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One person’s dead after a fire at a trailer park in southern Wisconsin.  The fire broke out in Monroe Wednesday morning.  The Monroe Fire Department says firefighters found a person dead after putting the fire out.  The trailer where the fire started is considered a total loss while a nearby trailer is heavily damaged.  The victim hasn’t been identified and the cause of the fire hasn’t been determined.

Cottage Grove is another step closer to getting an Amazon distribution center.  The Cottage Grove Plan Commission unanimously approved the distribution center project yesterday, sending it to the village board for consideration.  The distribution center would take up close to 150 acres of land near Highways N and TT.  It’s expected to create around 15-hundred new jobs.

It took six hours and a blast of tear gas to end a standoff in Sauk County last night.  Police say everything started in the town of Sumpter about 2 p.m.  That’s where a man was holed-up in a trailer and making threats.  He told police that he had a gun.  Sauk County’s SWAT team was called in.  After hours of talking, officers fired tear gas into the trailer and went in and arrested the man.  No one was hurt. 

Wisconsin’s election managers are ending ballot drop boxes, for now.  The state’s Elections Commission yesterday rescinded its guidance on the drop boxes to fall into line with a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court order.  That order said voters cannot use the ballot drop boxes in the April or November elections.  The move from WEC came just 12 hours after the polls closed in Tuesday’s primary election. Continuing on the election stage, The head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission says all of the “conspiracy theories” about

It’s an election-year reversal.  Governor Tony Evers on Tuesday said he wants to reinstate the University of Wisconsin’s tuition freeze.  Republican lawmakers first froze tuition in the UW System under former Governor Walker.  Governor Evers opposed the freeze when he ran for governor four years ago.  Now, he wants to use federal coronavirus dollars to send more money to the university while freezing costs for Wisconsin students.  Republican lawmakers are expected to ignore the governor’s proposal.

Students at both UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stout can ditch the face masks just before spring break.  The two campuses yesterday said they will both end their mask requirements on March 11th.  The UW System yesterday said schools could end their mask mandates as early as March 1st.  School leaders say the drop in both coronavirus cases and hospitalizations is driving the decision. Students at UW-Madison will soon be able to leave their masks at home.  The university yesterday said it

Kwik Trip is trying to have a little bit of fun with its latest supply chain problem.  The company this week sent out a tongue-and-cheek Facebook post asking people to bring their own coffee cups.  The post says “a gas station that shall not be named stole them.”  Company managers say they are not completely out of cups, they are just having a tough time getting enough.  Kwik Trip says it would help if people brought a cup from home. 

Chippewa Valley Technical College is lifting its mask requirement at all campuses starting Thursday, Feb. 17, citing a decline in COVID-19 cases, said college officials. “The safety of our faculty, staff and students is always our top priority,” said CVTC President Sunem Beaton-Garcia. “At this time, with COVID-19 case numbers down, abundant access to the vaccine, testing readily available, and support from local health department officials, we’re ready to make masks optional in our facilities.” CVTC continues to encourage vaccines

A Madison teenager is wanted in connection with a shooting outside a high school basketball game in Beloit. The city says 19-year-old Amaree Goodall is wanted on a first-degree reckless homicide charge.  Goodall’s accused of shooting and killing a fellow 19-year-old back on January 29th.  Anyone with information on Goodall is asked to call police.

The University of Wisconsin System plans to end mask mandates on campus by next month.  A recent press release from System President Tommy Thompson says he’s working with chancellors to have mask mandates removed by March 1st.  Thompson says mask requirements will be removed no later than spring break.  He says he’s able to remove mask requirements because of falling coronavirus numbers.