Wisconsin
Wisconsin DOT provides winter road condition reports for state roadways
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MADISON, Wis. (WEAU) – The Wisconsin Division of Transportation is offering winter street situation reviews for over 14,000 miles of state roadways.
With the season’s first accumulating snowfall for many of Wisconsin, together with winter climate advisories on Monday in western Wisconsin, the DOT is reminding individuals who plan on touring within the state that they’ll discover street situation reviews at 511wi.gov.
“Climate in Wisconsin means driving situations can change straight away,” Craig Thompson, DOT Secretary, stated. “Our free, easy-to-use 511 Wisconsin system can present the clearest and most correct journey info to organize for the street forward.”
An improve to the state’s 511WI system was applied in January of 2022, increasing the DOT’s winter street situation reporting from 3,700 miles of roadways to over 14,000 miles. The replace additionally gives extra frequent updates, with reviews generated twice every hour from the Upkeep Determination Help System utilized by the DOT and county freeway departments to take a look at situations on roadways in Wisconsin. The earlier system, which debuted in 2013, managed street situations manually with area reviews a couple of instances every day. Information sources for the brand new system, which started on Jan. 31, consists of atmospheric and street climate sensors alongside roadways and at airports, snowplows outfitted with Geographic Info Methods and the Nationwide Climate Service.
The reviews at 511wi.gov are up to date 24 hours a day. As well as, vacationers can view cameras that show each photograph and video of the roadways throughout Wisconsin to assist higher plan for journey. Thompson stated that together with all the instruments the Wisconsin DOT is offering, motorists are inspired to organize their automobiles for winter driving and to organize themselves by reviewing security ideas for secure winter commutes. The DOT encourages drivers to take it sluggish in winter climate situations, since most crashes and slide-offs in winter are brought on by driving too quick for situations. Listed below are another winter driving ideas:
- Earlier than heading out, study the most recent about freeway situations and incidents by visiting 511wi.gov. Let others find out about your deliberate route and anticipated arrival time. Absolutely cost your cellphone.
- Clear snow and ice out of your car’s home windows, entrance and back lights, roof and hood. Guarantee everyone seems to be buckled up.
- Take it sluggish. Enable further journey time and following distance. Most winter crashes and slide-offs are brought on by drivers going too quick for the prevailing situations. Keep in mind, posted velocity limits apply to best journey situations.
- Flip in your car’s low-beam headlights. This helps you see what’s forward, and helps different drivers see you. State legislation requires drivers to activate their car’s low-beam headlights any time that climate or different situations make it troublesome to see objects 500 toes forward.
- Sudden braking or steering could cause you to lose management of your car. Use brakes early and thoroughly. With anti-lock-brakes (ABS), use agency, regular stress and gently steer. By no means use cruise management in wintry climate.
- Don’t be overconfident in your four-wheel or all-wheel-drive car. All automobiles require extra time and distance to cease in adversarial situations.
- Do not forget that bridge decks/overpasses might be particularly slippery, even when adjoining pavements are in good journey situation.
- Look ahead to snowplows. Keep a minimum of 200 toes behind a working plow and use further warning in the event you determine to cross. Plows usually create a cloud of snow that may obscure visibility, and street situations forward of the plow are doubtless worse.
- Hold a secure distance behind massive vehicles. Together with obscuring your view of the street forward, items of snow or ice can blow off the highest of business vehicles as they journey down the freeway.
- Winter storm advisories/warnings are routinely posted on Dynamic Message Indicators alongside main freeway corridors. Heed this info and drive accordingly. Winter storm occasions usually have reasonable to vital journey impacts.
- Be aware of your location utilizing crossroads, mileposts or key landmarks. For those who do turn out to be stranded, you’ll be higher ready to explain your location for legislation enforcement or tow truck operators.
To make use of the 511 journey info system in Wisconsin, you may go to 511wi.gov or use the 511 Wisconsin app. When utilizing the app or web site, be certain that “winter street situations” is checked and verify the colors of the roadways in your area in response to the map legend to see what the street situations are in your space and alongside your drive. You can too entry visitors cameras from the app or web site by clicking on the digicam icons on the map. These may also be enabled from the map legend. To play the video feed on any visitors digicam, press the play button.
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Preview: Wisconsin Closes Nonconference Schedule Hosting Detroit Mercy
Detroit Mercy (5-8, 1-2 Horizon League) vs. Wisconsin (9-3, 0-2 Big Ten)
Date/Time – Sunday, December 22, 1 p.m.
