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For the third time in the last 30 days, a big winning Lottery ticket was purchased in Wisconsin Rapids when a $50,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold for the Monday, April 3, 2023, drawing. Purchased at Kwik Trip on 1111 Lincoln St. in Wisconsin Rapids, the Powerball ticket matched four of five numbers (16-30-31-54-68) plus the Powerball (1). Nicknamed the Paper City, Wisconsin Rapids has recently hosted two other big Lottery wins, including $350,000 SuperCash! winning tickets from the drawings on March 28th (Kwik Trip, 4611 8th St.) and March

Wisconsin’s bail system is changing. Nearly 70 percent of voters in the state last night approved two constitutional amendments that will give judges more power to keep people in jail. The amendments will allow judges to look at the charges as a whole, as well as consider a suspect’s criminal history when setting bail. The changes come after years of work, but were spurred along by the low bail given to the man who killed six people at the Waukesha

In the end, Wisconsin’s most-watched and most-expensive Supreme Court race ever wasn’t even close. Liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz easily won a term on the court, beating former Justice Dan Kelly by almost 11 points. Protasiewicz got just over a million votes, while Kelly got just over 800 thousand. The race set records for spending, with a 45 million-dollar price tag according to some reports. Protasiewicz will join the court for a 10 year term and will hear arguments about Wisconsin’s pre-Roe abortion

Two-thirds of voters in Eau Claire County want Wisconsin’s abortion law changed. Nearly 66 percent of voters yesterday voted for an advisory referendum that tells lawmakers in Madison to change the pre-Roe abortion law that bans abortions in every case except to save a mother’s life. The vote is advisory-only, and won’t change the law. The law, however, is not expected to last. Voters yesterday also elected Judge Janet Protasiewicz to the state Supreme Court. She has all but promised to

Voters in Altoona have said ‘No’ to the local school’s 26 million-dollar referendum. The question narrowly failed, losing by just 83 votes. Altoona Schools were asking for the money to convert the old National Business Institute building into an elementary school. Superintendent Dr. Heidi Eliopoulos says voters have decided what they want for their schools. There’s no word if the district will try with another referendum in the next election.

The long march to a new state budget in Wisconsin is starting with more political bickering. The heads of the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee yesterday accused Governor Evers of playing politics and ignoring the budget process by scheduling a bill signing during today’s public budget hearing. JFC co-chair Senator Howard Marklein said the governor’s decision to sign a law that he helped write while Marklein is busy with the budget is a ‘blatant political move,’ and is ‘disgusting.’ Marklein and state Rep.

What started with a bell now features a cheesehead. The Brewers’ debuted their new home run celebration yesterday, with each home run hitter getting to wear a cheesehead on the return trip to the dugout. The celebration follows Milwaukee’s home run bell, and the home run gauntlet. The Brewers showed the new cheesehead three times during yesterday’s game against the Mets when the team went back-to-back-to-back in the sixth inning.

The Bucks are one win away from clinching the number one spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Milwaukee beat the Washington Wizards last night, 140-128. Giannis had a triple-double on the night, scoring 28-points. The win brings Milwaukee closer to securing the number one seed in the Eastern Conference. The Bucks will look to get that win tonight against the Bulls.

 Police in Green Bay are getting some new-looking wheels. The city yesterday said it is updating its color scheme and paint job on its police cars. The old black-and-white cars are on their way out, they will be replaced by a new black-and-blue paint job. Captain Clint Beguhn says the new color scheme will save the city some money. There will be seven new cars, Ford Explorer SUVs actually, to hit the streets in Green Bay this year.

 More severe storms and tornadoes are forecast to hit parts of the U.S this week.  Officials say the areas at the highest risk of the threatening weather include the Midwest and the South, particularly Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Arkansas.  The storms, which could also produce damaging winds, are likely to start hitting sometime today.  This comes after dozens of people across seven states died as a result of tornadoes this past weekend.