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Wisconsin voters will go to the polls for the spring primary tomorrow.  There are a variety of city and county races and the Supreme Court candidates will be trimmed from three to two.  Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. and though people can’t register online anymore they can register in person tomorrow at their polling center.  The general election primary is April 7th.

Presidential history contains a bevy of interesting, bizarre, and sometimes eerie facts.  Correspondent Bill Zimpfer gives us a taste. UNROLL THE SCROLL HERE

A Chippewa Falls man is accused of sexually assaulting two drunk teenage women.  A criminal complaint says the 19-year-old victims were drinking in a car with 21-year-old Isiah Taylor last May.  The victims claim Taylor then had sex with them without their permission.  The complaint also says Taylor admitted to police he gave the women alcohol, but that he only had sex with one of them and it was consensual.

Wisconsin state Republicans want to cut income taxes by about 250-million dollars.  Republicans released their plan Friday but it doesn’t include anymore funding for education, as Governor Tony Evers called for.  The plans shows about two-million people would be eligible for the tax cuts and single filers would see a tax decrease of over 100 dollars.  The plan says singles who make more than 120-thousand dollars and married couples who make more than 144-thousand dollars wouldn’t be eligible.

It’s primary week for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  Jill Karofsky and Ed Fallone are running against former governor Scott Walker appointee Daniel Kelly.  Karofsky is a Dane County circuit judge and Fallone is a law professor at Marquette.  The primary takes place Tuesday and the last two candidates remaining will compete in the general election.

The Flying Eagles Ski Club in Eau Claire has a good showing at this year’s Flying Eagles Invitational.  Four Flying Eagles won their events over the weekend while six others finished in the top three in their events. The Itasca Ski Club had the most wins with five.

Attacking your own lawyer in court and punching the county sheriff are good ways to get sent to prison. A judge on Friday sentenced 31-year-old Ryan Denning to three more years in prison. He’s already serving a two-year sentence. The new sentence is for headbutting his lawyer in court back in 2017, then getting into a fight in jail, and punching Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk.

A western Wisconsin man already in prison for shooting at police in Jackson County is looking at another sentence. An Eau Claire County judge last week sentenced 21-year-old Quentin Labansky to five years in prison for stealing a car in Eau Claire. That car theft started the police chase last May that ended with a shootout. No one was hurt. Labansky is serving eight years for shooting at authorities.

Wisconsin’s eleven Indian tribes will update lawmakers on their needs today. The annual State of the Tribes will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Capitol in Madison. Ned Daniels, Jr., who is the Chairman of the Forest County Potawatomi Community will deliver the speech. Tribal leaders in Wisconsin have been speaking to lawmakers and leaders at the Capitol since 2005.

Firefighters in Fon du Lac are looking for the cause of a fire that left a car dealership in ruins. Flames destroyed the building at the Be Smart Auto Mall last night. Crews say several cars also went up in flames. No one was hurt as the car dealership was closed. Investigators say it could take some time to determine the cause of the fire.