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. Wattles with a quick news update.
Racine police have identified the woman killed in Sunday's rollover crash as 73-year-old Ida Chambliss.
Investigators say her SUV was hit at 9th Street and Park Avenue.
The crash is still under investigation.
Two local truck driving schools are named in a federal shutdown order.
CDL Pro School in Kenosha and Tez CDL School in Sturdiment are accused of certifying drivers who later failed English proficiency checks.
Federal officials say the schools must stop training drivers.
Racine County native Tony Romo will lose his license for six months after pleading no contest to a first defense OWI in Milwaukee.
The former Cowboys quarterback must pay $784 in fines.
complete an alcohol assessment and use an ignition interlock device.
Romo said in his statement that he quote owns this completely.
A Caledonia man is accused of shooting and killing his neighbor's dog with a pellet gun.
Prosecutors say 54 year old Nicholas Schmidt shot the two year old dog chili after it got loose in July.
He faces two charges and is due in court September 10th.
Milwaukee public schools are closed today because of excessive heat.
It's only the second day of classes, before and after school programs, sports, and recreation activities are also canceled.
And Kenosha Unified is looking for people to serve on district committees.
The committees focus on finances, curriculum, personnel policies, and school buildings.
Applications are due September 20th.
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.
A northeast Wisconsin man is dead after an antique tractor overturned in O'Connell County last weekend.
The O'Connell County Sheriff's Office says the 33-year-old man was driving on a rural road Sunday afternoon in the town of Gillett when his tractor went into a ditch and flipped.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
His identity is not yet been released.
Local deputies in the Brown County Medical Examiner's Office are currently investigating the cause of the accident.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Congressman Tom Tiffany are set to debate October 21st.
WISN TV says the event will be held at Marquette University Law School.
Other debates have been proposed for October 8th by WTMJ TV and October 9th by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.
But it's not yet clear whether both candidates will take part.
The debate will air on WISN and partner stations in Green Bay, Madison, Wausau, Eau Claire and La Crosse.
Wisconsinites are getting extra options to escape the cold weather this fall and winter.
The Dane County Regional Airport says three flights to destinations in Florida and Arizona will be back starting in October.
That includes Sun Country service to Fort Myers, Florida and Phoenix, Arizona, as well as a Breeze Airways flight to Fort Myers.
Then in November, American Airlines will start a seasonal route to Miami.
None of these flights will be offered daily and the route will no longer be in service in April and May.
Cumberland police say flock license plate cameras were used to track down a suspect in a recent armed robbery.
The incident happened last Wednesday when someone who had arranged to meet an individual they connected with online met them in person to make a purchase.
At that point, according to the report, the supposed seller pulled out a gun and stole $300 from the victim before fleeing.
Flot cameras were used to track down the suspect who was later arrested in Eau Claire County.
One of four men caught with 24 pounds of meth in a Manitowoc County traffic stop was sent to federal prison this week for his role in a Virginia to Wisconsin drug ring, according to court records.
Judge Byron Conway sentenced Andre Allen to eight years and six months in federal prison.
He was also placed on supervised release for another five years.
Another man convicted in the drug bust, Koran Hamilton, was also sentenced to eight and a half years in federal prison.
Two other men also charged in the case will be in court later this month.
Food pantries and other non-profit groups across Wisconsin have a chance to get state funding to provide free food and support local suppliers.
The state is accepting applications for a $5 million grant program aimed at strengthening Wisconsin's food security network.
Officials say the program is backed by continued funding secured in the state budget with eligible groups required to buy food from Wisconsin producers and processors.
Applications are due October 1st and selected projects could start in December.
Absentee ballots in Wisconsin are expected to go out as planned, even as a court fight continues over a new federal mail ballot rule.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission says the Postal Service rule is not in effect because a federal judge has blocked it.
The proposal would require states to send voter information to the Postal Service before ballots could be delivered.
Commissioners voted unanimously to keep Wisconsin's current process in place and say they will update clerks as the case moves forward.
Drivers traveling along Wisconsin through the holiday weekend may see more state patrol enforcement, including patrols from the air, in seven counties.
Weather permitting, state patrol pilots will watch highways in Monroe, Eau Claire, Iowa, Chippewa, Audigamey, and Washington counties through Labor Day.
Pilots will look for speeding and aggressive driving, then radio troopers on the ground when they see a possible violation.
State patrols say the goal is to prevent crashes and encourage safe driving.
And that's your state news update.
I'm
Connie Feldman for Civic Media
News.
They go ahead to run home run in the sixth inning.
on an 0-2 pitch, Yellich with his 10th home run.
The Brewers went on to win 9-4 over the Cubs.
Christian Yellich from the dugout after the victory.
Yeah, you know, they're a really good team.
They got a great offense.
And you know, on days like today where the wind's blowing out, you can never score enough runs.
So we knew even though we were up, we have to keep adding on and keep trying to create some distance there.
And you know, the guys kept having a really good up pass.
We were able to kind of stretch the lead out a little bit and big win for us.
So the series tied a one game apiece.
The Miz, Jacob Mizorowski, tonight against the Cubs left.
David Peterson with Sports on Mike Clemens.
Partly cloudy with a chance of scattered thunderstorms this afternoon.
Our high today 89.
Tonight partly cloudy scattered thunderstorms 73.
Tomorrow scattered thunderstorms with a high of 84.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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