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Jordy Nelson is coming back to Green Bay to end his career.  Nelson yesterday said he’ll sign a one day contract with the Packers so he can retire with the team in August.  Nelson played ten seasons with the Packers before heading to the Oakland Raiders last season.  

Governor Evers is creating a new program to focus on making health coverage more affordable and accessible.  Evers today said the Healthcare Coverage Partnership will be a collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.  The new partnership will support outreach and enrollment initiatives, engage the community to strengthen the health insurers in some markets and work to implement Medicaid expansion in the state in a fiscally responsible way. 

Jake Patterson is now at the prison in Waupun.  The man who took Jayme Closs and killed her parents reported to the Dodge Correctional Institution over the weekend.  Patterson pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping charges.  He’s serving a life sentence.  

A Wood County couple is scheduled to appear in court today on charges of killing their newborn son.  Police say Marylinn Feher and Allen Rice tied their infant up in a blanket and a plastic bag in the Marshfield Medical Center parking lot just hours after it was born.  The two could be charged with homicide and child neglect causing death. 

A 59-year-old man is dead after competing in the Lake Mills triathlon.  A news release says the man went underwater during the swim portion of the event around 7:45 yesterday morning and had to be pulled to shore by rescue workers.  Police say the man died at Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital while rescuers were trying to resuscitate him.  It’s believed a medical event happened before the man went under the water. 

A motorcyclist is dead after hitting a dog in Vernon County.  The sheriff’s department says Michael Long was on Highway 35 in the Town of Bergen Saturday night when he hit the dog, causing him to be thrown from his bike.  Long was pronounced dead at the scene.  It’s unknown if the dog survived. 

Two people from Arcadia are facing multiple drug charges after police say drugs were found in their car during a traffic stop.  Police say they stopped a car driven by Ramiro Pillado-Silgado and Kristin Carty on May 25th and a police dog detected suspected cocaine, suspected THC, and other drug paraphernalia.  The two were arrested after the search.  Pillado-Silgado is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday and Cart is scheduled to appear next month. 

Harrison Fire Rescue in Harrison is doing its part to support the family of fallen Appleton Firefighter Mitch Lundgaard.  Yesterday the group presented a ten-thousand dollar check to the Lundgaard family with money it raised during a brat fry two weeks ago.  Lundgaard was shot and killed while responding to a medical call in Appleton last month. 

Some kids in Eau Claire could soon be going to new schools.  The city’s school board is set to vote tonight on whether to redraw the district’s enrollment boundaries.  Eau Claire’s superintendent wants a new map to ‘balance’ enrollment at six schools.  If the school board agrees, the new district map will take effect in the 2020-2021 school year. 

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is warning Democrats not to get pulled into fights in 2020.  The governor told the crowd at this weekend’s state Democratic Convention that Republicans will try and ‘bait’ them next year.  Instead, Evers said Democrats must stand up for their values and speak to the issues.  The governor also said that simply opposing Donald Trump won’t be enough to win.