It’s Severe Weather Preparedness week in Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Statewide Tornado Drill is officially ON for today, so don’t be surprised if you hear your area weather siren at 1:45pm and 6:45pm. Also, don’t be too surprised if you DON’T hear it as some communities are opting out because of forecasted rain today.
Have you noticed how Miller Park is becoming a popular destination for big touring musical acts? Turns out, it’s one of the top stadiums in the world for it!
How Milwaukee Brewers’ American Family Field became one of country’s top concert stadiums – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After hosting four concerts last year — including the first two-night stadium run ever in Milwaukee, with Morgan Wallen, and shows with George Strait and Pink that both broke attendance records — American Family Field is ready to host four more in 2024.
Last year, it helped 43,000-seat American Family Field become the 19th top-grossing stadium for concerts in the United States, and 35th in the world, according to concert trade magazine Pollstar, ranking prominently among football stadiums with larger seating capacities. The stadium sold 178,107 concert tickets, collectively grossing $35.4 million.
The Enbridge Line 5 back and forth continues.
Biden administration says federal court should reconsider Line 5 shutdown order – WPR
The Biden administration is urging a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court order that would shut down an oil and gas pipeline crossing the Bad River tribe’s reservation within three years.
Attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice weighed in for the first time as the northern Wisconsin tribe and Canadian energy firm Enbridge have been locked in a years-long legal battle over the fate of the company’s Line 5 pipeline. In 2019, Bad River sued Enbridge in federal court to shut down and remove the pipeline from its reservation.
Last year, U.S. District Judge William Conley ordered the company to pay $5.1 million for trespassing where its pipeline easements expired and shut down Line 5 there by mid-2026. Both Enbridge and Bad River appealed the ruling to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
A Wisconsin Elections review made official what we already knew.
First campaign to recall Vos falls short on valid signatures – PBS Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The effort by supporters of former President Donald Trump to recall Wisconsin’s top elected Republican did not gather enough signatures to trigger the recall election and therefore should be rejected, state elections officials said April 10.
Staff at the commission said in a memo released April 10 that based on their review the effort did not collect enough valid signatures. The effort was complicated over what district should be used for any recall election, given that new boundary lines take effect in November.
But the staff review found that no matter what district is used — the one Vos was elected to serve in 2022 or either of the two new ones that comprise parts of the old district — the recall did not gather enough signatures.
Wisconsin hunters, send in your application today for an Elk tag! It’s unknown as of yet how many will be given out but the application period is open through May 31st. Side note: You can only draw an elk tag once in your lifetime.
APPLY NOW FOR THE 2024 ELK SEASON – Wisconsin DNR
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the application period for the 2024 elk hunt is now open through May 31. New this year, the Black River Elk Range will be open to hunting for the first time since elk were reintroduced to the state.
Once widespread, elk were eliminated from Wisconsin in the 1880s due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss.
Reintroduction efforts began in 1995 by releasing 25 elk into the Clam Lake Elk Range, and a second herd was established in the Black River Elk Range in 2015. The state elk population is projected to reach over 500 animals after this year’s calving season, 180 of which belong to the Black River Herd.
Due to this new opportunity, applicants are required to select between the Black River Elk Range or Clam Lake Elk Range when applying.
That’s all for today. Make it a great day and we’ll see you back here tomorrow for more Key Reads.
