This is your WCQM Daily News Roundup for 98Q Country 98.3 FM and Trail Mix 103.1 FM and 980 AM WPFP in Park Falls.
Now a look at Northwood's news, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
Drivers across Wisconsin are facing a sharp increase at the pump this week.
Civic media's Todd Copernall has more.
According to recent data from gas buddies, data averages have surged upwards.
driven by localized market shifts, even as national figures remain relatively stable.
While the broader national picture shows steady trends, localized supply factors and seasonal adjustments continue to cause noticeable price variations throughout different regions of Wisconsin.
Average gasoline prices in Wisconsin have risen 32.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.52 per gallon today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 3,112 stations in Wisconsin.
Prices in Wisconsin are 20.8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stay in $1.73 per gallon higher than one year ago.
The national average price of diesel has increased four cents compared to a week ago and stands at $6.34 per gallon.
The national price of gasoline is unchanged in the last week, averaging $4.24 today.
The national average is down 22.3 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands $1.24 per gallon higher than a year ago.
According to gas buddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country.
The Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles has launched a new online tool to help people find a customer service center.
The Find My DMV interactive map lets users search for locations and see their hours and available services.
It can also be filtered by county, the service you need, or the days a location is open.
The map also uses Google Maps to provide directions and includes links to DMV services that can be completed online.
The new tool is available through the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's website.
For Northwood's News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
Wisconsin has joined 19 other states in suing the Dollar General Corporation.
The lawsuit alleges the company is engaging in long-running deceptive pricing practices by routinely charging customers more at the register than the prices displayed on the shelves, price tags, and advertisements.
Attorney General Josh Call said in a statement that the prices people see when they're shopping should be the same prices they're charged.
The complaint alleges that thousands of Dollar General stores have taken advantage of shoppers by extracting millions of dollars
in unlawful overcharges.
The company also allegedly received tens of thousands of consumer complaints, but did nothing about it.
It's on to Game 5 in the World Series for the Brewers after losing to the Rays last night in Tampa Bay.
The crew is still on top, winning three of the seven-game series.
The first team to win four takes the World Series title.
An Oshkosh Middle School teacher arrested by ICE agents earlier this month is awaiting deportation.
According to federal agents, immigration and custom enforcement agents arrested Wendy Mendes in Milwaukee on October 14.
Mendes came to the U.S.
from Costa Rica in 2020 and, according to ICE, was supposed to leave the country six months later.
The Oshkosh Area School District website lists Mendes as an English speaker of other languages teacher at Vell Phillips Middle School.
In letter to parents and families, district officials say
Mendes is an employee in good standing and is on unpaid administrative leave due to unforeseen circumstances.
Mendes was named an Ostrash School District Employee of the Year in 2025.
A special education teacher and assistant activities director at Green Bay's Preble High School has resigned after the district saw social media posts alleging inappropriate text messages to a former student.
The district placed Joey Demorathon leave earlier this month.
The parents of Wisconsin native Alex Pretty are fighting for accountability from the federal government nine months after their son was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Michael and Susan Pretty say the Justice Department violated their son's rights and have been fighting for months.
to get the federal government to turn over evidence.
Pretty was a graduate of Green Bay's Preble High School who worked as an ICU nurse with the VA in Minneapolis.
He was shot and killed on January 7th during widespread protests against the killing of Renee Good.
The Pretties say the federal government failed to provide the information needed for a full investigation.
Under federal rules, the Justice Department has discretion of what evidence it shares.
No agents have been criminally charged.
It's on to game five in the World Series for the Brewers after losing to the Rays last night in Tampa Bay.
The crew is still on top, winning three of the seven-game series.
The first team to win four takes the World Series title.
And the coolest thing made in Wisconsin is...
Click smart privacy glass made by the Cardinal IG company in Tomah.
The windows go from clear to totally private in less than a second with a touch of your fingertip.
Contest organizers say more than 100 products were nominated this year.
The top four runners-up included an electric rope shovel made by Kumatsu in Milwaukee, a zero-turn lawnmower with commercial grade strength, and a blacked-out tactical design made by Aaron's company in Brilliant, and a high-tech smart scope made for the Army by Vortex Optics.
in Barneveld.
Now in its 11th year, the contest aims to highlight Wisconsin's vibrant manufacturing industry.
The industry contributes more than $70 billion to the state's economy each year.
The last blaze of fall colors are still on display in parts of our state, and today might be the perfect time to get out and get one last glimpse, if you can, with record high temps expected to move north from the southwestern part of our state throughout the day into the 70s.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
Game five of the World Series tonight.
Hi, I'm Mike Cummins with sports baseball the Brewers hadn't lost a game since early this month But last night it was the raise Ben Williamson driving in the winning run bottom of the 12th inning on Fox
five-man defense against Williamson
Williamson who has won for 15 in the playoffs against a five-man infield.
It's a bounding ball that skips over the top and extends Tampa Bay season.
The Rays winning four to three, forcing a game five tonight.
Reaction by Brewers manager Pat Murphy.
You know, you're going through three innings to Ashby.
Nothing's going offensively.
They kept their heads up and we just kind of bought ourselves some time.
That's the raise manager Kevin Cash with sports.
I'm Mike Clemens.
It is going to be partly to mostly cloudy today with a scattered afternoon shower or thundershower possible or high in the upper 60s to low 70s today.
Tonight some evening scattered thundershowers otherwise clearing after midnight with a low dropping into the low to mid 40s.
Tomorrow sunshine cooler upper 50s to low 60s.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
That's your WCQM and WPFP Daily News Roundup from Civic Media.
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