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If you live in the southern half of Wisconsin you’ll soon be able to catch a nearby train running between Chicago and the Twin Cities.  Amtrak leaders were in La Crosse yesterday where they announced a plan to connect Chicago and the Twin Cities.  Amtrak says the rail will run through several southern Wisconsin cities including La Crosse, Wisconsin Dells, and Milwaukee.  It’s expected to be up and running by 2024.

Another Wisconsin state senator announces their retirement.  Republican Jerry Petrowski of Marathon announced today he won’t be seeking reelection in November.  Petrowski was first elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1998 and was elected to the senate in 2012.

Tickets for four Wisconsin State Fair Main Stage concerts are on sale today.  They include Jeff Dunham, Nelly, Zach Williams, and the Happy Together Tour.  Tickets went on sale at nine o’clock this morning.  They can be purchased online WITH A CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Wisconsin’s governor is angry Congress isn’t giving the state more coronavirus stimulus money. Governor Evers yesterday blasted the Democrats who control Congress for reducing the state’s latest stimulus payment by about 225 million-dollars. Congress says it’s reducing Wisconsin’s share because the unemployment rate in the state has improved and more people are getting back to work. The governor says Wisconsin could have used that 225 million to support families, farmers, and small businesses.   Wisconsin has already received over three billion-dollars in coronavirus aid from

There is more confusion about absentee ballots heading into the November election in Wisconsin. The state’s Elections Commission yesterday deadlocked on whether election clerks should be able to fill-in missing information on absentee ballots on their own. The Commission in January okayed rules that would allow clerks to do just that, but those rules expire before November. Democratic commissioners say clerks should be allowed to correct mistakes so that absentee votes can be counted. Republican commissioners say voters should be expected

Add John Deere to the list of companies no longer doing business in Russia. The big green tractor maker yesterday said it stopped shipping its machines to Russia two weeks ago. John Deere said in a statement that it is worried about the safety and well-being of its employees in Ukraine as the war there continues. It’s not clear what the decision will mean for Deere’s plant in Horicon.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is offering to cover the cost of hotel rooms and help with the medical bills of students forced out of the dorm last week because of a carbon monoxide leak. The school says 17 students were taken to the hospital after the leak, nearly 400 others had to find a place to stay for the night. UW-M says it is still working-out the details about how it will pay for the students’ costs. The carbon monoxide leak

Forecasters say Stoughton’s weekend tornado was simply too quick for them to sound the emergency sirens. The National Weather Service’s Tim Halbach says the tornado on Saturday formed and faded before they had a chance to properly warn everyone. The tornado destroyed one home and one business, and damaged nearly 200 other homes. No one was seriously hurt. Halbach says the tornado quickly formed, and was almost gone by the time it showed-up on their radar.

The teen accused of shooting eight people at the Mayfair Mall back in 2020 could face adult charges in the case. The Wisconsin Supreme Court yesterday questioned whether the first judge made the case to keep the then-15-year-old’s trial in juvenile court. Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley questioned what the first judge had to say about public safety in the case. Wauwatosa Police say the teen opened fire in the mall in November of 2020 during a fight. He hit three of the

It will be next month before a judge decides if a 14-year-old should be tried as an adult for the carjacking and rape of an 87-tear-old woman in Waukesha back in November. Prosecutors yesterday told the judge that the teen needs to be held accountable for what he did. Police say he pulled a knife on the woman near the Waukesha Library, forced her into her car, raped her, stole her credit card and checkbook, then threatened to kill her