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The next multimillionaire could be made in tonight’s Powerball drawing.  The jackpot is a massive 750-million-dollars, meaning if the winner chooses the cash option, they’ll take home 465-million.  This is the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot in history.  No one has won the big prize since December.  

Governor Tony Evers is getting a first-hand look at flood damage in several areas of the state.  Evers was in Fond du Lac this morning meeting with officials and taking a tour of a private home.  The governor then headed to Darlington in southern Wisconsin to check out the impact of flooding there.  Flood damage is already costing local governments at least two-million-dollars in response cost and damage to infrastructure. 

Homeowners in many flooded counties in the state are faced not only with water damage, but now the prospect of mold.  Home inspectors are seeing more and more cases and concerns as water recedes and people assess the depth of the damage in their homes.  Mold can develop within a day or two after being exposed to water so people who were not able to dry items within 48 hours should throw out as much out as they can. 

Warm temperatures during the day and below freezing temps at night continue to allow a relatively slow spring thaw. At 11 a.m. today the Chippewa River gauge at Grand Avenue read 765.6 feet. This is 7.4 feet below the downtown flood stage of 773 feet. At its current level the Chippewa River level is elevated to an Action stage resulting in the continued closure of the lowest lying areas of the Chippewa River trail. For the safety of residents the

Police are working to identify a body that was found after a house fire in Winona.  The Winona Fire Department says an adult man was found inside a home in the 100 block of 8th Street after the fire early yesterday morning.  Police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. 

A Holcombe woman is dead after an apparent overdose.  The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department says deputies were dispatched to 275th Avenue in Holcombe Sunday morning when they found 22-year-old Carissa Kasmeirski unconscious.  Kasmeirski died on the way to the hospital and police say drugs were likely in her system.  An autopsy took place yesterday to determine what drugs they were but the findings haven’t been released.

Two people are in custody after a police chase in Altoona.  Reports say police tried to pull over a car on River Prairie Drive late Sunday night but it sped up.  The chase took police to a dead-end alley where three suspects left the car on foot.  Police eventually caught Kaylee Berg and Brent Erickson and charged them with obstructing an officer.  Berg is also facing a meth charge. 

A man suspected of stealing money from people after promising to complete contract work around Eau Claire is facing new accusations.  James Dorsey was originally charged with misdemeanor theft by fraud but new complaints filed yesterday detail him stealing thousands of dollars from another person after he forced them to make down payments for work he never completed.  The original complaint came from a woman who claims Dorsey was supposed to remove snow from her roof for 600 dollars but

The number of fentanyl-related overdoses is on the rise in west central Wisconsin.  According to the La Crosse County Health Department, there were only five fentanyl overdoses in the county between 2013 and 2016 but that number jumped to 23 between 2017 and the first half 2018.  The Center for Disease Control says the number of fentanyl overdoses across the country rose by more than one-thousand percent between 2011 and 2016. 

The flu is still very much in season in Wisconsin.  The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday warned of a second wave, late flu season.  The latest report to the CDC shows a spike in flu cases in Wisconsin this month.  Doctors say it’s still a good idea to get a flu shot, and it’s always a good idea to wash your hands and cover your sneezes out in public.