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.
The Brewers didn't just beat the Dodgers, they swept them.
Milwaukee won Game 4 on the road to finish off the defending World Series champions.
It's the Brewers' first trip to the World Series since 1982.
World Series games are coming to WRJN.
A dispute between neighbors and Racine turned deadly early yesterday.
Police say a 52-year-old man was shot in the chest during a fight on Greenfield Road and died at the scene.
A 44-year-old man is cooperating with investigators.
Police say the shooting appears to be isolated.
State regulators have conditionally approved a major natural gas plant in Kenosha County.
The Red Oak Ridge Energy Center would generate enough power for more than 190,000 homes.
The developer says it'll create construction jobs and local revenue.
There are some in the town of Paris that oppose it, citing water use, air quality, and lost farmland.
Mitchell International is expanding its role in moving both people and products.
A new 330,000 square foot air cargo center opened this week on the former 440th Airlift Wing Site.
It can handle five 747s at once.
Officials say it'll help Wisconsin businesses ship goods more efficiently.
And girls flag football is growing fast in Southeastern Wisconsin.
Kenosha Trumper won the division title and they're headed to the sports first state tournament.
The event is November 7th in Green Bay.
The Trumper team beat out competition that included teams from Case, Horlick Park, Bradford and Indian Trail.
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.
Despite national debates over election rules and security, Wisconsin election officials say voters can't expect the same procedures at the polls this November as in the past.
At a forum hosted Wednesday by Keep Our Republic and UW-Stevens Point, Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Megan Wolfe outlined safeguards already in place.
Those included paper ballots, public testing of voting equipment, and post-election audits to verify results.
The discussion also addressed possible federal changes.
Former U.S.
Attorney John Votery pointed to the proposed SAVE Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
The legislation has passed the U.S.
House but has not become law.
With yesterday's rainy, gloomy weather moving in, it can be easy to forget much of our state is in a serious to severe drought right now.
As Civic Media's Maddie Schaefer tells us, the wildfire risk doesn't go away with just a few drops
of rain.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is warning of increased wildfire danger across northern Wisconsin as drought conditions continue.
The lack of rain has left much of the region an extreme or exceptional drought, making it easier for wildfires to start and spread.
The DNR says nearly 20 wildfires have occurred across the state in the past week, most caused by sparks from equipment and downed power lines.
Warm, dry and windy conditions are expected to keep fire danger elevated.
is reminding residents to check daily burning restrictions before starting outdoor fires and to avoid operating machinery during the hottest part of the day.
Campfires and debris burns should also be completely extinguished as hot embers can start fires hours later.
Elevated fire danger is expected to continue until the state receives significant rain or snow.
For Civic Media News, I'm
Maddie Schaefer.
Nearly a thousand wildfires across Wisconsin this year alone have already burned more than one
and acres.
A prominent Wisconsin businessman has been identified as one of the six people killed in Tuesday's plane crash near Wisconsin Dells.
Menominee Airport Commission Chairman Daniel Johnson says Ron Reek, an experienced pilot and local warehouse owner, was killed in the crash after ice built up on the wings during a thunderstorm.
Reek owned the plane that went down, killing five others, ranging in age from 13 to 67.
All six in the plane were from West Central Wisconsin.
The National Transportation Safety Board said
preliminary information indicated the plane was flying at 24,000 feet when the pilot reported icing and requested to descend.
The plane crashed in a densely wooded area in the town of Delona, just southwest of the Dells.
Just weeks before Wisconsin's midterm elections, mail with a white powdery substance is showing up at election offices around our state.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission just reported their office received the suspicious mail on Wednesday afternoon, and a staffer noticed the white powder that appeared to match mailings in other states.
Election officials say staff did not open the mail, and the commission alerted authorities.
The FBI is among the agencies investigating.
Authorities say they believe there are more than 100 letters in circulation that appear to be designed to scare officials.
Game times were just announced for the highly anticipated Frozen Tundra face-off college hockey doubleheader at Lambeau Field this coming February.
The Wisconsin Badgers women's hockey team will take on the Ohio State Buckeyes at 2 p.m.
on Saturday, February 20.
Later that day, it's the men's turn to face the Michigan Wolverines under the lights at 6 p.m.
This marks the first hockey event at Lambeau Field in more than two decades.
Wisconsin defeated Ohio State back in 2006 for the inaugural Frozen
Tundra hockey classic.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
It's on to the World Series.
I am Mike Clemens with Sports Baseball.
It was the top of the fifth at Dodger Stadium.
The score tied four to four when the brewers Garrett Mitchell went to bat.
Mitchell sends a fly ball to right center field.
Another home run by David Hamilton in the ninth as the Brewers beat the Dodgers six to four completing a four game sweep winning the National League pennant Dodgers manager Dave Roberts after the loss
Honestly, they just outpitched us.
They out hit us.
They play defense better You know, they didn't make any mistakes and they didn't walk many guys and you know, whether it's Bowers Contreras We got be
brewers manager Pat Murphy
right now.
They got a bunch of Hall of Famers
That's
Pat Murphy.
The World Series begins a week from tonight in Milwaukee with sports on Mike Clemens.
Lingering showers, mostly cloudy and a little breezy this morning becoming partly cloudy and not as windy by later this afternoon.
Our high today, upper 40s to near 50.
Tonight it is going to be frosty, mostly clear with a low dropping into the mid to upper 20s.
Tomorrow mostly sunny with a high in the mid to upper 50s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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