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Three-hundred-fifty-four-million dollars will be up for grabs tonight.  That’s the current estimated Mega Millions jackpot.  It’s been more than three weeks since players in California and Florida split a jackpot of more than 500-million dollars in the multi-state lottery.

A former teacher’s aide in Bloomer will spend three months in jail for having inappropriate relations with a 16-year-old student. A judge in Chippewa Falls yesterday sentenced Noah Lane to three years in jail and two years probation. He was charged with having a physical relationship with the teenager who he met at school. In addition to his jail time, Lane will have to register as a sex offender and won’t be allowed to work near young people again.

The state of Mississippi says Brett Favre repaid the million-dollars he was wrongfully paid back in 2017, but now they want the other five million in welfare money that he should not have received. Mississippi’s Department of Human Service yesterday asked Favre to repay the five million-dollars that he helped guide to the University of Southern Mississippi. The state says Favre ‘orchestrated’ the five million-dollar payment from TANF funds to the school to help build a volleyball court. Favre has

There are charges for three people in a manure-spreading conspiracy in Kewaunee County. State prosecutors say the three people under-reported the amount of manure spread on their fields. A-G Josh Kaul says that led to a flood of E. Coli washing into Lake Michigan, Kaul says the manure even closed a lake beach. Prosecutors say the farm under-reported about two million-gallons of manure. The three are all due in Kewaunee County court in January.

The UW-Eau Claire community is mourning the loss of Larry Schnack. Schnack, who served as chancellor between 1984 and 1998 died yesterday. Schnack is being remembered for helping modernize and enhance undergrad programs at UW-Eau Claire. His work led to several regional and national accolades for academic excellence. There will be a memorial service this Saturday.

A new report says Wisconsin’s 2022 election saw more outside money than ever before. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign released its report yesterday. The numbers show that outside groups spent just over 90 million-dollars on the race for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress and Wisconsin’s statewide races. That’s 30 million-dollars more than was spent four years ago. The report says outside groups spent a little more on Republicans, some 48 million-dollars, compared to the 44 million spent on Democrats.

The planners for Waukesha’s permanent parade memorial say they’re not even ten percent to their million-and-a-half dollar goal. The Waukesha Parade Memorial Commission says it’s raised just 96 thousand-dollars so far. The Commission’s Jerry Couri says they advertised for donations heavily at both the parade’s remembrance and at Sunday’s parade. He said the lack of donations means that it will take more time to build a permanent memorial to the six people who died and 60 others who were hurt

It will be all eyes on Wisconsin’s holiday tree once again today. Governor Evers is planning a ceremony at noon today to light the holiday tree. This year’s theme is the Waters of Wisconsin.

 Wisconsin State Representative Janel Brandtjen is now running for an open state senate seat.  The Republican was recently banned from participating in closed caucus meetings, with Wisconsin Assembly Republican Caucus Chair Rob Summerfield saying the party has lost trust in her.  However Brendtjen will now try to move over to the Wisconsin Senate and fill the seat made vacant by the retiring Senator Alberta Darling.  The special election to fill her seat will be April 4th and the Republican Primary is February 21st.  She’s one

Madison is one of the least sinful cities in America.  That’s according to WalletHub, which ranks Madison the 12th-least sinful city compared to the 182 largest cities in the country.  Madison is dragged down by one category though.  WalletHub says Madison has the highest rate of excessive drinking U.S.  WalletHub says the least sinful city is Port St. Lucie, Florida while the most sinful city is Las Vegas.