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The Mega-Millions jackpot is growing again. No one won last night’s drawing, so Friday night;s drawing will now be worth one-point-three billion-dollars. The lump sum cash payout on that would be 708 million-dollars. One-point-three billion will be the second largest Mega-Millions jackpot ever. It’s been three months since someone won the big prize. Your chances of winning the prize this time are about one-in-300-million.

A Green Bay mom is looking at charges after police say she left her kids alone to go to the bar.  Green Bay Police say they found Christina Badalamenti’s non-verbal six-year-old son wandering around a parking garage. They took him in, and took him home. That’s when police say they found his four-year-old sister alone in the house. Officers were able to track Badalamenti down, she initially told police she left the kids with a babysitter. Prosecutors on Monday filed

The weather once again causes some hiccups for morning commuters and schools. To see a full list of the delays, closures, and adjustments to your daily schedule CLICK HERE for our partners at WEAU 13 News. Be sure to leave extra time for travel and be safe!

There’s new talk of a merger between Eau Claire and Altoona’s fire departments. Eau Claire Deputy Chief Matt Jagger says the city already provides EMS service for Altoona, and there have been talks about a full fire merger in the past. He says the new talks are not yet final. The biggest sticking point will be the cost. Both cities say they will need to add new equipment, and Altoona may have to hire more full time firefighters. No one

Eau Claire school board members are saying No to a push to teach ‘voter education’ as part of the regular lesson plan. The school board on Monday rejected a resolution being pushed by the Wisconsin Association of School Boards that would add voter education classes as part of a ‘well-rounded education.’ Board member Marquell Johnson says some parents may see teaching voter education as indoctrinating students. The Association of School Boards has a long list of resolutions it wants to see local

School leaders in Altoona are looking to ask taxpayers for money this spring. The city’s school board will vote tomorrow night on whether to put a 26 million-dollar tax hike on the April ballot. Superintendent Heidi Eliopoulos says they want to buy the National Business Institute and turn it into an elementary school. Eliopoulos says Altoona is growing, and that means the city’s schools need to grow as well.

Expect a lot more burgers and root beer floats on the menu for folks in Altoona. The new A&W in the city opened yesterday, and as expected there was a crowd waiting for those cheese curds and happy to get a float for lunch!

The owners of the recycling center that burned in Whitewater are promising to rebuild. Manager Dan Jongetjes with John’s Disposal says they will use this week’s fire as motivation to come back stronger. He said the business is ‘here to stay.’ Fire investigators have not yet said what caused the fire that gutted part of John’s main building. Whitewater leaders say none of John’s garbage trucks were damaged, so garbage and recycling service in the city shouldn’t be too disrupted.

  The University Club on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will reopen later this month.  The University of Wisconsin announced this week the University Club will reopen on January 23rd with a new casual dining concept called University Commons.  The University Club closed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic and was unable to reopen because of financial losses.  Now the Wisconsin Union is managing the club and has support from over 400 Wisconsin Union staff and students.

Wisconsin ranks second-to-last when it comes to racial progress.  That’s according to a new study from WalletHub, which puts Wisconsin only ahead of Washington, DC.  WalletHub says it uses 21 key indicators of equality and integration to make its rankings, and Wisconsin ranks in the bottom five in eight of them.  Wisconsin also ranks last in racial poverty rate gap.  WalletHub says the state with the most racial progress is Hawaii.  Washington, DC has the least.