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It’s opening day for Major League Baseball and the Brewers are hosting the Cardinals this afternoon.  The last time the two teams met, Milwaukee swept St. Louis in three straight games as part of its eight-game winning streak to close out the regular season.  First pitch from Miller Park is scheduled for 1:10. 

The top Republicans at the statehouse in Madison are saying a bit of ‘I told you so.’ A three-judge appeals court yesterday ruled that the reforms that lawmakers approved in December are not unconstitutional.  The ruling reverses a Madison judge’s order from last week that blocks the law.  But it’s unclear how the ruling will be enforced.  Governor Evers already ordered the state out of a lawsuit that challenges Obamacare, and he’s already moved to fire 82 people appointed under

The man who took Jayme Closs and killed her parents is waiting to go to prison for the rest of his life.  Jake Patterson yesterday pleaded guilty to kidnapping and homicide charges.  The only sentence available is life in prison.  Closs was not in court, but Patterson said ‘Bye Jayme’ as he was led out of the courtroom.

The police chief in Bloomer will spend the next two weeks without a paycheck, but will get to keep his job.  The city’s police commission yesterday said they didn’t find any evidence that Chief Jared Zwiefelhofer used a police department rifle to illegally shoot a deer last year.  Zwiefelhofer pleaded no contest to the charges, and stepped down as Chippewa County Board chairman.  He says he can still be an effective police officer in Bloomer.

Someone is hitting snooze and heading back to bed this morning…and that someone is the person who bought a lottery ticket in Wisconsin and is suddenly 768-million-dollars richer. The Wisconsin Lottery last night said the winning ticket to last night’s Powerball drawing was sold in the state. The ticket was sold in the New Berlin area. The winning numbers, in case you want to see if you won, are 16, 20, 37, 44, 62 and the Powerball number is 12.

Governor Tony Evers says he doesn’t expect that much pushback to raising the state’s gas tax.  Evers yesterday said that people across Wisconsin know that the roads need work, and they know they’re going to have to pay for that work.  The governor is proposing to raise the state’s gas tax by eight cents-a-gallon.  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says he’s going to ‘unleash’ scientists on lawmakers in Madison.  Evers spoke to a couple of hundred conservationists and environmentalists at the Capitol

NFL wide receiver Jordy Nelson is retiring from football.  Nelson was released by the Oakland Raiders after one season.  He spent ten seasons catching big passes for the Packers and ranks third in franchise history in receptions, second in touchdown catches and third in 100-yard receiving games.  The Packers tweeted out their thanks along with a clip of Nelson’s touchdown catch to open the scoring against Pittsburgh in Super Bowl 45.  

Prosecutors in Eau Claire are moving ahead with a kidnapping and sex case against two men accused of snatching a missing teen and forcing him to have sex with men.  Police arrested Tyler Brand, from Oshkosh, and Khvyn Vhasenglu, from  Menasha, on Monday.  The teen says the two snatched him and forced him to have sex with a man in Menasha.  The teen escaped in Eau Claire and called police.  He was later reunited with his family. F PHOTO CREDIT: WEAU

A Neillsville man is facing child sex charges.  A criminal complaint claims 53-year-old Robert Schuster assaulted a ten-year-old girl during a camping trip.  Schuster was charged in Clark County court yesterday with two counts of attempted sexual assault of a child under 13 and child enticement.  He’s due back in court on May 2nd. 

A Black River Falls man will serve two years on probation after a high speed chase through Chippewa and Eau Claire Counties.  Yesterday, Corey Sprinkle pleaded no contest to fleeing an officer and possession of narcotics and had two other charges dropped.  Sprinkle was arrested after running from police in Lake Hallie and leading them into Eau Claire County.  He reportedly admitted to using meth after he was arrested.