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.
Questions remain about Racine County Sheriff's Captain Kerry Madrigal's administrative leave.
Kenosha County officials have been asked by those in Racine County to review her actions, but they haven't explained the allegations.
Racine County Executive Ralph Maliki issued a statement on the matter yesterday saying while he doesn't oversee the sheriff's office, public trust is earned through actions.
Officials say the investigation into Madrigal is unrelated to the election she lost.
A Racine mother whose teenage son was killed last month now faces charges herself.
Prosecutors say 38 year old Margarita Aranda sent Facebook threats to another mother and her son.
Aranda told police she was also being threatened.
She faces a misdemeanor of using a computer to send a threatening message in two counts of bail jumping.
Kenosha County's new budget adds two detectives to investigate internet crimes against children.
It also funds a sheriff's location in the western part of the county and a backup emergency operation center.
The Kenosha County Board approved it unanimously last week.
The property tax levy will rise 2.94%.
The chairwoman of the Milwaukee County Board is running for County Executive.
She launched her campaign yesterday to replace Governor-elect David Crawley.
Her announcement video highlights affordability, housing, and county services.
A special election is expected this spring.
The Salvation Army is ringing in the Giving Season Friday, one day before the Racine Holiday Parade.
The Christmas campaign will have 14 kettles across Racine, Sirtevant, Caledonia, and Mount Pleasant.
Donations stay local, supporting food, housing, and youth programs year-round.
People can donate or they can volunteer to ring bells.
And downtown Racine will get merry and bright on Saturday with Christmas music, a parade and fireworks.
High school carolers will start at Monument Square at 445.
The parade leaves from just west of the State Street Bridge at 530.
After the parade wraps up, Santa will light the tree at Monument Square, followed by fireworks and more music.
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.
Shawnau County is the latest to join the growing list of Wisconsin counties where measles is now confirmed.
The Shawnau Menominee County Health Department confirmed a measles case there yesterday.
The Health Department is not releasing any further information.
Last week, the State Health Department announced the first death related to measles in more than three decades.
Just one day later, they named the first potential public exposure site at Marshfield Medical Center's Western Emergency Department.
They say a person infected with measles visited the location while they were contagious.
The most recent numbers from state health officials confirm 477 cases of measles across our state.
Updated numbers are expected later today.
Wisconsin drivers are getting a pleasant surprise at the pump for a change.
Gas prices dropped below 4 bucks a gallon for the first time since September.
Civic Media's Maddie Schaefer has more.
Gas prices are continuing to fall across Wisconsin, with the state once again seeing one of the largest weekly declines in the country.
According to GasBuddy, Wisconsin's average gasoline price dropped nearly 29 cents over the last week, the fourth largest decline nationwide.
The statewide average is now about $3.90 per gallon.
Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, says prices are falling as refineries finish seasonal maintenance and increase production while demand slows with
cooler weather," he says.
Increased oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are also helping bring prices down, and the national average could remain below $4 in the coming weeks.
For Civic Media News, I'm Maddie
Schaefer.
Dahan also says where you buy your gas matters right now.
Busier stations that go through gas faster can replenish their supply at current market rates, but slower stations still need to sell their more expensive shipment without taking a loss.
For consumers, that just means it'll pay to shop around over the next few weeks.
WeE Energy's recent announcement of rate hikes is prompting significant local government action in southeastern Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee Common Council voted unanimously last week to approve up to 1.35 million in borrowing for a comprehensive feasibility study.
The study will evaluate the potential replacement of WeE Energy's service within the city by creating municipal, city-owned public utility.
Meanwhile, Alliant Energy, which serves areas in the southern, eastern and central part of our state, recently disclosed ongoing talks for seven potential new sites and three expansions to existing data centers.
Over the next six months, the utility anticipates securing contracts for an additional 1 gigawatt of data center power supply to accommodate the rapid increase in AI and data center electricity demand, which is projected to raise peak system load by approximately 60 percent by 2031.
Alliant has expanded its four-year capital expenditure plan to 15.9 billion.
The U.S.
Department of Energy's Office of Energy Dominance Financing finalized a $5.1 billion loan package for Alliant Energy to support grid reliability and power generation expansion across Iowa and Wisconsin.
This federal package aims to lower electricity costs and deliver more than $1 billion in savings to regional consumers while funding natural gas-fired facilities, energy storage systems, and infrastructure upgrades.
The rapid expansion of data centers has drawn significant local pushback in communities all around the state.
Milwaukee recently joined places like Superior, Madison and Wisconsin Rapids in passing their own data center construction moratorium.
Many smaller communities have done the same thing at the local level.
Grassroots groups and political figures have advocated for rate payer protections and moratoriums to ensure that large corporate energy demands do not result in higher utility bills for local residents.
That's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
A setback for the pack.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports NFL.
The Green Bay Packers coming off that impressive win over New England, now dealing with the news that running back Josh Jacobs suffered a severe broken finger of carrying the ball Sunday.
Will it require surgery?
Head coach Matt LaFleur.
He does.
It should happen sometime this week.
And then as far as how long he'll be out, I think that's too big.
Determined.
Estimates are a three-week recovery.
Meanwhile, backup Caleb Johnson could get more reps at running back.
What's he been working on
to improve?
Protection, past protection.
You know, me knowing my stuff.
And I feel like I've been doing that very, very well since I got here.
You know, been knowing it and, you know, just been applying myself every day to it and showing them that I can be reliable on every down.
I feel like to me, you know, that's my confidence right now.
So I feel like I can
do it.
The Packers host the Viking Sunday.
NBA, the Bucks in New York tonight, taking on the defending champions, the Knicks, College Hoops,
The Badgers at the Cole Center.
They're playing the Fairfield Stags out of Fairfield, Connecticut, with sports on Mike Clemens.
I'm meteorologist Brandon Bormans, another mild November day with sunny skies, high temperatures in the upper 50s.
For tonight, skies becoming mostly cloudy with lows near 40.
On Veterans Day, mostly cloudy with a few scattered light showers, highs right around 50.
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