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We will know soon whether there will be charges for the officers involved in Jacob Blake’s shooting. No one is saying when that decision will come, but the city of Kenosha is preparing for it right now. City leaders are expected to vote today on a resolution that could declare an emergency in the city ahead of any decision. There are reports that businesses downtown have already boarded-up their windows. Blake was shot in the back while resisting arrest back

Deputies in Vernon County say alcohol likely played a role in a weekend wreck in Viroqua. Two people were hurt when a pickup truck rolled over on Highway 56, about three in the morning on New Year’s Day. The driver, 34-year-old Anthony Hughes, is being referred to prosecutors for OWI charges.

The search for a missing St. Croix County man has come to a happy ending. Authorities yesterday said 82-year-old Marshall Warner has been found and is safe. The state issued a Silver Alert for Warner after he failed to come home on Friday. There is no word where he was found, or where he went.

It is the first day of the new year for Wisconsin lawmakers. Both the state Assembly and state Senate will hold their swearing-in ceremony today. A half-dozen Democrats in Wisconsin’s legislature have already taken their oath, but they did so virtually. Wisconsin Republicans hold a majority in the Senate and a super-majority in the state Assembly.

Add Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Joshnson to the list of Republicans on Capitol Hill who will object to the election results. Johnson on Saturday released a statement with other Republicans that said there are too many unanswered questions about voter fraud and the legitimacy of the November election to just sit by. Johnson wants a 10-day pause to look for answers regarding absentee and mail-in ballots, as well as look into questions as to whether key states followed state and federal election

A crash leaves a man dead. It was a bit before 3 on Sunday morning, January 3rd, when the Dunn County Communications Center received a report of a single vehicle crash on CTH BB, just north of USH 12 in Menomonie township. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and Menomonie Fire Department responded to the scene. Upon arrival, deputies located a lone unresponsive male in a 2008 Chevrolet, Envoy SUV in the field north of CTH BB. The preliminary investigation indicates

 The world’s richest people only got richer in 2020.  The 500 wealthiest people added an estimated one-point-eight-trillion-dollars to their personal fortunes.  That’s a 31-percent increase according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.  And, the those in the top five each hold more than 100-billion-dollars.  Matt Mattenson has the details: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is now worth 190-billion.  While Tesla’s Elon Musk had the greatest jump in wealth to 170-billion.  Chuck Collins who heads the Program on Inequality and the

Over 350-thousand have died in the U.S. from the coronavirus.  The new death toll comes as Americans start getting the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines.  Johns Hopkins University researchers say there have been over 20 million COVID-19 cases in the U.S.  Worldwide, there have been over 84 million cases and one-point-eight million deaths. For more from our own state Department of Health, CLICK HERE.

Supporters stage a pro life march in the capitol.  Pro Life Wisconsin director San Miller says his group wants a law to end abortion.  Miller says he thinks it is more likely that a U.S. President may mandate an executive order in the matter than for lawmakers in Congress to get rid of an old law and pass a new one.

The Badgers men’s basketball matchup against Penn State is cancelled.  The Badgers organization sent out a tweet last night saying both teams agreed to the postponement due to COVID-19 inspired health considerations.  The tweet says the BigTen Conference will reschedule the game.  Wisconsin resumes practice on Monday in preparation to take on Indiana this Thursday.