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NOW AT ELEVEN --
GOOD NEWS FOR A LOCAL COMPANY
WITH BIG PLANS TO EXPAND ITS
WORLD
HEADQUARTERS.
AND -- BIG NEWS FOR WISCONSIN
BADGERS FORWARD NIGEL
HAYES. MORE ON THAT IN JUST A
MINUTE.
PLUS -- TARGET HAS JUMPED INTO
THE DEBATE OVER WHICH
BATHROOMS AND DRESSING ROOMS
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE CAN USE.
GOOD MORNING. I'M CHRISTINE
BELLPORT..
NEW AT ELEVEN --
BADGERS BASKETBALL PLAYER NIGEL
HAYES MAY GO
PRO.
E-S-P-N IS REPORTING HAYES WILL
ENTER THE NBA DRAFT, BUT HE
HAS NOT HIRED AN AGENT.
THAT MEANS HE WILL STILL BE ABLE
TO RETURN WISCONSIN FOR
HIS SENIOR SEASON.
HAYES HAS UNTIL MAY 25TH TO PULL
OUT OF THE DRAFT AND RETURN TO
THE BADGERS FOR THE 2016-17
SEASON.
WE'LL HAVE MORE TONIGHT IN OUR
SPORTS COVERAGE.
A SUNNY MORNING TODAY, BUT
CLOUDS ARE MOVING INTO THE
AREA.
AND RAIN IS HEADING OUR WAY.
CHIEF METEROLOGIST CHARLIE
SHORTINO JOINS US NOW WITH A
LOOK AT OUR RAINY FORECAST.
CHARLIE?
WEDNESDAY
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, THEN
SHOWERS LIKELY
AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM
AFTER 4PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A
HIGH NEAR 67.
SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%.
NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS
THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH, EXCEPT
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN
THUNDERSTORMS.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM
BEFORE 10PM, THEN A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. PATCHY FOG AFTER 2AM.
LOW AROUND 52.
SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 80%.
NEW PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
BETWEEN A TENTH AND QUARTER OF
AN INCH, EXCEPT HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS.
JUST A REMINDER... N-B-C 15 IS
TEAMING UP WITH ACE HARDWARE TO
HELP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY PREPARE
FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN OUR AREA.
NBC15'S METEROLOGIST BRIAN DOOGS
WILL BE AT THE ACE
HARDWARE IN EVANSVILLE TOMORROW.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT OUT TONIGHT
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MORE CHANCES TO
GET YOUR WEATHER RADIO
PROGRAMMED BY BRIAN.
YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF THOSE
DATES AND LOCATIONS RIGHT THERE
ON
YOUR SCREEN.
HAPPENING TODAY...
TWO MEN WILL BE IN COURT THIS
AFTERNOON ON CHARGES THEY
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A 15-YEAR-OLD
GIRL.
POLICE SAY 45-YEAR-OLD JOHN
GILBERT AND 37-YEAR-OLD BRIAN
HOLMES ASSAULTED THE TEEANGER AT
THE SUPER EIGHT ON
WEST BELTLINE HIGHWAY LAST
MONTH.
THE GIRL REPORTEDLY MET ONE OF
THE MEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE MEN ALLEGEDLY BLIND FOLDED
AND CHOKED THE GIRL
WHILE FORCING HER TO PERFORM
*** ACTS. BOTH MEN ARE FACING
A CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE ***
ASSAULT
OF A CHILD.
IN OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE...
THE DATE IS SET FOR THE SWEARING
FOR BELOIT'S NEXT
CHIEF OF POLICE.
DAVID ZIBOLSKI WILL BE SWORN IN
MONDAY AT THE BELOIT CITY HALL.
THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY WILL
BEGIN AT SEVEN P-M.
ZIBOLSKI IS REPLACING FORMER
POLICE CHIEF NORM JACOBS.
JACOBS AND DEPUTY CHIEF TOM
DUNKIN RETIRED IN JANUARY IN
EXCHANGE FOR DISCIPLINARY
CHARGES TO BE DROPPED AGAINST
THEM.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FLINT
WATER CRISIS.
LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO WE LEARNED
TWO STATE
REGULATORS AND A FLINT EMPLOYEE
HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH
EVIDENCE TAMPERING AND OTHER
CRIMES.
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, RESIDENTS
WERE EXPOSED TO DANGEROUS
LEVELS OF LEAD IN THE CITY'S
WATER SUPPLY, EVEN THOUGH
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INSISTED
THE WATER WAS SAFE.
A TEENAGER WHO WAS INJURED IN A
MASS SHOOTING IN KALAMAZOO,
MICHIGAN IS EXPECTED TO BE
RELEASED FROM A REHABILITATION
HOSPITAL TODAY.
14-YEAR-OLD ABIGAIL KOPF
SURVIVED AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE
HEAD.
