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The search for the man who shot and killed an 18-year-old in La Crosse back in November is over. U.S. Marshals arrested 27-year-old Shavonte Thompson on Friday in Peoria, Illinois. Thompson is also a suspect in a shooting in La Crosse in March of last year. There’s no word on why Thompson was in Peoria. Prosecutors say they are working to get him back to La Crosse to face charges.

Wildlife experts with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are blaming corn for the death of an elk in a state forest. The elk died earlier this month near Tony, Wisconsin in Rusk County. DNR says it looks like the animal ate some corn that was still in the field. Corn can cause severe digestive problems for elk and deer. DNR says the elk was wearing a tracking device that alerted the state when it died.

Here’s your chance to be in Lambeau Field on gameday.  You won’t get to see the game, but you will get to shovel snow.  The Green Bay Packers say they need 700 people to shovel snow Sunday ahead of the game against the Seattle Seahawks . It pays 12 bucks an hour, cash, and the team provides the snow shovels.

The  Department of Health Services says a child has died from the flu in southeastern Wisconsin.  Officials said yesterday that a child under 10-years-old died on the way to the hospital.  It’s unclear if they were vaccinated.  The DHS says 15 people have died from the flu in the state so far this season, but this was the first child death.

Governor Tony Evers makes his pick for an ombudsman to oversee sexual assault cases in the Wisconsin National Guard.  He announced the hiring yesterday of former Georgia National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Brian Bischoff.  Evers decided to create the new position in December after a federal report outlined many problems with how the Guard was handling sexual assault allegations.

Madison will soon have its first ever Latina Poet Laureate.  The City Council announced on Thursday that it’s confirming Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s choice to appoint Angela Trudell Vasquez to the position.  The third generation Mexican-American poet will start here two-year term on January 20th.  Her first public reading is scheduled at A Room of One’s Own Bookstore on February sixth.

A chase reaches speed over 100mph and leads to a crash in Jackson County. It was about quarter after 4 on Friday afternoon when Troopers from the Wisconsin State Patrol were advised that Tomah PD officers were involved in a pursuit that was traveling westbound on I94 into Jackson County. The suspect vehicle was weaving in and out of traffic, passing vehicles on the shoulder, and reached speeds between 115 to 125 mph. The suspect vehicle ultimately crashed into a

It is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and states face big challenges when it comes to child sex trafficking.  A child is bought or sold for sex in the United States every two minutes, with the average age being 13.  Each year child advocate organization Shared Hope ranks the states for their efforts to stop human trafficking.   Wisconsin earned a B grade in part because the state does not mandate or authorize training or development of training materials for law enforcement

The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is 13-cents-a-gallon lower than the national average.  Triple-A says the price statewide is two-dollars-and-46-cents today, while it’s two-59 across the country.  The highest average price in the state is the two-62 posted in Superior which is eight-cents-a-gallon higher than last Friday.  Drivers in the capital are paying two-40 and in Milwaukee, two-41.

The wax figures of Prince Harry and former American actress Meghan Markle are being removed from Madame Tussauds museum in London.  Tom Roberts has the story: CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT REMOVING THE WAX