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Someone’s chance to be a millionaire is almost up.   Wisconsin Lottery officials say no one has yet claimed the five-point-nine million-dollar prize from a Megabucks ticket sold in Sheboygan back in January.  The winner has till July 15th to come forward.  If they don’t, the money goes back to the state. 

Eau Claire police say a second teen is in custody after a weekend gun scare.  Officers arrested 17-year-old Noah Beckstead yesterday.  They arrested 18-year-old Gabriel Kurschner over the weekend.  Police say the two were driving around Saturday night and pointing what turned out to be an airsoft gun out the window of their car.  Eau Claire police arrested Kurschner on drugs charges, both teens are also facing disorderly conduct charges. 

A Barron County man is heading to prison for drunken police chase in St. Croix County last year.  A judge in Hudson yesterday sentenced Wade Davis to four years in prison.  Police say Davis was drunk when he took off in a car, hit several other cars in New Richmond, and eventually was arrested.  Davis pleaded guilty in the case, he accepted the sentence as part of a deal for his seventh OWI conviction. 

There are not a lot of answers about how a state of Wisconsin worker died in an accident at Volk Field.  The Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs will only say that the worker died ‘while performing their duties’ yesterday.  Local and state authorities are looking into the worker’s death.  More information about the worker’s death may come today. 

Authorities in Grant County are blaming a mudslide for a train derailment that sent a couple of box cars into the Mississippi River.  It happened yesterday morning near Glen Haven.  No one was hurt in the derailment.  A Burlington North Santa Fe spokeswoman says nine cars were knocked off the tracks, they are all reported to be empty. 

There won’t be any public Christmas decorations in La Crosse this year.  Mayor Tim Kabat last night told the city’s council that the city doesn’t have enough workers to both pick-up leaves and hang Christmas lights.  Kabat says he’s got to be the Grinch and prioritize leaf pick-up.  Downtown Mainstreet usually partners with the city to hang the decorations, they say they may look for another partner this year. 

Prosecutors say the man accused of gunning down Officer John Hetland may never be free again.  A judge yesterday set Dalquavis Ward’s bond at five-million-dollars.  Kenosha County DA Michael Graveley said Ward could spend the rest of his life in prison.  Ward is accused of killing Hetland during an armed robbery last month.  Ward had been out of federal prison for four days at the time of the crime. 

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections will have some more time before closing two youth facilities.   Governor Tony Evers said today he signed a bill on Friday that keeps the troubled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake facilities open until July 2021.  They had been scheduled to close in January 2021.  The governor says more time is needed to get replacement facilities prepared and to be sure the process for transferring between facilities is clear.  

A man charged with two 1976 murders is pleading not guilty.  Eighty-two-year-old Raymand Vannieuwenhoven [[ van-U-when-hoven ]] entered his plea in court today. He is accused of killing David Schuldes and Ellen Mathys at McClintock Park 43 years ago.  DNA from the crime scene matched a particular family and after testing last year authorities were led to the suspect. 

Two Wisconsin natives are making fans proud in the Badger State.  Steve Stricker became the 40th U.S. Senior Open champion with a win yesterday over fellow Wisconsinite Jerry Kelly.  The good friends walked to the 18th green at the Notre Dame course in South Bend, Indiana as fans cheered the twosome, who posted low numbers.  Stricker finished 19 under par, tying the largest margin of victory in the tournament’s history and winning by six over Kelly and David Toms.