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The Amazon facility in Cottage Grove is taking its next step forward. Cottage Grove’s village board last approved the plans for a new three-point-four million-square foot distribution center. Some neighbors don’t like the idea of such a large warehouse going-in near their homes. Cottage Grove says the project could be worth as much as 200-million-dollars, and bring 15-hundred new jobs to town.

It is certainly a sellers’ market in Wisconsin. The state’s Realtors Association released its latest report yesterday that says home prices are up while the supply of homes for sale is down. The median price for a home in Wisconsin is now 231-thousand-dollars, up from 210-thousand-dollars last year. But the actual price varies depending on where you are looking. The Realtors say statewide inventory is down nearly 15 percent compared to January of 2021. Interest rates are also increasing.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations are under 700 for the first time since last summer. The state’s Hospital Association released its latest update yesterday. There are now just 689 people in the hospital with the virus, including 138 in the ICU. It’s the first time since last August that there are fewer than 700 people in the hospital and fewer than 150 people in the ICU in the state. Wisconsin has seen its coronavirus hospitalization numbers plummet since their peak in early January.

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is unveiling a series of President Bobbleheads.  It took to social media to announce the new line of figures.  All Presidents are available for purchase, which start at 30-dollars per figure.  The bobbleheads are set to start shipping in May. CLICK HERE FOR MORE A timely addition to your shelves on this day. Today is Presidents’ Day, a day to honor America’s commanders-in-chief.  Michael Castner reports.

 A central Wisconsin woman is dead after a head-on car crash in Minnesota.  The Minnesota State Patrol says Winona State University student Hannah Goman of Stevens Point was riding in a car that was hit by a pickup truck in Winona early Saturday morning.  The driver and another passenger in the car were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Tens of thousands of dollars are raised for families of fallen firefighters in southern Wisconsin.  First responders in Highland held a BBQ fundraiser for the families over the weekend.  They received 20-thousand dollars in donations, double their initial goal.  That money will be given to the families of fallen firefighters from Mineral Falls.

Despite the cold weather, 17 food science majors from China were warmly welcomed to the Midwest this spring term to join their peers on campus in University of Wisconsin-Stout’s food science and technology program. “It is important to recognize the power of international education and exchange in terms of the unique advantages it provides participating students…” The students will earn dual degrees from UW-Stout and their home institutions as part of the Sino-American CHEPD 1+2+1 program, organized by the China Center for International

Sports fans in and around Milwaukee will soon be able to bet on the games. Governor Evers and the Forest County Potawatomi on Friday announced a new deal to open a sports book at the Potawatomi Casino. The hope is to have the sports betting area open by the end of the year. Potawatomi is the third casino in Wisconsin to add a sports book. The Oneida tribe opened the first last year, and there are plans to add sports betting at

There are questions to be answered about the fight that ended yesterday’s basketball game between Wisconsin and Michigan. Michigan coach Juwan Howard slapped a UW assistant coach in the face after having words with head coach Greg Guard. That set-off a scrum between players. The Big Ten Conference yesterday said it is aware of the fight, and is ‘assessing’ the incident.

It was a busy weekend for rescue crews in Winnebago County. The sheriff’s office says they had to pull at least 25 people off the ice on Lake Winnebago, Lake Poygan and Lake Butte des Morts between Friday night and Saturday morning. Friday night’s blizzard-like conditions are getting some of the blame. Deputies say fishermen couldn’t see where they were going. At least eight vehicles either went into the water or had to be towed out. There are no reports