WRJN Thursday News Roundup

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WRJN Thursday News Roundup

WRJN News · Thu Jul 23, 2026

Kathryn Lake

This is your WRJN Daily News Roundup for 99.9 FM and 1400 AM in Racine and 98.1 FM in Kenosha.

From the WRJN Radio Park Newsroom, I'm Stuart J. Waddles with a quick news update.

Mount Pleasant Police have released clear photos of a homicide suspect 17-year-old Ronald Franklin of Racine.

He's wanted for attempted armed robbery and homicide in the June 24th shooting of an 18-year-old Kenosha man.

Police believe he may still be in southeastern Wisconsin and warn people to call authorities not to approach him.

Those pictures are on the MPPD social media pages.

We're seeing county is opening an in-person disaster assistance center in Burlington for those impacted by April storms.

Staff will help with applications, questions and required documents.

The SBA will be there to discuss loans for businesses and nonprofits.

The center opens Monday at the fire station on West Washington in Burlington.

Milwaukee County Executive David Crawley says voters should focus on his campaign for governor, not old offensive social media posts.

He claims he did not write the worst comments and shared account access with others.

The issue comes as in-person absentee voting is about to begin.

Caledonia police are investigating the shooting death of a dog named Chili.

The dog was shot with a pellet gun after escaping its yard last Wednesday and later died from its injuries.

No suspects have been identified.

And WeEnergy says proposed rate hikes could raise average bills by over $20 a month by 2028.

They say the increases would fund renewable energy projects, maintenance, and faster restoration times, not data centers.

The plan still needs state approval.

And that's news on WRJN.

I'm Stuart J. Wattles, news at the top and bottom of the hour, or anytime at WRJN.com.

For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.

Medicine police say a man in his 30s was shot and killed during an arrest yesterday, and the incident quickly sparked protests across the city.

Officers say the man ran from them, fought with officers in the street, and pulled a knife, leading one officer to open fire after a taser failed.

That officer was hurt during the struggle and all officers involved are now on administrative leave.

The police chief says it's too early to say if the force used was excessive.

Protesters later took over a downtown concert stage calling for accountability as outside investigators take over the case.

After a brief spark of life in a decades-old cold case, Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputies say searchers found no human remains after hours of digging at the former home of Bobby Joe Fritz.

Bobby Joe was five years old when he disappeared from his Campbell Sport home in 1983.

Authorities say an initial search of that home's basement last week uncovered potential evidence, prompting a full-scale excavation earlier this week.

The Vandalat County Sheriff says a large team of investigators, including crime lab personnel and a forensic anthropologist, sifted through about 30,000 pounds of soil.

The Sheriff says they didn't find any human remains, but they did collect potential new evidence that could generate fresh leads and help bring answers to this 43-year-old.

case.

Jurors in Sawyer County have come back with a verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing a woman inside her Stone Lake home.

42-year-old Kiri Elkin had been shot multiple times with her body discovered by her estranged husband and a friend in April of 2021.

Elkin's boyfriend, Manly McDermott, has now been found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide.

He'll be sentenced at a later date.

A Chano area man was killed yesterday when his motorcycle crashed with a FedEx delivery truck in the town of Westcott.

Chano County Sheriff's deputies say the 39-year-old man crossed into an oncoming lane of traffic hitting the FedEx truck head-on.

The motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities say the driver of the FedEx truck is a 25-year-old Green Bay area man.

Deputies say no other details, including the names of those involved, will be released at this time as it remains an active investigation.

A police shooting in Madison left a man dead and led to protests that moved from the scene to the city's main square last night.

Police say the man tried to get away, then fought with officers and pulled a knife injuring one officer before being shot.

Only one of the four officers fired a weapon and officials have not released the man's name.

The State Justice Department is now investigating and the District Attorney will decide if charges are warranted.

Madison police don't have body cameras.

There's a new twist in the sickening salad parasite story.

Civic Media's Melissa Kay has more on the cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Melissa Kaye

Over the weekend, the FDA issued a positive test result for shredded lettuce from Taylor Farms in central Mexico.

The FDA retracted their statement on July 19th, saying the test result was a false positive.

Assertions have popped up on social media claiming this change is because of Taylor Farms' political donations.

According to a Snoop's article published on July 21, their parent company, Taylor Fresh Foods, has made 12 separate large donations to Republican PACs since 2020, including a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., a Trump-aligned PAC, in March of last year.

Records show that while owner Bruce Taylor is a Republican donor, there's no evidence he personally donated to Trump.

Taylor Farms is continuing their voluntary recall, and the FDA states the outbreak investigation is ongoing.

I'm Melissa Kaye, Civic

Media News.

And that's your state news update.

I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.

Mike Clemens

A big day for Ortiz.

Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports Baseball.

The Brewers have tonight off after beating the Mets yesterday four to three a month ago.

Joey Ortiz had the lowest batting average on the team.

Yesterday, he had three hits and a walk to lead the way to a serious win over New York.

I feel like I'm

confident enough to go out and compete.

I always feel like I'm

able to

be at this level and compete at this level.

So I think the confidence is there.

It's just about taking it day by day and keeping them forward.

Pat Murphy.

I really believe and we all say this all the time, you know, you talk about confidence, you know, like when a guy starts to believe, he's just in a good free space.

You know what I mean?

He's just like, hey, whatever they got, whatever you're going to deal me, whatever cards, I'm good.

Just let's go play and have fun.

And I'm just really happy for the for the person.

You know what I mean?

Mike Clemens

I'm just really happy for.

That's Brewers manager Pat Murphy from American Family Field with sports on Mike Clemens.

Partly cloudy today.

We'll get to around 77 for a high this afternoon.

The wind out of the southeast at only around 5 to 15 tonight.

Partly cloudy, 62 tomorrow.

Sunshine 81 on Saturday.

Partly cloudy with a high of 87.

I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.

Kathryn Lake

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