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The plan to build a casino in Beloit is being opposed by anti-gambling groups.  Citizens Against Expanded Gambling and Wisconsin Family Action want Governor Tony Evers to disapprove the casino plan.  The activists say the state’s 25 casinos are enough.  Beloit City Manager Lori Curtis Luther says the project means jobs for the local economy.  Governor Evers gave his approval this week.

Three University of Wisconsin-Madison students are cited by police over a stolen pine tree.  The rare tree species was at the UW Arboretum when it was cut down back in November.  The students were given citations this week.  They told investigators they cut down the tree as part of a task they had to do as pledges to get into a student organization which as it turns out is not an authorized campus organization.  Arboretum Garden Curator Dave Stevens laments the

There is a new head women’s basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Yesterday, Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced the school has hired Marisa Moseley as head coach of the women’s basketball team.  Moseley comes to Madison after a three-season stint as head coach of her alma mater Boston University where she has made her mark with a 45-29 winning record.  Before that she was an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut.

Usually in the classroom, teachers discourage monkeying around. However, for this weeks’ Friday Feel Good we turn that idea on it’s head! A kindergarten teacher in Washington state is going viral after he went above and beyond . . . grabbed his laptop . . . and took students on a virtual field trip from Zoom to the zoo. Proving that sometimes learning really can be a barrel of monkeys! CLICK BELOW TO HEAR MORE WITH Morgan McCarthy:

There are 434 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed by Department of Health Services today.  Those cases increase the total number of coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic to just under 575-thousand.  No additional deaths were reported, keeping the COVID-19 death toll at nearly 66-hundred. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

A new bill signed by the governor will allow bars and restaurants to sell cocktails for takeout.  The bipartisan bill takes effect immediately.  The new law  means glasses of wine and mixed drinks can be sold for pickup but not delivery.  The containers for the drinks must have tamper evident seals.

The average price for regular gas is down a nickel a gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price at the pump in Wisconsin is two-dollars-and-64-cents a gallon today.  The national average is two-86.  Gas prices average 2.86 a gallon in the Pierce-St. Croix County area, 2.66 in Eau Claire, two-60 in Oshkosh and below two-60 a gallon in Milwaukee, Appleton, Green Bay, Fond du Lac and Racine.

Eau Claire County has COVID vaccine appointments available Saturday. The clinic is offering the Johnson and Johnson single-dose vaccine. A link to sign-up for an appointment is available on the Eau Claire City-County Health Department Facebook page. The clinic will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. COVID case numbers are going down in Eau Claire. The city-county health department says Eau Clarie County’s positivity rate is down and there have only been 66-new cases in the last seven

The number of charges against a man accused of drugging, raping, and filming women and girls in Racine County is growing. The D.A. in Racine yesterday filed formal charges against 46-year-old Shane Stanger. The sheriff says Stanger is a ‘sick pervert’ who drugged and raped women and girls as young as 10, and filmed the whole thing. Investigators in Racine are working with investigators in Iowa to see if Stanger has more victims there. He’s being held in jail in

Eau Claire County is going to get the 31-thousand-dollar jackpot from Big T’s Saloon’s shake of the day game. The district attorney yesterday settled the case against Terry Luer. He was busted last fall for having an illegal dice game at his bar. Luer is forfeiting the jackpot and paying court costs, but he’s not going to jail. He pleaded guilty to a felony gambling charge. But the judge says if he stays clean for a year, that felony charge