Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 28th of October.
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🏘️ Community
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Wisconsin honored volunteers at its annual gala this month, naming Tim Mullaney Big Brother of the Year and Jenna Klinedinst Big Sister of the Year; the program gave $1,000 scholarships to high-school Bigs and serves about 500 children with mentors giving a few hours a month.
🎭 Culture
Celtic band Gaelic Storm will play the Meyer Theatre on Thursday, March 18, 2027, at 7:30 p.m.; tickets go on sale Friday, Oct.
30 at 10 a.m. and range from $53.25 to $59 at MeyerTheatre.org, the Resch Center TicketStar box office, or by phone.
🎓 Education
IBEW Local 158 in Green Bay says Wisconsin needs more electricians and is recruiting apprentices who can earn close to $80,000 early in their careers, with first-year apprentice total pay at $37.58 an hour and scheduled wage increases as they complete training.
🏛️ Government
With one week to go before the election, Wisconsin voters have returned 513,602 absentee ballots — up from 503,180 at the same point in 2022; another 251,092 have voted early in person, and Brown County has 24,771 returns, Outagamie 17,038, Winnebago 15,539.
A Forward Analytics study finds removing Wisconsin's state tax on tips and overtime would cut $2.76 billion from state revenue over the next decade, and servers at The Pancake Place in Green Bay say keeping more of their tips would ease household bills as the issue could shape debate ahead of the Nov. 3 governor’s race.
🏈 Sports
The Brewers beat the Rays 10-1 in Game 3 in St. Petersburg after an eight-run fifth inning — Jackson Chourio had four hits and Robert Gasser allowed one hit over six innings, and Milwaukee will try to clinch its first World Series in Game 4 at the Trop.
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