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The Powerball jackpot continues to climb.  Lisa Taylor reports

 Downtown Madison businesses and government offices slam shut in defense against possible political upheaval.  NBC News’ Morgan Chesky says the city is taking steps to protect Capitol Square. Stores are expected to remain closed at least until the day after Inauguration Day this week, just in case.  Police in Madison say no specific threats targeting the state capitol have been received. This week the FBI advised all 50-states should be wary of possible armed protests in anticipation of Wednesday’s Presidential

Hello. Thank you for clicking in and spending some of your time with us. With so much happening every day, sometimes it’s nice just to take a moment to lighten up. That’s what this is. Each Saturday morning we take some time to “scroll down memory lane” and take a peek back before we move forward into our new day. So, grab your favorite morning sippin’ drink and let’s take a little scroll, shall we? Today is Saturday, January 16th,

The giant Mega Millions jackpot is now up to 850-million dollars.  Nobody matched all six numbers in last night’s Mega Millions drawing, so the 750-million-dollar jackpot is growing even larger for Tuesday’s drawing, to an estimated 850-million dollars, with a cash option of 628-million.  It’s the third largest jackpot of all time.  Americans are also lining up to get Powerball tickets.  The jackpot for tonight’s drawing is 640-million dollars, the eighth largest in U.S. history.

The state’s mask mandate is to be extended.  The current mandate concludes next week.  Yesterday, Governor Tony Evers said it will be extended 60 more days into March.  WMTV reports not everyone agrees.  Republican State Senator Steve Nass said he’ll be presenting a joint resolution to end the mask mandate.

Toy Evers is unhappy with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine program.  He signed onto a letter of objection yesterday along with the governors of neighboring states which was sent to Health and Human Services chief Alex Azar.  Earlier  this week  Azar announced he’ll be leaving the Trump administration January 20th.  The letter from the governors of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota claims the Trump Administration’s handling of the vaccine rollout has been flawed and misleading. The letter calls for authority for

In a time when so many people are struggling with money issues, a story like this is priceless. Last week, we heard about a homeless guy in California who returned a woman’s lost wallet.  Now there’s an update that made us smile. CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE STORY FROM MORGAN MCCARTHY: Someone started a GoFundMe page for him that’s raised around $50,000.  Below you can watch a video where he is thanking people and talking about how appreciative he is. CLICK

The Department of Health Services is confirming 22-hundred-and-69 new COVID-19 over the last 24 hours. The data released today boosts the total number of cases statewide since the pandemic began to over 518-thousand.  Thirty-two deaths were also reported today raising the death toll to over five-thousand-300. CLICK HERE FOR AN EASY TRIP TO WI DHS When it comes to vaccination roll out here in our area, Gov. Tony Evers today announced the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the

Many unemployed Wisconsinites will start receiving additional jobless benefits.  Those who qualify will receive 300-dollars a week in federal unemployment payments.  The State Department of Workforce Development has started distributing the additional benefits and more information is available on the DWD website.

The average cost of regular gas in Wisconsin is two-dollars-and-23-cents today.  That’s nine-cents higher than a week ago and 25-cents higher than a month ago.  Triple-A says the national average per gallon is 2.37.  Drivers are paying 2.25 a gallon in Racine, 2.21 a gallon in Janesville, Oshkosh and Madison, here closer to our area we are hanging out at 2.26 in Eau Claire and 2.27 in La Crosse.