DOCTORS ORIGINALLY BELIEVED SHE
WAS BRAIN DEAD.
HER IMPROVEMENT FROM SQUEEZING
HER MOTHER'S HAND TO TAKING
HER FIRST STEPS TO SPEAKING HER
FIRST WORD HAS LEFT HER
SUPPORTERS IN AWE.
SIX PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED
AND TWO WOUNDED...
INCLUDING ABIGAIL... WHEN UBER
DRIVER JASTON DALTON
REPORTEDLY WENT ON A SHOOTING
SPREE IN FEBRUARY.
IN BUSINESS NEWS...
TARGET IS WEIGHING IN ON THE
RECENT DEBATE OVER
WHICH BATHROOMS TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE SHOULD
USE.
THE COMPANY RELEASED A STATEMENT
MONDAY SAYING
THEY WELCOME TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
TO USE WHICHEVER
RESTROOM OR FITTING ROOM THAT
MATCHES THEIR GENDER
IDENTITIY.
THE STATEMENT SAYS IN PART QUOTE
"INCLUSIVITY IS A
CORE BELIEF OF TARGET" END
QUOTE.
TARGET SAID THEY FELT THE NEED
TO STATE THEIR POSITION ON THE
MATTER BECAUSE THE NEW RULES
COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOME
OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND HOW THE
COMPANY MANAGED THEIR
DRESSING ROOMS AND BATHROOMS.
A RENEWED WARNING TO PARENTS TO
ANCHOR
FREE-STANDING CHESTS AND
DRESSERS AFTER A THIRD CHILD WAS
KILLED BY A FALLING IKEA UNIT.
LAST JULY.... FOLLOWING THE
DEATHS OF TWO CHILDREN.... IKEA
ISSUED A WARNING TO ANCHOR
FURNITURE AND ANNOUNCED A
FREE REPAIR PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM INVOLVED SENDING OUT
WALL ANCHORS FOR
NEARLY 27 MILLION CHESTS AND
DRESSERS.
IKEA SAYS SO FAR IT HAS SENT OUT
300-THOUSAND ANCHORING KITS.
IKEA PLANS TO EXPAND ITS REPAIR
PROGRAM... BUT HASN'T
ELABORATED ON HOW IT WILL RAISE
AWARENESS.
A MIDDLETON-BASED COMPANY IS
EXPANDING IN
WISCONSIN.
SPECTRUM WILL BE ADDING A
30-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT
ADDITION TO ITS WORLD
HEADQUARTERS IN MIDDLETON.
THE EXPANSION WILL CREATE SPACE
FOR NEW POSITIONS AT THE
COMPANY.
IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MANY POSITIONS
WILL BE ADDED.
THE CURRENT FACILITY
ACCOMMODATES NEARLY 700
POSITIONS.
GROUNDBREAKING IS SET FOR NEXT
MONTH AND CONSTRUCTION IS
EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED IN THE
SPRING OF 20-17.
A POPULAR MADISON FOOD FIGHT
RESTAURANT IS GETTING A NEW
LOOK.
BLUEPHIES ON MONROE STREET IS
CLOSING FOR A FEW MONTHS.
THE PLAN IS TO REVAMP THE INSIDE
AND CREATE A NEW...HEALTHIER
MENU.
AFTER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE, THEY
ARE READY FOR A CHANGE.
" NOW MIGHT BE THAT OPPORTUNITY
AND SAY
CAN WE REALLY LOOK AT THE TRENDS
SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND MAYBE
MATCH THAT AND LOOK AT
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE BETTER
NEIGHBORS FOR THE NEXT 22 YEARS.
MENU CHANGES COULD INCLUDE MORE
VEGETARIAN AND GLUTEN FREE
OPTIONS.
BLUEPHIES WILL CLOSE APRIL
28TH... AND IS SCHEDULED TO
RE-OPEN WITH A
NEW NAME IN THE FALL.
WEST TOWNE MALL HAS BEEN
TRANSFORMED INTO WHAT LOOKS
LIKE A SPACE ODYSSEY... AND IT'S
ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
IT'S ALL A PART OF MIDDLETON
OUTREACH MINISTRY'S
"CANSTRUCTION" COMPETITION.
EACH STRUCTURE IS SPONSORED BY
INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, OR
GROUPS AND ALL OF THESE CANNED
GOODS WILL GO TO "MOM'S" FOOD
PANTRY.
IT'S NOT ONLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
TEAM BUILDING, BUT TO SPREAD
THE WORD ABOUT HUNGER IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN COME CHECK OUT ALL THE
CREATIONS UNTIL SUNDAY.
TO CHOOSE WHO YOU THINK BUILT
THE BEST STRUCTURE YOU
CAN EITHER VOTE ON FACEBOOK OR
INSTAGRAM, OR VOTE AT THE MALL,
IN-PERSON
