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Any agreement for a coronavirus relief package out of the Wisconsin Capitol has evaporated. A number of top Republicans in the state Assembly yesterday said they will not support the coronavirus relief plan from the state Senate that Governor Evers has said he will sign. Assembly Republican second in command Jim Steineke says he can’t support anything that doesn’t reopen schools and churches while continuing to allow low public health bosses to keep bars and restaurants closed. The Senate package is much

The Republicans who control the state legislature say Governor Evers is once again playing politics with the state’s unemployment crisis. A number of Republican lawmakers yesterday said the governor’s proposal for a special session to upgrade the state’s unemployment computers is about 10 months too late. Senator Howard Marklein says the governor has, and has had for months, all the money and authority he needs to fix problems at the Department of Workforce Development. He said there’s no need to

The names on this year’s list of Kennedy Center Honorees is star-studded.  Tom Roberts has details. PHOTO CREDIT: themusicuniverse.com

 Donald J. Trump is the first president in history to be impeached twice by the U.S. House.  New York Democratic Representative Sean Patrick Maloney says it’s a sad and historic day. The final vote was 232-197.  Ten Republicans joined Democrats in approving the latest impeachment resolution.  The resolution accuses the President of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol last week.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump provoked an armed rebellion against democracy.  The California Democrat also called the

A new strain of COVID-19 recently discovered in the United Kingdom is now identified in Wisconsin.  The Department of Health Services didn’t say where the strain was found but said it was identified through ongoing surveillance and genome sequencing on a small number of COVID tests.  Researchers believe the new strain is more contagious but there is no evidence that it’s more deadly. CLICK HERE FOR MORE New coronavirus cases in Wisconsin are topping 21-hundred in data released today.  The Department of Health

Governor Tony Evers is calling for a special session of the Legislature.  The governor today signed an executive order calling for the special session at noon on Tuesday, January 19th.  Evers wants to modernize the state’s unemployment system and will introduce a plan to appropriate money so the Department of Workforce Development can start the process quickly.

Wisconsin Lottery’s Wisconsin-only lotto game, Megabucks, entered 2021 with a lucky $1.4 Million winner. Jessica Eickman of East Troy claimed a winning Megabucks winning ticket, worth $1.4 Million annuity, $1.1 Million cash, on January 5, 2021. Eickman purchased the quick pick ticket for the December 16, 2020 drawing at Frank’s Piggly Wiggly in East Troy of Walworth county. Eickman called the win “a very unexpected and wonderful gift” and was shocked to discover she had the jackpot-winning ticket. She is a loyal Lottery player who plans to keep working

A proposed mask mandate in Eau Claire County could be met with a 200-dollar fine if violated. The Eau Claire City-County Health Department says the ordinance is nearly the same as the state-level mandate, although businesses would be required to put up signage stating that face coverings are required for entry. The County Board will conduct a first reading of the ordinance next Tuesday and the City Council will have a first reading at the end of the month. Both

The Eau Claire County jail is stocked up with sanitizing wipes and other supplies. The Western Dairyland Community Action Agency dropped off the donation Tuesday morning. The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office says the donation will help the jail stay COVID-free.  There are currently no positive cases of COVID-19 at the jail, no hospitalizations, and no deaths.  

The Powerball drawing tonight could make someone a multi-millionaire. The Powerball jackpot is now at an estimated 550-million-dollars, or 411-million-dollars for the cash option. The Wisconsin Lottery says the last winner of the Mega Millions jackpot earning 120-million-dollars was a Racine man who purchased the ticket at a Mount Pleasant Kwik Trip in September 2020. The Mega Millions Jackpot is now at 750-million-dollars, or 550-million-dollars cash. The drawing for that is Friday.