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School kids at Chippewa Falls Middle School will be back in class as normal this morning.  School leaders say everything will be back to normal today, after a threat paused the school day yesterday.  Chippewa Falls police say they don’t believe the threat was ever real or a danger.  Superintendent Heidi Eliopoulos says they take all potential threats, even fake ones, seriously.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is taking another victory lap after a second judge in Madison ruled against Republican lawmakers and their December reforms.  That judge yesterday paused the December law that banned Evers or Attorney General Josh Kaul from withdrawing the state from the Obamacare lawsuit. The judge says lawmakers overstepped when  it comes to the separation of powers.  It’s the second time a judge has paused the Republican reforms.  

The final debate for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ended like all of the others.  Brian Hagedorn accused Lida Neubauer of lying about his record, while Neubauer said Hagedorn would be too conservative for the bench.  The two have been dancing around each other with accusations that the other is too partisan for a spot on the Supreme Court.  Voters will make their choice next week. 

The Milwaukee Bucks are playing really good basketball at the right time.  The Bucks last night blew past the Houston Rockets, 108-94.  Eric Bledsoe led the way for Milwaukee with 23 points, Giannis had 19.  A lot of folks turned out to watch Giannis and how the Rockets’ James Hardin would play.  Both could be the NBA’s MVP.  On that note, when it comes to basketball-how are your brackets looking? The last perfect March Madness bracket belongs to a man

The next multimillionaire could be made in tonight’s Powerball drawing.  The jackpot is a massive 750-million-dollars, meaning if the winner chooses the cash option, they’ll take home 465-million.  This is the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot in history.  No one has won the big prize since December.  

Governor Tony Evers is getting a first-hand look at flood damage in several areas of the state.  Evers was in Fond du Lac this morning meeting with officials and taking a tour of a private home.  The governor then headed to Darlington in southern Wisconsin to check out the impact of flooding there.  Flood damage is already costing local governments at least two-million-dollars in response cost and damage to infrastructure. 

Homeowners in many flooded counties in the state are faced not only with water damage, but now the prospect of mold.  Home inspectors are seeing more and more cases and concerns as water recedes and people assess the depth of the damage in their homes.  Mold can develop within a day or two after being exposed to water so people who were not able to dry items within 48 hours should throw out as much out as they can. 

Warm temperatures during the day and below freezing temps at night continue to allow a relatively slow spring thaw. At 11 a.m. today the Chippewa River gauge at Grand Avenue read 765.6 feet. This is 7.4 feet below the downtown flood stage of 773 feet. At its current level the Chippewa River level is elevated to an Action stage resulting in the continued closure of the lowest lying areas of the Chippewa River trail. For the safety of residents the

Police are working to identify a body that was found after a house fire in Winona.  The Winona Fire Department says an adult man was found inside a home in the 100 block of 8th Street after the fire early yesterday morning.  Police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. 

A Holcombe woman is dead after an apparent overdose.  The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department says deputies were dispatched to 275th Avenue in Holcombe Sunday morning when they found 22-year-old Carissa Kasmeirski unconscious.  Kasmeirski died on the way to the hospital and police say drugs were likely in her system.  An autopsy took place yesterday to determine what drugs they were but the findings haven’t been released.