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Police say they found three guns during a traffic stop after a memorial for a homicide victim at Lockwood Park.
Racine officers linked the weapons to three 17-year-olds.
Police say two guns were modified to fire automatically.
The teens are not accused in the homicide at the park.
Former Racine County Sheriff's Deputy James Layman pleaded not guilty yesterday to four felony charges.
A complaint says he led his three-year-old daughter fire a shotgun wounding a father and his seven-year-old son.
Both survived.
It happened while they were hunting.
Layman resigned in September and returns to court December 1st.
A Kenosha County High School football coach is no longer employed after a review of Snapchat messages with a student.
A Kenosha County Sheriff's Office found no criminal violation involving the coach at West OSHA Central.
The school says they're handling the matter internally.
Caledonia is reconsidering plans for their 20-acre waters edge lakefront property.
A new committee includes three board members and four residents.
An earlier deal for 280 condos fell through.
Recommendations are due mid-December.
And the Kenosha Humane Society needs some help after more than 70 animals arrived in three days.
Staff say the shelter is crowded and understaffed.
They're asking people to adopt, foster, volunteer, or donate food.
They also have a location in Racine County.
There's more on the Humane Society's website.
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.
Democratic candidate for Governor David Crowley is proposing a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee County executive says the measure would safeguard reproductive freedom, though it's unclear if it would undo the state's current 20-week limit.
His Republican opponent, Congressman Tom Tiffany, called the proposal extreme and pledged to maintain current state laws.
Passing an amendment would ultimately require approval from two consecutive sessions of the legislature and a statewide vote.
In the clearest sign yet that the National Party is treating Wisconsin's governorship as a marquee race, national reinforcements are starting to come in.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a 2028 presidential prospect, campaigns with David Crowley this week in Racine, Kenosha, Beloit, and Milwaukee.
Crowley also leaned on Governor Tony Evers' endorsement, calling him his secret weapon.
Donald Trump remains the most prominent national figurebacking Tom Tiffany's campaign, having officially endorsed him in January of 2026, though no word yet on whether the president will make an appearance to back the Wisconsin Republican.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is warning residents about a new scam targeting drivers.
Officials say scammers are making calls and leaving voicemails claiming people have unpaid traffic citations that require immediate attention.
The message includes a fake link directing victims to make a payment for the supposed violation, transportation officials stress that the notices are fraudulent and should not be trusted.
Anyone who receives one of these messages is urged not to click the link or provide personal information.
The coolest things made in Wisconsin Contest has narrowed the field down to eight local products vying for the title.
The field spans a diverse array of cool products from an electric rope shovel made in Milwaukee, custom pool cues from Nakusa, and handcrafted chocolate bars from Depeer.
Voting starts today and runs through Tuesday, October 13th.
The winner will be announced at the end of the month.
Record-breaking diesel fuel costs at the critical harvest time is just one toll tariffs have taken on Wisconsin farmers.
Civic media's James Kelly takes us to Western Wisconsin for a farm rally.
A number of Chippewa Valley residents gathered at a local farm in Eau Claire on Monday morning to highlight the struggles farmers across the state are facing ahead of the November election.
The event specifically noted the cost of diesel fuel topping $6 a gallon for the first time ever as farmers enter the harvest season, the time of the year when they're using the most fuel on average.
George Paulzine, a fourth generation farmer in the region, summed up how much of an impact those additional costs are causing for the average farm.
The additional cost is between $45,000 and $60,000 a year on the average farm in Wisconsin.
That's just got to be eaten.
And the price of milk didn't go up.
It's $45,000.
And there's not too many people that work out in the business world that can take a $45,000 hit and pay.
Paulzine also highlighted the long-term struggles the agricultural industry will face as it works to rebuild export relationships that have been broken.
A lot of people in the dairy industry and in the marketing ends of things that have spent their entire career developing these industry markets and world markets.
And we live in a global market.
I don't care what anybody says.
We cannot isolate ourselves.
and to rebuild and fix what has been broken will take some time.
I'm James Kelly for Civic Media News.
The rally was organized by Chippewa Valley, Indivisible.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is warning residents about a new scam targeting drivers.
Officials say scammers are making calls and leaving voicemails claiming people have unpaid traffic citations that require immediate attention.
The message includes a fake link directing victims to make a payment for the supposed violation.
Anyone who receives one of these messages is urged not to click the link or provide personal information.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
The Brewers win in San Diego.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports baseball.
The Brewers held on to beat the Padres three to one to advance to the National League Championship Series.
But once again, they'll face the defending champs, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Brewers Christian Yelich.
I mean, they're obviously a great team, you know, back-to-back champs, but we're a great team, too.
And, you know, we're going to grind, we're going to play really hard, and we're going to try and make it difficult on them.
And I got faith in the guys.
The guys got faith in each other.
And, you know, we're looking forward to a great series and, you know, a little bit of a rematch from last year.
What's going to be the difference this time?
Brewers manager Pat Murphy.
We're going in to beat him.
We earned it in the regular season to get the home field advantage.
And we're going to beat him.
We don't care who they have or whatever.
We're going to play good baseball and see what happens.
So the series began.
Sunday night at Ampham Field first pitch 7 p.m.
NFL the Packers host the Bears on Sunday a game originally scheduled for 325 is now a noon start that changed made a few weeks ago but now Wisconsin will be able to watch both games on Sunday with Sports on Mike Clemens.
It is going to be a really nice fall day.
Mostly sunny.
We'll get to 68 for a high this afternoon.
Tonight partly to mostly cloudy with a low dropping into the mid to upper 40s.
Tomorrow we'll be partly cloudy with a sprinkle in the afternoon possible.
Our high tomorrow in the low 70s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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