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The Powerball jackpot is up to 522-million dollars.  Nobody won the 500-million-dollar prize in the Saturday night drawing, so the jackpot rolls over for the Monday drawing.  Lottery officials say the cash option would be worth about 370-million dollars.  Not everyone went away empty-handed Saturday night – three tickets sold in Arizona, Florida and California were worth one-million dollars. 

A Dane County Sheriff’s deputy is expected to make a full recovery after being attacked by a suspect.  On Friday a suspect who had gotten injured during a domestic violence incident was being treated at Meriter ER when he attacked a deputy trying to arrest him.  The deputy was subsequently treated and released from the hospital for facial injuries.  Madison Police and the injured deputy subdued and arrested the suspect who now faces charges of battery to a law enforcement

The New Year’s Day snowfall is predicted to subside overnight to be followed by frigid temperatures today in Madison.  The city snowfall accumulation near five inches in some neighborhoods will be frozen in place at least through Tuesday.  Highs around the region today will top out at ten-degrees. Monday the mercury will reach into the low 20s and by Tuesday into the low 30s.

Hello and welcome to 2022! We are happy you are here to start your new day and new year. On this first day of the fresh calendar we continue a favorite Saturday tradition with a “scroll down memory lane” to begin our day with a look back at events in the pages of history that have lead us here to this new day ahead. The week can sometimes feel stressful and long. This is a way to kick off a

Th temps here have dipped to start the new year. Overall, when it comes to the winter weather bag prediction are for heavy snowfall through a swath of central Wisconsin starting tomorrow.  Madison could get up to five inches while further east and south in Milwaukee up to eight inches are in the forecast.  In anticipation of the snowfall, the cities of Beloit and Evansville will both have snow emergencies in place starting later this afternoon into Sunday.  Street parking won’t be

Two people are dead and two others are injured after an explosion in a Shawano County garage.  The explosion happened yesterday at the garage on Wisconsin 47 near Wisconsin 156 west of Green Bay.  Shawano County Sheriff’s investigators say initial evidence suggests a pressurized container may have exploded.  There is no word on the condition of the two people who were injured.

A beloved actress who career stretches decades has left us. Hollywood is paying tribute to the late Betty White.  The TV icon passed away Friday at the age of 99.  Among those offering condolences was Ryan Reynolds, who co-starred with White in “The Proposal.”  Reynolds tweeted, “The world looks different now,” and that White was “great at defying expectation.”  Her “Hot in Cleveland” costar Valerie Bertinelli wrote, “Rest in peace, sweet Betty,” and “how bright heaven must be right now.” 

The City of Stanley is thanking everyone who helped clean up after this month’s tornado.  The city sent out a thank you message earlier this week, mentioning the restaurants and businesses that provided meals to volunteers and the emergency responders from surrounding communities that helped out.  A tornado hit Stanley on December 15th when the first-ever derecho in the month of December swept through the Midwest.

Wisconsin gas prices are several cents higher headed into New Year’s than they were on Christmas Eve.  Triple-A says the average price for regular unleaded in Wisconsin is two dollars and 99 cents a gallon, up three cents from this time last week.  Some of the cheapest gas in Wisconsin is in Oshkosh where the average is two-91 a gallon.

The Iverson Park toboggan slides in Stevens Point are open for the season.  Iverson Park has two 300-foot slides, an ice rink, sled and snowboard runs, and skiing and snowshoe trails.  The slides are open from sunrise to 11:00 p.m.