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A notice submitted to the state from Shopko reveals how the retailer struggled to stay afloat.  The notice, sent to the Department of Workforce Development yesterday, says when the two Shopko stores in Madison close in April, only 63 workers will be laid off.  This number is a lot lower than previously reported numbers when the two stores first opened in the 1980’s.  During that time, the stores employed nearly 600 workers.  

Wisconsin Lottery officials say a Mega Bucks ticket bought in Sheboygan is worth nearly six-million-dollars.  Wednesday’s Mega Bucks drawing produced a five-point-nine-million-dollar jackpot with one lucky ticket-holder collecting the largest prize since 2015.  The ticket was bought at Kwik Trip on South Taylor Drive in Sheboygan.  The winning numbers were 1, 5, 28, 29, 37 and 44. 

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is the same as a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-five-cents today, while the national average is two-24.  The lowest prices are posted in the Janesville-Beloit areas at a-dollar-98-a-gallon.  Drivers in Pierce-St. Croix County are paying the most at the pump at two-17 for regular gas. 

A man is dead after his car broke through the ice at Balsam Lake in Polk County.  Sheriff’s deputies say they were called to the narrows between Balsam Lake and East Balsam just before five o’clock yesterday afternoon.  They found an SUV nearly fully submerged with a man inside about two hours later.  He was given CPR and taken to a nearby hospital but was unable to be revived.  His name is not yet being released. 

An Osseo man and woman are in custody after being accused of selling heroin near a school.  The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office says James Gunter and Kiera Whitman were witnessed selling the drug out of their home, which is about 500 feet from a school.  Sheriff’s deputies say they searched the house and found heroin, marijuana, packaging material, and other drug paraphernalia. 

A 13-month-old child is being treated for a head injury suffered at a day care in Chippewa Falls.  The Chippewa Valley YMCA says the injury happened around ten o’clock yesterday morning and the child had to be flown to the Twin Cities for treatment.  The YMCA CEO says she’s been in full contact with the child’s family but no update has been given on its condition. 

Four Chippewa Valley lawmakers are proposing a ten percent tax cut for middle class workers in Wisconsin.  Barron Representative Romaine Quinn says the group wants to cut taxes for families making less than 150-thousand dollars a year and individuals making less than 100-thousand dollars a year.  Quinn also says Governor Toy Evers promised a middle class tax break during his campaign and he wants them to work together on a plan they can both agree on.  About two-million Wisconsin residents would be impacted

Silver Mine Hill is celebrating 50 years of ski jumping as the 133rd annual Silver Mine Invitational kicks off tonight.  The hill opened in March 1969 and has hosted multiple future Olympians, some of which will be competing this weekend.  Gates open for the competition at five o’clock tonight and four o’clock tomorrow night. 

The ten-year-old charged in the death of an infant will continue to face an adult court.  The ten-year-old was back in court yesterday, charged in the death of six-month-old Jaxon Hunter.   Wisconsin law requires anyone ten-years-old or older and charged with first degree reckless homicide must be charged as an adult.  The girl’s lawyers attempted to get the charge dropped yesterday, but failed. 

The Barron School District is discussing plans for the potential return of Jayme Closs to the classroom.  Officials brought in therapy dogs from Wausau the day after Jayme was found to help students deal with the trauma of the situation.  Officials say they are trying to help students feel safe again after the seemingly-random circumstances of the kidnapping and murders.  Officials with the U.S. Marine Corps say the suspect in Jayme Closs’ kidnapping and the murder of her parents washed