Monday News Roundup

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Monday News Roundup

WRJN News · Mon Nov 2, 2026

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 Milwaukee County Executive thinks a former Biden administration official will help.

Pete Buttigieg joins David Crawley in Kenosha and Racine today.

The former Transportation Director and the Democratic candidate for governor will be meeting up with volunteers.

Republican Tom Tiffany has seven Wisconsin stops planned for today, including one in Green Bay.

Election Day is tomorrow.

Check your ballot and polling place at myvote.wi.gov.

Racine's Harbor Fest will skip 2027.

Organizers say they plan to return in 2028.

The festival came back in 2025 after an 18-year break.

No reason was given for next year's pause.

Christian Yelich will serve customers at Greendale's Raising Canes this morning.

It's another celebration of the Brewer's first World Series title.

Police estimate Friday's parade and rally drew more than 750,000 people.

UW Parkside has just over 4,000 students this fall.

It's up 89 students from last year.

Enrollment across the UW system did fall slightly.

And parents looking for a school change can apply to Racine Unified's Seven Choice Schools.

Application for the next school year closed November 30th.

Due to the popularity admission depends on a lottery and available space.

You can apply through the district'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.

The simple clock shift not only means fewer hours of daylight, it also means an added danger on the roads.

In fact, the week after daylight savings time is the most dangerous time of year for car deer collisions, according to the Department of Transportation.

That's because the time change pushes your evening commute into darkness, right at the time when white-tailed deer are most active, the middle of their breeding season.

Data from 2022 shows the number of car deer crashes nearly tripled during the month of November compared to

to the rest of the year.

Wildlife experts say slowing down this time of year, especially after dark, is really the only effective way to avoid a deer crash.

They won't jump out of the way if you lay on the horn.

Drivers need to be extra vigilant about watching for deer along the roadside.

And remember, if you see one deer, expect a few more.

New allegations are surfacing involving Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs.

Police records released Friday detail allegations from three additional women involving incidents dating back to 2021 and 22.

Jacobs attorneys strongly deny the accusations, calling them old,

uncorroborated and easily disproven by substantial evidence.

Jacobs previously pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery and criminal damage charges stemming from a May incident involving his former girlfriend.

A senior administrator from the University of Alabama system will be the next leader of the universities of Wisconsin, replacing Jay Rothman after his firing in April.

Regents voted unanimously today to select

Tanya Johnson for the job.

The 57-year-old will become the system's 10th president and its first person of color in that role.

Johnson says her goal is to make the university's stronger, more connected, and more important to Wisconsin's future.

Johnson's expected to take office around January 1st.

Multiple people are dead following a shooting in Appleton over the weekend.

Police say officers responded to a suspicious complaint Friday night and found several shooting victims.

One person was hospitalized while authorities have not disclosed the exact number of fatalities.

The identities of those killed are being withheld pending notification of their families.

Investigators have not released details about the circumstances of the shooting, but say there's no ongoing threat to the public.

There were four deadly shootings in one week in Madison last week.

Madison police say two of those shootings happened on the same night.

The first happened around 8.15 Friday night.

Police say they found a 21-year-old man in a car with gunshot wounds.

He later died at a local hospital.

Just hours later, police say someone fired shots into a crowd outside a bar on Regent Street, killing a 32-year-old man.

This comes after two previous fatal shootings earlier in the week.

Police Chief John Patterson said it's been a very traumatic week for the community and pleaded with the public to stop using guns to resolve disputes.

Last year, there were five homicides in Madison throughout the whole year.

That number has already nearly doubled this year, with two months still left until year's end.

Animal rights activists are seeking to recall Dane County District Attorney Ismail Ozan over his handling of alleged animal abuse at Ridgeline Farms.

Organizers accuse Ozan of failing to prosecute the facility over its treatment of beagles.

A special prosecutor identified one violation, including cherry eye surgeries without general anesthesia, but reached a settlement instead of filing charges.

Activists aim to gather 100,000 signatures by Christmas Day ahead of a December 28th petition deadline.

A recall election could take place next spring if the petition qualifies.

And that's your state news update.

I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.

The Bucks in Minnesota.

I am Mike Clemens with SportsNBA.

The Milwaukee Bucks taking on the Timberwolves at the Target Center in Minneapolis tonight.

The Bucks now one and five after losing it home to the Cavaliers on Halloween.

Minnesota is four and three.

College football.

The Badgers host Rutgers this Saturday.

315 at Camp Randall Stadium.

Wisconsin shut out 30 to nothing in Iowa.

Luke Fickle.

You know I'm not sitting here saying I've got any answers for you other than they're not pointing any fingers at anybody or anything.

All three faith.

This is the game we were completely manhandled for 60 plus minutes.

Baseball brewers in New York, Christian Watson, Bryce Terrang, manager Pat Murphy, in a sketch with Bobby Moynihan as the drunk uncle on SNL's Weekend Update.

Don't worry, drunk uncle.

It wasn't a dream.

We've also been drinking since Wednesday.

And I'm

the manager.

And that's kind of like being the drunk uncle of the team.

With sports, I'm Mike Clemens.

It is going to be cloudy today with scattered off and on light showers, our high 63.

Tonight, cloudy with scattered rain at times our low 56 tomorrow.

Cloudy with more scattered rain, maybe a couple of isolated thunderstorms and it will be mild tomorrow with a high of 69.

I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.

That's your WRJN Daily News Roundup from Civic Media.

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