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Wisconsin’s sports stars are like most of the rest of the country, mourning the loss of Kobe Bryant. Players, coaches, and even broadcasters took to social media yesterday to express their sadness after word of Bryant’s death broke. J.J. Watt said it was truly horrific news, Brett Favre offered-up thoughts and prayers, and Christian Yellich said Bryant’s death is a loss for the world. Bryant died when the helicopter he was riding in crashed into a mountain in California yesterday

Prosecutors in La Crosse are moving ahead with charges against a 39-year-old man who police say drugged and raped his roommate. Police say Joshua Rice admitted that he injected his female roommate with ecstasy last week. Police say he then sexually assaulted her. In addition to a sexual assault charge, prosecutors filed a series of drug charges against Rice.

We could get some more answers about that deadly officer-involved shooting in Wausau from two weeks ago. Wausau Police Chief Ben Bliven says the state may release the names of the officers involved in the shooting today. They’re all on standard post-shooting leave. Investigators are also being tight lipped about the victim of the shooting.

Hospitals across the state of Wisconsin are getting ready for the chance of the coronavirus. The deadly virus has killed at least 80 people and sickened thousands in China. Six students at UW Platteville are being monitored for symptoms. UW Health officials say their coronavirus plan involves masks and isolation rooms for anyone suspected of having the virus. There is a confirmed case in Chicago, a woman who flew into O’Hare airport last week is said to be sick with the coronavirus.

The race for Congress in western Wisconsin is getting crowded. Jessi Ebben on Friday announced that she is running to replace the current congressman, Ron Kind. Kind is a Democrat and has been in Congress since 1997. Ebben says she is a conservative who supports President Trump’s agenda and wants to get things done for western Wisconsin. Ebben is the latest Republican to take-on Kind. President Trump won his district in 2016, but Kind won re-election two years ago.

Rebecca Kleefisch is making it official, kinda. The former lieutenant governor last week told a crowd at the Republican Women of Southeast Wisconsin’s meeting in Kenosha that she is considering a run for office again. But Kleefisch is not saying which office she has her eye on. Her former boss, Governor Scott Walker, has said in the past that he thinks she’d make a great governor.

One of Wisconsin’s largest family group says lawmakers in Madison are putting adult desires over the needs of children.  Wisconsin Family Action last week blasted lawmakers who want to end Wisconsin’s six-month waiting period after a divorce. Right now, people are banned from getting remarried til six months after their divorce. Wisconsin Family Action’s Julaine Appling says the state needs to put the needs of children ahead of the wants of parents who are getting divorced.

A ground beef recall is underway in nine states, including here.  The USDA says about two-thousand pounds of raw ground beef packaged at Amity Packing in Chicago on January 6th may be tainted with plastic.  The recalled products were shipped to retail stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.  The packages being recalled are one pound vacuum-packed packages labeled “Pre 95% LEAN-5% FAT GROUND BEEF.”  They have the lot code 0060 and a use

A missing boy from western Wisconsin is safe and sound after being found in North Dakota. Police in Cooperstown, North Dakota say they found one-year-old Sawyer Jacobs along with his mother and her brother on Saturday. Authorities in Trempealeau County say Jacobs’ mother, 34-year-old Jessica Cleasby kidnapped him and was on her way to Wyoming. Investigators in Wisconsin say Cleasby lost custody of her son due to drug use. There’s no word when Cleasby or little Sawyer will be brought back to Wisconsin. PHOTO CREDIT:

Move over midnight “I DO’s” and round the clock buffet trips where calories don’t count! Those things may still happen in Sin City, but they will no longer stay there. “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas….” may be leaving the city. Sin City’s famous slogan is reportedly changing to “What happens here, only happens here.”  The update is set to be revealed in a 60-second ad during this Sunday’s broadcast of the Grammy Awards on CBS.  R&R Partners, the