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 It was a series of crashes that closed Highway 53 near Altoona Friday night. Altoona Police say they first responded to a report of a truck on fire near the River Prairie exit. As they were clearing that, there were a couple of rear-end crashes in the backed up traffic. As crews were finishing with those crashes, police say a drunk driver caused another crash. There were injuries in the crashes, but no reports of any serious injuries. In all,

The sheriff in La Crosse County is not saying why a child’s death over the weekend is considered suspicious. Deputies found the child dead at a home in the Town of Medary Saturday morning. Detectives say their investigation is on-going. There is an autopsy scheduled this week.

The jets that shot down the unidentified object over Lake Huron came from Madison. The Pentagon yesterday said F-16s out of Truax Field found and destroyed the object. It was the fourth flying object shot down by American fighter pilots in the past week or so. The mission temporarily closed the airspace over part of Lake Michigan. The Pentagon says the F-16s found the flying object over the UP, and blew it up when it was about 15 miles off

There is growing support at the Wisconsin Capitol to send more state money to cities for their public safety needs.  Milwaukee Democrat Lena Taylor and Racine Republican Van Wanggaard were on UPFRONT over the weekend, and both said they could see an agreement on shared revenue this spring.  Shared revenue is the money that the state shares with local governments.  Taylor and Wanggaard said the sticking point is going to be how that money can be spent, and home much must go

Oshkosh will not build the next wave of troop transports for this country.  The Pentagon last week awarded the 8 billion-dollar contract to build the next round of Joint Light Transport Vehicles to Indiana-based AM General.  Oshkosh has been one of the military’s largest building partners for years.  The company says it’s going to sit down with Pentagon officials and try and figure out why it lost the contract.

 The IRS is not looking to tax most of the coronavirus relief money that people got last year. The IRS on Friday said it is not going to tax any money that states may have sent to people. Wisconsin did not send out any state-based aid last year, but Illinois and several other states did.

The city of Eau Claire is looking to add a wheel tax of its own. The city council is set to talk about creating a new wheel tax tomorrow night. No one is saying just how much the new tax would be. Eau Claire County started its 30 dollar wheel tax back in 2019. The city of Eau Claire says it wants to use the money to pay for more road construction. Most wheel taxes in Wisconsin are between 10 and 30

Governor Evers’ tax cut plan focuses on families who get the earned income child tax credit. The governor on Friday released another preview of his budget, this time talking about tax cuts. The governor has said he will not sign the Republican tax cut plan that would move Wisconsin to a three-and-a-quarter percent flat tax, instead he wants to create or increase some tax credits. Evers’ plan includes a new caregiver tax credit, and would expand both the Earned Income Child Tax

Add Super Bowl commercial star to Giannis’ resume this year.  He was featured in a commercial for Google’s phone during last night’s game.  Giannis has done commercials for Google before, but this one was during the most-watched wave of commercials all year.  In the ad, Giannis used the Google Pixel’s photo editing feature to cut himself out of the picture of a poster-worthy dunk from the Celtics’ Jaylen Brown from last year’s playoffs.

 The University of Wisconsin is offering some students a chance at a free ride at the Madison campus. The school on Friday announced a new plan to pay for tuition, room and board, meals, fees, and even textbooks for students who qualify for Pell Grants. Pell Grants traditionally helped low income students cover the cost of a college education. In-state students who qualify will get four years for free. Out-of-state students who qualify would be limited to just two free years. UW-Madison