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 Record high temperatures are possible this week, according to the National Weather Service. They say temperatures will climb into the 60s and 70s tomorrow. A cold front is moving in Wednesday bringing the chance for some rain, thunderstorms and cooler temperatures into the weekend.

With warmer temperatures moving in across the Midwest, the state Department of Natural Resources is warning about bear encounters. They say bears are coming out of hibernation and it’s likely they know where there could be opportunities for food near humans. The D-N-R has a few tips online to avoid and protect yourself during bear encounters.

A La Crosse woman is taking a quick trip across the state to visit every Kwik Trip convenience store there is. K-T Girl Cassandra Berger documents her trips on the Kwik Trip YouTube page. She says her love of the gas station started when she was growing up in Iowa. She says she plans to visit 40-to-50 per month until she visits all 400-in the state. 

The search for an armed and dangerous man who escaped a police standoff last week is over. Click to hear more 715 Newsroom coverage with Jon DeMaster: The sheriff in Jackson County says deputies arrested 74-year-old Gary Hughes yesterday afternoon in the Town of Springfield. Hughes was on the run after a standoff with authorities on Thursday night. The sheriff says he managed to escape by shooting at deputies. Hughes was originally wanted for a probation violation.

A robber in Arcadia didn’t get very far. Police say they arrested 34-year-old Michael Andre yesterday afternoon. They say he’d just robbed the local Express Mart. Police say Andre pulled out a gun and demanded money, and he got 100 dollars before running out of the store.

Expect more questions about how absentee and indefinitely confined ballots were handled last November. A State Assembly committee is planning to hold a hearing this week into the general election. The hearing will be only for invited speakers, and there will be no public comment. Republicans in the state legislature say they have lingering questions about how and if Wisconsin’s election laws were followed last fall.

Time is running out to burn your tree branches and other yard scrap. The state’s Department of Natural Resources is telling people to get their yearly burns done before the snow melts. Folks in more rural parts of the state can burn all sorts of debris from their yards or land. DNR says it’s best to do that quickly so the embers or flames don’t spread and start other fires.

We will look to politics on the national level and then closer to us. There were no surprises from Wisconsin’s two U.S. senators in how they voted on the coronavirus relief package. Republican Ron Johnson voted against the nearly two-trillion-dollar spending plan. He said there’s just too much unnecessary spending. Democrat Tammy Baldwin joined every other Democrat in voting for the plan. She says the money included in the package will help people struggling from the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the top Republicans

One in six people in Wisconsin have gotten one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said over a million people have gotten one shot. Another 600-thousand people have gotten both shots. DHS says over 10-percent of people in the state are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Wisconsin’s attorney general says a robocalling firm that flooded peoples phones for years has been shut down. A-G Josh Kaul joined the Federal Trade Commission and 38 other states in taking action against the company Associated Community Services. Kaul says ACS would bombard people with calls for shady charities. In Wisconsin, ACS made 43-million calls to over one-million different people. ACS was fined 110-million-dollars, but the judge suspended that fine because the company and its affiliates cannot make the payments.