected to ensure they're working as efficiently as possible.
Residents should also be looking out for signs of heat-related illness this week, including things like muscle cramps, nausea, and heavy sweating.
To minimize the effects of the heat this week, residents should limit outdoor activity or schedule it for cooler times of the day like early morning and late evening, stay properly hydrated, and wear lighter clothing.
I'm James Kelly for Civic Media News.
Safety experts also suggest checking in with people who are more vulnerable to the heat, like older neighbors and family members.
A nationwide settlement tied to a 23andMe data breach will bring some money to Wisconsin.
The State Department of Justice says it joined 41 other states in a deal over the 2023 breach the company's assets have since been sold, with new rules aimed at better protecting consumer data.
State election officials say there's probable cause Elon Musk broke Wisconsin law by offering big cash tied to voting.
Now a local district attorney will decide what happens next.
The Election Commission voted 5-1 to refer the case to the Brown County DA after complaints about a social media post tied to the 2025 Supreme Court race.
State law bans offering more than $1 to influence someone to vote, and violations can be a felony.
Musk later changed the offer to rewards for signing a petition, and courts allowed that at the time.
The DA and Musk's attorney have not commented.
The missing kayaker who staged his own death on Big Green Lake in 2024 will end up paying to fund public service equipment in Green Lake County.
Ryan Borgburt was ordered to pay restitution to the DNR for the roughly 350 hours they spent searching the lake when he faked his death and fled to Europe.
The DNR announced Wednesday they used about $9,000 of those restitution funds to purchase a sonar search device.
The device, called TOEFISH sonar, can map the bottom of water bodies for missing persons, items and hazards.
The TOEFISH has already been deployed to four missions and located two missing people.
Voters in Jamesville are getting the last word on the former GM Jatco manufacturing site.
The City Council voted unanimously this week to approve language in a referendum that will be on November's ballot, asking voters if they should have the final say on big development projects.
That includes sales and leases at the manufacturing site costing more than $450 million.
If the measure is approved, it would mean Jamesville wouldn't be able to make changes to the site without voter approval.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
A win for the Bucks.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports Basketball.
The Milwaukee Bucks got their first win during the Summer League games last night in Las Vegas.
They beat the Charlotte Hornets, won 10 to 91.
This time the Bucks leading scorer was Nate Amon, taken 13th overall by Milwaukee in the first round.
Amon asked about what he and Braden Burris think about joining a Bucks team minus Bobby Portas or Giannis.
I think we see as another challenge and luckily we're not doing it alone.
You know, we have a great organization behind this and we have
great vets and great players on the team that can help us, you know, get to where we want to get to.
But at the end of the day, like Braden first said, it's about winning first and foremost and whatever we can do to do that, we're going to do it.
So that's just kind of our mentality going into it.
Baseball, the Brewers open up a three game homestand tomorrow night against the Florida Marlins.
The Brewers adding two pitchers to the roster, Lance McCullers and Colton Gordon from the Astros in exchange for Jaden Fielder, the son of former Brewer, Prince Fielder.
With sports, I'm Mike Clemens.
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