Anchor Landon Moore reports at 18 degrees from the WHBY Omni Glass and Paint News Center. Reporter Jonathan Krause leads with a story on Merge Urban Development, an Iowa company that has development agreements for high-density housing in Appleton, Oshkosh, and Green Bay but continues seeking extensions on all three. In Green Bay, the riverfront shipyard project has not started despite a five-year-old agreement, prompting Mayor Eric Genrich to question the company's commitment. Merge managing partner Brent Dahlstrom defends the company, saying seven projects are actively under construction and Green Bay is next. The Green Bay Redevelopment Authority has set a June deadline for Merge to begin or risk the city repurchasing the site. In Oshkosh, Merge has abandoned plans for a third apartment building in the Marion Road redevelopment, costing them a portion of their tax incremental financing. Community Development Director Sarah Rutkowski says the district has done all it can under the agreement. In Appleton, Merge plans to begin the second phase of Urbane 115 this year, more than four years after the original agreement. A stabbing on the 400 block of South Keller Street in Oshkosh Saturday morning left a 35-year-old man with non-life-threatening injuries. A 41-year-old suspect was apprehended north of Oshkosh and formal charges are pending. A house fire in Bellevue on Sunday morning killed one person and injured another; one occupant escaped while a second was removed by firefighters and later died. The cause is under investigation. Beaver Dam residents addressed the Wisconsin Public Service Commission about Meta and Alliant Energy's utility rate contract for a planned AI data center. Resident Emily Lui-Tan said the process has been opaque from the start and nearly all cost details are redacted from the public docket. A union representative named Shoemaker supported the contract, citing clean energy work including solar and battery storage connected to the project. Residents are asking for a statewide standard ensuring data centers pay their fair share rather than leaving ratepayers exposed if the data center bubble bursts. Rick McNeil, longtime host of the WAPL Morning Show, died Saturday afternoon after a brief illness at age 67. McNeil spent more than 40 years with WAPL and parent company Woodward Community Media. Funeral arrangements were pending at the time of the report.
