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Governor Tony Evers will deliver his final State of the State address tonight.  This will be Evers’ eighth and final State of the State address, as Evers announced last year that he would not seek a third term in office.  His address will be delivered at 7 p.m. at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison.

A skier is dead following an accident at Granite Peak in Rib Mountain State Park.  Authorities say that earlier this month, 20-year-old Ally Blattner was killed when she struck a tree as she was skiing.  Blattner was a student of UW-Oshkosh who was preparing to study nursing and was a member of the Tri Sigma sorority.

Gas prices across Wisconsin remain well below the national average this week.  Triple A says the current cost per gallon averages at two-dollars and 57-cents in the state.  Meanwhile, the national average has risen slightly, to two-dollars and 92-cents per gallon.

More arrests are being made in connection with a Buffalo County drug investigation.  One person was arrested last month after the discovery of 220 grams of methamphetamine and 165 grams of suspected heroin at a home in Fountain City, and charged with a list of drug offenses.  The Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office announced yesterday that two additional suspects have now also been taken into custody.

Congressman Derrick Van Orden was in Eau Claire County on Monday announcing federal funding for a water system project in Altoona.  The two-point-two-five-million-dollars in funding will go towards the development of a service line providing clean water to Hillcrest Estates mobile home residents.  More than 170 mobile home lots will be reached by the line. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

 Bystanders came to the rescue yesterday when a pickup truck fell through the ice atop Lake Onalaska.  Witnesses helped to rescue the truck’s driver.  No one was hurt.

The UW-La Crosse football team has a new head coach.  Assistant coach Michael Zweifel is being promoted to the top job.  A news conference featuring the coach will take place today. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

The season is over for the City of Eau Claire’s outdoor skating rinks.  The city says the turn towards higher temperatures is leading to the early ending of season for the rinks.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) once again saw an incredible outpouring of support through its annual Valentines for Veterans program. This year, WDVA received more than 40,000 valentines from individuals and groups across the United States, and even from as far away as Canada and Germany. “Every year, we’re reminded that gratitude for service is overwhelming,” said WDVA Secretary James Bond. “People from Milwaukee to Superior, from Tierra Verde, Florida to Chugiak, Alaska took the time to reach out to our veterans. When you

The gift of a board game, a visit to a historic distillery and a sleepless night during a sabbatical in Scotland combined to inspire University of Wisconsin-Stout Professor Dave Beck to create a successful game design business. These experiences also transformed Beck’s approach to teaching students in UW-Stout’s game design and development programs. Whether they come from the artistic or computer science sides of game design, students make their way to Beck’s Introduction to Game Design course, where he stresses the fundamentals. And good