Arena – Kohl Center (16,838)
Watch – Big Ten Network (Jeff Levering and Brian Butch)
Radio – Badgers Radio Network (Matt Lepay and Charlie Wills), Sirius 119 or 195, stream online on iHeartRadio.
Series – Wisconsin leads 3-0 (Wisconsin leads 3-0 in Madison)
Last Meeting – Wisconsin won, 68-42, on December 6, 2003, in Madison
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Betting line: Wisconsin -29.5
Projected Starting Five (Wisconsin)
Player to Watch: After averaging 2.4 points per game last season, Winter has improved to 10.6 ppg this year after scoring a career-high 20 vs. Butler. He leads UW in rebounds (5.6), offensive rebounds (23) and field goal percentage (.598).
Projected Starting Five (Detroit Mercy)
Player to watch: Leading the Titans with 16 points in Wednesday’s loss at Northern Kentucky, Lovejoy has been in double figures in nine of UDM’s 13 games. He leads the team in scoring, rebounding, assists, and steals (1.9).
Series Notes
Wisconsin’s average margin of victory in its three prior meetings with UDM is 18.3 points.
The last time Wisconsin and Detroit Mercy met was Dec. 6, 2003, when UW claimed a 68-42 win. Devin Harris and Freddie Owens led the Badgers with 13 points, with Harris adding nine assists.
Wisconsin is 72-4 all-time against teams in the Horizon League. Under head coach Greg Gard, the Badgers hold a 9-0 all-time mark vs. Horizon teams.
The Titans are 30-123 all-time against the Big Ten Conference – 12-81 on the road – and have dropped 18 in a row against the league. The last win was at Michigan State, 68-65, on Dec. 13, 1997.
Wisconsin Notes
Wisconsin is 79-23 (.775) in regular season, non-conference games under Gard.
Wisconsin is 9-1 in non-conference play this season and has the chance to post double-digit out of conference wins for the first time since going 11-2 in 2016-17. The Badgers have tallied four non-conference wins over Power 5 teams, their most since 2018-19.
Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation with an adjusted offensive efficiency of 120.1 per KenPom – through games played Dec. 18. This year’s adjusted offensive efficiency rating of 120.1 ranks as the school’s third-highest mark since KenPom began tracking in 1999.
UW is averaging 15.2 assists per game, its most since 1993-94, while turning the ball over 9.6 times per game. UW has never had a season in which it has averaged 15+ assists per game while remaining below 10 turnovers per contest.
Wisconsin leads the NCAA in free throw percentage, 84.8% FT (234-for-276) at the line. UW has nearly made more FTs (234) than its foes have attempted (237) this season.
Detroit Mercy Notes
With 11 new players on the 15-man roster, the Titans returned just 14.2 percent of their scoring, 12.9 percent of their rebounding, and 18.0 percent of their minutes played from last season.
The Titans snapped a 22-game road slide with a win at Ball State on November 20.
UDM posted four wins in November, the most in the month since going 4-3 at the start of the 2017-18 season
Detroit Mercy has owned the glass this year, outrebounding its opponents in nine of its 13 games. The Titans are 52nd in the country with 13.2 offensive boards and 74th in DI with a +5.4 rebounding average.
UDM has a 173-107 margin on second-chance points on the season.
Prediction
Calling out a play that involves Crowl getting an early shot attempt in the low post is nothing new for Gard. Off the top of his head, he estimates that getting the ball to Crowl in the low post within Wisconsin’s first three offensive possessions happens 90 percent of the time.
But after being publicly called out by his coach and pushed to be more aggressive by his teammates, Wisconsin intentionally made a call to get Crowl the ball near the low block on the first possession. Seeing him convert by being physical with his back to the basket, unleashing a spin move for an easy bucket was the positive response the staff was looking for.
Crowl’s season-high 18 points against Butler were a catalyst in breaking a three-game losing skid. He did it playing aggressively and in short spurts, playing in just 17 minutes (second-fewest of the season) and going 7-for-10 from the floor (second-most attempts of the year).
“It’s a credit to him,” Gard said. “The 17 minutes that he had, he took full advantage of those.”
The renewed play of Crowl and the growth of Nolan Winter could give Wisconsin a punch to the offense it hasn’t had through the first two months of the season. Crowl and Winter had only reached double figures in the same game once until last Saturday. The duo combined for 38 points and their play helped Wisconsin outscore Butler, 40-to-24, in the paint, its third-highest total for the season and the second-highest paint-scoring differential.
