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The real budget battle could begin soon.   Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to finish their state budget this week, but no one is sure what Governor Evers will do to it.  The Republicans who control the legislature have spent weeks stripping out the governor’s proposals, and adding theirs to the state’s spending plan.  Lawmakers are looking to vote this week on a tax cut proposal and a plan to build things around the state. 

That sound you hear is Green Bay Packer fans across the country saying ‘I know.’  The Sporting News ranked all 32 NFL stadiums, and says Lambeau Field is the best.  The Sporting News says Lambeau is ‘cozy’ and a ‘must visit.’  Seattle’s CenturyLink Field is ranked second.   In other news for Packers fans, most of the people who spoke at Bart Starr’s public memorial remembered the man, not the football player.  Hundreds of people turned-out to remember Starr at a

A crash resulted in injuries for multiple people. It was on Sunday at approximately 12:50pm the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a two-vehicle crash, with injury, at the intersection of USH 12 and Prill Rd. A preliminary investigation revealed that both vehicles were traveling westbound on USH 12 prior to the crash. The lead vehicle, a gray Toyota Camera, was being operated by a lone adult female. She was slowing her Toyota, to turn left, off USH

A Baldwin man will go to prison after being convicted of trying to have sex with a minor.  Prosecutors say Jay Hoppe responded to an ad in May of 2018 from someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl looking for sex.  It was actually a Rice Lake cop.  Hoppe was arrested at the arranged meeting spot.  Hoppe was found guilty of three counts relating to the case yesterday.  He’s facing more than 100 years in prison. 

A Rastafarian Church leader facing drug charges is out on bond.  Jesse Schworck had his bond hearing yesterday where the day took several strange turns.  Reports say Schworck continued to ask for a translator, saying he only understands the Rastafarian language and doesn’t understand “legalese.”  White refused to acknowledge he understood the charges brought against him and wouldn’t enter a plea.  The circuit court commissioner said Schwork was wasting everyone’s time and entered a not guilty plea for him. 

A car chase suspect is in custody thanks to good ole mother nature.  The Rusk County sheriff says Justin Neiderman ran from law enforcement in Ingram Wednesday night after they tried to stop him for a traffic violation.  The sheriff says Neiderman ran from deputies for over 25 miles through Northeast Rusk County.  He was finally stopped and arrested after his car got stuck in a swamp on a logging road. 

Two people are in custody after a gun was shown during an argument at a Walmart parking lot in Janesville.  Police say officers were called to the scene around six o’clock last night when someone reported a man yelling at a woman in the parking lot.  Anthony Keyer was arrested after a revolver was found at the scene that belonged to one of his family members.  Eleany Castro was also arrested for obstructing an officer. 

Wisconsin Republicans don’t want to raise the state’s gas tax, but they have no problem raising fees on cars in the state.  The legislature’s budget writing panel, the Joint Finance Committee, last night approved a nearly 440-million-dollar proposal to build and repair roads across the state.  Their plan will raise title fees to 95 dollars, raise the state’s license plate fee to 85 dollars (which could vary from county to county depending on additional local fees), and imposes a new hybrid

The man who police say sold a western Wisconsin teen for sex isn’t going to jail on drug charges.  A judge yesterday sentenced Khvyen Vhasenglu to five years probation on a meth charge.  Vhasenglu is still facing charges in Winnebago County that he offered a 17-year-old boy to an older man for sex.  He’s due in court for that case next week. 

A Vernon County man is facing charges after police say he took a farm tractor from western Wisconsin and sold it in eastern Kentucky.  Prosecutors say 55-year-old Daniel Sandvick took the John Deere 4020 tractor and loader and hauled it to Kentucky.  Police found it in a small town near the West Virginia border.  John Deere 4020 tractors sell for between 20-thousand and 30-thousand-dollars online.  Vernon County investigators say they’re also looking for some other missing farm equipment.