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Hello. Thanks for stopping by the 715 Newsroom on your Saturday morning. The days can get busy and occasionally, overwhelming. Hey, we get it. “The NEWS” is hard to digest sometimes, but being informed is important. It’s all about balance. Which is why to kick off your weekend we like to take a Saturday “scroll down memory lane” to see what events have happened on this date leading us here. A lighter way to start your day. So, grab your

A House committee is unveiling the new coronavirus relief package.  Click below to hear more from Jim Forbes: The giant 591-page bill includes the one-point-nine-trillion dollar proposal laid out by President Biden.  The House Budget Committee will review the bill on Monday, and it could be approved by the full House as soon as next week.  The relief package includes stimulus checks, unemployment assistance and tax credits for families and workers.

Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is reportedly considering running for governor of Wisconsin.  Sources say Priebus is having conversations with top Republicans in the state about challenging Democratic Governor Tony Evers next year.  He was former President Trump’s first chief of staff.  Priebus is a former chairman of the Wisconsin and national Republican parties.  Other Republicans considering running are former Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and State Senate President Chris Kapenga.

A limited number of fans will be allowed into the March Madness games this year.  The NCAA said Friday that all 67-games of the series will have fans in the stands.  The games will be attended at 25-percent capacity.  Most tournament games will be played in the Indianapolis area this year.

A woman picked up a 5th OWI. 55 year old Lynnett M Markkula, from Superior, has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 5th offense. It was a bit after 6:30 on the evening of February 19th when the Wisconsin State Patrol stopped a vehicle for speed on STH 35 in the City of Superior. A subsequent investigation including standardized field sobriety test was conducted.  Murkkula was arrested for operating

The Department of Health confirms 774 new COVID-19 cases statewide in the last day.  The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic now tops 558-thousand.  There were 35 deaths reported today to bring the total number of Wisconsin residents to die from COVID-19 to more than 62-hundred. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS

A Janesville man is being held on five-million-dollars and is charged with first-degree murder after being found in a hotel room with a dead woman. Jeremy Monday is charged today with homicide resulting from domestic abuse as well as bail jumping and possession of a firearm by a felon.  He was taken into custody at a Wisconsin Dells Hotel last weekend after police conducted a wellness check and inquired about the woman.

The Pewaukee man who survived a 70-foot drop off the I-94 overpass earlier this month is now facing a handful of tickets from his crash. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office yesterday issued Richard Oliver tickets for driving while revoked, speeding, and failing to keep his vehicle under control. Deputies say Oliver was going 77 miles-per-hour over the Zoo Interchange when he wrecked, pinballed from side to side, hit a snowbank, and went over the edge. Oliver broke his legs and

A longtime football coach in the D.C. Everest School District is being remembered as a beloved coach, mentor and teacher.  The district today announced the passing of former football coach Wayne Steffenhagen.  He coached the varsity football team for 33 years winning 16 Wisconsin Valley championships and five state championships.  When he retired in 2013 Steffenhagan had posted a record of 276 wins and only 73 losses.

The average cost of regular gas is up 14-cents-a-gallon in Wisconsin compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the price at the pump is 252-cents today, which is 30-cents-a-gallon higher than a month ago.  The national average is 260.  Drivers are paying two-dollars-and-43-cents a gallon in Appleton, 2.47 in Green Bay, 2.50 in Madison and Milwaukee, two-dollars-and-67-cents a gallon in La Crosse and about 2.59 in Eau Claire.