“They play and have pride in playing for what’s on the front of the jersey, knowing that the back of the jersey will get taken care of,” Gard said. “You really get individual accolades through team success. I don’t see a lot of MVP awards being handed out to an 8-25 team.”
Getting to 8-25 would be a huge step forward for Detroit Mercy, which opened last season with a 26-game losing streak and finished 1-31, the worst record in Division-1. Hiring Michigan State assistant Mark Montgomery, who has coached with Tom Izzo on two different occasions, the Titans run some patterns similar to the Spartans in addition to executing three-quarters court pressure and zone.
The Titans also have a good player in Lovejoy, as the transfer from Eastern Michigan is one of 10 Division 1 players who averages 13.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 1.9 steals per game. Detroit ranks 54th nationally in rebounding, averaging just under 40 per game. The problem the Titans are facing is health, as the Titans have three rotation players averaging at least 8.9 ppg out with injuries. The Titans played 10 student-athletes at NKU, six of those were freshmen who accounted for 101 of the 200 minutes as well as 38 of the 60 points and 22 of the 34 boards.
Wisconsin should handle an undermanned unit, as long as the Badgers aren’t overly rusty from finals week.
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MADISON – It appears that the Wisconsin football team will have almost a completely new quarterback room next season.
Mabrey Mettauer, the last scholarship player left at the position on the roster from this season, is expected to enter the transfer portal, according to 247sports. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound true freshman from The Woodlands, Texas, was a consensus four-star recruit coming out of high school.
This season he served as the top backup to Braedyn Locke after Tyler Van Dyke suffered a season-ending knee injury against Alabama. Mettauer appeared in one game and completed his only pass attempt.
He maintained his redshirt status and will have four years of eligibility remaining.
Mabrey’s departure was the last domino to fall from the firing of Phil Longo as offensive coordinator. Like Van Dyke and Locke, Mettauer came to Wisconsin with the idea that he would play in Longo’s pass-friendly offense.
Locke’s brother, Landyn, a member of the 2025 recruiting class, was also recruited by Longo. Landyn Locke has been released from his letter of intent and has re-opened his recruitment.
After 247sports broken the news of Mettauer’s expected departure he reposted the post on his X and Instagram accounts.
The loss of Mettauer means Wisconsin has three scholarship quarterbacks plus walk-on Milos Spasojevic on the roster for next season:
* Billy Edwards Jr., who started this season at Maryland and threw for 2,800 yards. He has one year of eligibility left.
* Danny O’Neil, who started at San Diego State as a true freshman and threw for 2,000 yards this season. He has three years of eligibility remaining.
* Carter Smith, a four-star prospect from Florida, will enroll early and participate in spring practice.
Wisconsin
14-year-old killed in Wisconsin school shooting shared gifts of music and art with many, friends say
MADISON, Wis. — Rubi Patricia Vergara was a talented young teenager who often handcrafted gifts for others and shared her musical talents with many, family friends recounted at funeral services held Saturday morning.
Vergara, 14, was a student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, where she was shot and killed by a fellow student Monday. Teacher Erin West, 42, was also killed in the attack.
“She was a quiet, gentle spirit who cared deeply for others,” City Church lead pastor Tom Flaherty said. “But Rubi also had a faith beyond her years.”
Vergara’s services were held at City Church, which is adjacent to the school. West’s funeral is set for Monday at Doxa Church in Madison, according to her obituary.
Two other injured students remained hospitalized Saturday in critical condition but were stable, UW Hospital said.
A family friend, Dawn Moris, spoke about Vergara’s compassion and empathy. Vergara made personalized birthday cards for loved ones with digital artwork, origami and had started crocheting. Moris showed those in the congregation a small crocheted smiley face potato crafted by Vergara.
“She applied a caring and creative approach to everything she did,” Moris said.
Vergara played keyboard in a family worship band and could hear a song and pick it up on the piano, Moris said. As a singer, she had a special talent of harmonizing and “sang like an angel,” Moris said.
Vergara’s aunt played her niece’s favorite song, “Shoulders” by for King & Country, on the guitar during the service. Her uncle, Andy Remus, thanked the people of Madison for supporting his family this past week.
Police say the shooter, 15-year-old student Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, shot herself at the school and died at a Madison hospital. Police have said she was in contact with a man in California who authorities say was planning to attack a government building. Rupnow’s motivation for the attack remains a key part of their investigation.
Volmert reported from Lansing, Michigan.
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