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Wisconsin gas prices are on the rise thanks to high demand.  Triple-A says the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in Wisconsin is three dollars and 19 cents.  That’s up six cents from last Friday.  In Madison the average is three-13, also up six cents from last week.  Triple-A says gas prices are up because more people are driving because of the mild winter.

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When you are a music fan, sometimes math can be a real drag. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we visit California for a performance that hits a high note, and gives us a peek at some golden pipes in the Golden State.  Nathan Braxton was  singing the song in the car-but not everyone was focused on the song performance. His dad chimes in and thinks he should spend more time memorizing math tables.  But as you hear, Nathan isn’t about

It’s adult charges for a 16-year-old Madison girl accused of nearly stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death. Prosecutors filed formal attempted first-degree homicide charges yesterday. Madison Police say the stabbing followed a fight at Warner Park on Wednesday, which followed a fight at Sherman Middle School earlier that day. Investigators say the 16-year-old stabbed the victim near his heart with a kitchen knife. Doctors say a few more millimeters and the victim would have died. A judge set the 16-year-old’s

The red kettles and bell ringers just aren’t getting it done for the Salvation Army any more. The Salvation Army yesterday said they fell 34 thousand-dollars short of their half-million dollar Red Kettle goal last year. Steve Heck with the Salvation Army blames the cold and the respiratory bug that was going around in late December. The shortfall will be felt, the Red Kettle Campaign accounts for 25 percent of the Salvation Army’s fundraising budget.

 There’s an investigation into a jail death in La Crosse County. Guards found a 28-year-old man unresponsive in his cell early yesterday morning. The inmate was rushed to the hospital but later died. La Crosse County’s sheriff has tapped the sheriff in Trempealeau County to handle the investigation.

A fourth suspect has been charged in connection to last month’s murder of a Milwaukee mailman. Prosecutors say 38-year-old Lakisha Ducksworth lied to investigators when she told them her home surveillance cameras weren’t working. They were, and prosecutors say they caught Aundre Cross delivering her mail a few days before he was gunned down. Lakisha Duckworth is the older sister of Charles Ducksworth, one of the people who prosecutors say shot Cross. Investigators believe Charles Ducksworth was mailing drugs between

The trial for a then-14-year-old accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an elderly woman outside of the Waukesha Public Library is set to start in May. Khalil Perry pleaded not guilty yesterday. Police say he kidnapped the 87-year-old victim at knife point, robbed her, then assaulted her. Perry’s lawyers wanted him tried in juvenile court, but the judge decided to allow adult charges in the case.

Wisconsin’s largest business group says most companies are expecting a recession this year.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce released its latest Employer Survey yesterday. The survey says 39 percent of employers rated the Wisconsin economy as strong or very strong. That is a five-point drop from the summer, and well below the 53 percent who said the economy was strong just a year ago. WMC’s Kurt Bauer says just 25 percent of bosses in Wisconsin expect the economy in this country to grow over the next

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Senate says switching to a flat tax will likely mean Wisconsin won’t have to raise other taxes. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu yesterday said eliminating Wisconsin’s personal income tax altogether would likely mean a tax increase somewhere else. LeMahieu said moving the state to a flat tax, however, would likely mean that lawmakers could keep the state’s sales and other taxes where they are. LeMahieu this week introduced his plan to move Wisconsin to a flat three-and-a-quarter percent personal income tax