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The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is up a penny-a-gallon from a week ago.  Heading into the weekend, Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-83-cents, while the national average is two-88.  The lowest prices are posted in Janesville at two-71-a-gallon.  Drivers in Kenosha County are paying the most at the pump at two-93 for regular gas.

Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a bill that would give more protections to people volunteering to clean up roads.  The Adopt-A-Highway Bill would double fines for traffic violations near volunteers working on roads just like in work zones and highway maintenance areas.  The bill is inspired by the November death of three Girl Scouts and a mother who were picking up trash on the side of a highway in Lake Hallie.

Three more west-central Wsconsin Gordy’s Markets are sold to a new company.  KJ’s Fresh Mart recently purchased the stores in Barron, Chetek, and Cornell from Spartan-Nash and will rebrand them as KJ Marts.  The sale is expected to be complete in early June.

An Eau Claire man will go to prison after being convicted of hurting a woman and leading police on a high-speed chase.  Reports say Girard Jones was found guilty of second-degree reckless endangering safety and violating a foreign protection order on Wednesday.  Jones was accused of dropping off a beaten woman at an Eau Claire hospital then running from police when they questioned him.  He’s facing up to ten years in prison and will be sentenced on May 28th.

A documentary is set to air this weekend detailing the murder of a Wausau teenager.  Breanna Schneller was stabbed to death by her fiancé’s co-worker inside her apartment on May 2nd, 2009 when she was 18-years-old.  Now Schneller’s case will be detailed on an episode of Discovery Channel’s Investigation Discovery.  Raul Ponce-Rocha has been convicted of Schneller’s murder and is serving a life sentence.

The Green Bay Packers are bolstering their defense after picking two defensive players in the first round of the NFL Draft.  Last night the Packers went with Michigan defensive end Rashan Gary with their first pick at number 12.  They then traded up to the 21st pick and took Maryland safety Darnell Savage Junior.  Green Bay will pick 12th in the second round tonight.

The snow angel of mercy must be taking it easy on us…For once, Western Wisconsin will not get the worst of the snow in the forecast.  The National Weather Service says Eau Claire and the western part of the state should see a dusting of snow tomorrow.  The worst of the late season snow is going to fall in southern Wisconsin.  Some places south of I-94 could see six inches of snow.  Just days away from May, southeast Wisconsin is prepping for

Investigators in Minnesota and prosecutors in Barron County are shedding a bit more light on the death of a Barron man.  Police in Sandstone, Minnesota say 36-year-old Christopher Etchison died last weekend at a ‘party gone bad.’  Prosecutors in Barron yesterday charged three people for stealing from Etchison.  They say any charges surrounding his death will have to come from Minnesota.

A young man in Eau Claire is getting a homework assignment instead of a jail sentence.  A judge yesterday sentenced Jared Beaulieu to write two essays, one on making Eau Claire a better community and another on integrity.  Beaulieu pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after breaking into a gas station and Dairy Queen back in December.

A reward is being offered for information on multiple dog poisonings in northern Wisconsin.  Authorities are offering a cash reward to anyone who can supply information that leads to an arrest.  Three family dogs and several other wild animals have been poisoned by the same substance, which is an unknown poison.  The dog deaths were reported in Bayfield, Marinette and Florence counties.