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Lottery officials are waiting for two big winners to come forward to claim their jackpots.  Officials today say one player matched Saturday’s SuperCash to win 350-thousand-dollars.  That ticket was sold at a Speedway on South Chicago Road in South Milwaukee.  On Friday a lucky ticket in Badger 5 was bought in Superior and is worth 73-thousand-dollars.  

An Eau Claire sex offender is being sentenced to probation for cutting off his ankle bracelet.  Reports say Leigh Beebe reached a plea deal yesterday and pleaded no contest to not updating his information with the state.  Beebe was previously convicted of third-degree sexual assault in Eau Claire in 2012 and was released in 2017.  After his latest conviction he’s getting two years of probation tacked onto his sentence. 

The owner of a Weston bar who was at the scene of a recent shooting says customers helped disarm the shooter.  Big Dan and Space Kelly’s Club manager Jared Elliott says he was inside the bar early Sunday morning when Sergio Retana started shooting someone.  Elliott says a bunch of his customers got the suspect to the ground and took his gun from him before police got there.  The bar has since re-opened. 

Three students are in custody after being accused of making shooting threats at a school near Madison.  The Poynette Police Department says Poynette School District officials contacted them over the weekend about the social media threat, leading to the arrest of three students.  The students are charged with making terroristic threats but no other information will be released because they’re juveniles. 

Authorities in Barron County hope a new set of eyes can get them some answers about the bone they found back in 2017.  Investigators yesterday said they are sending the bones to a lab in California for testing.  There’s still no ID on the bones, but the Barron County team says the bones belong to a middle age man who was shot in the head.  

Police in Glenwood City are telling neighbors to be aware, there could be a dangerous bear in town.  Officers say it looks like a bear attacked a local dog Sunday night.  The dog survived, but with some pretty severe injuries.  The dog’s owner told police he shot the bear at least once.  Glenwood City police and the Department of Natural Resources say they are both looking to find the bear. 

Drivers in Wisconsin who don’t drink and drive for six months after their first OWI conviction could get a second chance.  Senator Chris Larson is one of a handful of lawmakers who want to allow first time drunk drivers to voluntarily install an ignition interlock as a way to earn a second chance.  Larson says about 10 percent of drivers in Wisconsin have an OWI conviction, and he hopes his plan will let some of them clear their names. 

The city of La Crosse is ready to spend 100-thousand-dollars to look at parking.  The city’s Board of Public Works approved the study last night.  La Crosse last studied parking back in 2014, but city leaders say this review will be more comprehensive.  The plan is to take a look at available parking around the city’s hospitals and around the UW La Crosse campus.  

Federal regulators want to fine the St. Croix Chippewa tribe five million-dollars because tribal leaders stole about a million-and-a-half dollars.  The National Indian Gaming Commission announced the fine yesterday.  The commission says they are asking for such a large fine because the tribe recently admitted that it’s finances are in terrible shape.  Two tribal elders and a consultant are accused of taking money for years from the tribe’s casino and spending it on themselves. 

Western Wisconsin’s congressman says farmers in Wisconsin and across the country are losing in President Trump’s trade war with China.  Democratic Congressman Ron Kind last week said instead of more tariffs, the president needs to work to bring other trading partners to the table and work with China.  Kind said tariffs only hurt Americans who rely on international trade.  That was before China responded yesterday with a series of tariffs of its own.