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The upcoming Democrat Party Convention in Milwaukee is bringing plenty of business to Madison.  Fox47 reported yesterday that Wisconsin Democrat Party Chair Ben Wikler says no state delegate groups will stay in Madison but lots of visitors will use Madison as their stop off point.   The convention is scheduled for July 13-16 next year at Fiserv Forum.  The actual Democrat Party delegates from around the country will be staying in Milwaukee and as far south as Chicago. 

Missing for 10 YearsOn August 21st, 2009, Rose Marie Bly left her residence in northwest Polk County believed to be on her way to Cushing, Wisconsin.  She has not been seen or heard from since. Ten years have now passed since Rose’s family and friends have seen their loved one.  Since that day, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office has received over 200 tips and have interviewed more than 150 people hoping to find the answer that everyone is searching for….where

The death of a Wisconsin man at a New York City high-rise is under investigation.  Authorities say Samuel Waisbren of Fox Point was trying to get out of an elevator yesterday when it malfunctioned.  The 30-year-old was trapped between the elevator car and the shaft and was pronounced dead at the scene.  Waisbren was a graduate of Nicolet High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

State Attorney General Josh Kaul is joining a bipartisan coalition to stop illegal robocalls.   Kaul says the number of calls must be reduced dramatically.  A coalition of 51 attorneys general and 12 telecommunication companies agreed to adopt eight principles to fight the robocalls.  They include the companies implementing call-blocking technology, monitoring their networks for robocall traffic and developing technology to authenticate that callers are coming from a valid source. 

The average cost for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is down four-cents-a-gallon for the third straight week.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-57-cents, three-cents below the national average.  Drivers are paying an average of two-54-a-gallon in Dane County, two-63 in Manitowoc and Marathon counties and two-48 in Fond du Lac.  Elsewhere, the average price at the pump in Sawyer, St. Croix and Chippewa counties is two-64 for regular gas.   

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is holding a press conference this afternoon about a woman who went missing in Saint Croix Falls ten years ago.  The sheriff’s office says then 21-year-old Rose Marie Bly left her house in August of 2009 but was never seen again.  Her car was found in Grantsburg five days later with no signs of struggle.  The sheriff’s office will have an update on the case including age-enhanced pictures at one o’clock. 

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says Wisconsin drivers are being safer.  The DOT says 90 percent of Wisconsin drivers wear their seatbelt.  That’s better than the 26 percent that wore their seatbelt when the state’s first seatbelt law went into effect in 1987.  The DOT says the most people who don’t wear their seatbelts are men between 18 and 35-years-old and truck drivers. 

A man is facing charges after crashing his car into a Beaver Dam middle school.  Police say a woman told them she got into an argument with her roommate Roy Cortez Wednesday night.  A criminal complaint says Cortez ran from police and crashed into Beaver Dam Middle School later that night.  The crash did about 100-thousand dollars of damage to the school.  Cortez is facing five charges and is being held on ten-thousand dollars bond. 

The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office is releasing more information about a deadly accident at the Viroqua Airport.  The sheriff’s office says a plane crashed in a field off Miller Road in the town of Jefferson Monday evening.  The pilot, 65-year-old Jack Wuolle, died in the crash.  It’s unclear exactly how the plane crashed but witnesses say they heard the engine stop before it descended. 

Parents in Eau Claire can now see if their kids will change schools next year.  Eau Claire schools yesterday released an interactive redistricting map that shows any and all enrollment changes.  Eau Claire’s school board voted last month to redistrict seven elementary schools to ‘balance’ the district’s enrollment.  Kids at Lakeshore, Locust Lane, Longfellow, Northwoods, Roosevelt, Sam Davey and Sherman Elementary will be impacted.  CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE ON THE NEW MAP