A bitterly cold night is expected. The National Weather Service says skies will clear out later today and that will allow temperatures to drop to the teens below zero tonight with wind chills near 25 below. A wind chill advisory is in effect from 6pm until 10am tomorrow for the entire WRDN listening area.
A ticket sold in Wisconsin and in California matched the winning Powerball numbers last night. The ticket holders will split a $632.6 million dollar jackpot. Each ticket is worth $316.3 million if paid annually or $225.1 million if paid in a lump sum. The winning numbers were 6-14-25-33-46 and the Powerball was 17.
A 31-year-old accused rapist in Eau Claire has been freed on a 10 thousand dollar bond. A woman tells authorities David J. Allen sexually assaulted her inside a restroom in the Oakwood Mall. The victim admits sending him topless photos two years ago when he offered to pay her one thousand dollars. After that, he blackmailed her by threatening to show the photos to her family and friends. After almost two years the two agreed to meet last week. She says he pulled out a gun and raped her inside the restroom. Allen was taken into custody the next day.
A 31-year-old suspect has been sentenced to probation for breaking into his neighbors’ home, stealing women’s underway, and leaving a recording device in a bathroom. A La Crosse County judge ordered Robert Kautzman to undergo mental health assessments. The woman living next door said she noticed some of her underwear was missing, but thought she had misplaced it. She says Kautzman walked into the home she shared with her boyfriend shortly after midnight one night, but he left when she ordered him out. When the boyfriend confronted Kautzman he admitted his actions and police were called.
The Department of Health Services has received the first, extremely limited supply (of molnupiravir and Paxlovid) to treat patients diagnosed with mild to moderate COVID-19. Health care providers are encouraged to prioritize prescribing the new therapeutics to patients at greatest risk of serious illness or hospitalization from COVID-19. People who may be eligible should talk with their health care provider.
A report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum reveals that the state’s tax burden has risen for the first time in a decade. State and local taxes rose from 10-point-three percent of income to 10-point-five percent. The Department of Revenue collected 34 billion dollars last year. The report from the nonpartisan group blamed a surge of pandemic-related economic activity. The Policy Forum says the growth is also driven by collecting taxes on online and out-of-state retailers.
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says he opposes the idea of “blowing up” the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The Republican from Oostburg played a role in creating the bipartisan group to run elections in the state. LeMahieu says changes are called for after getting the results of a nonpartisan audit. It recommended almost 50 law and administrative changes. Some of his Republican colleagues have called for the six commissioners now serving to resign. Making any changes would have to be signed into law by Democratic Governor Tony Evers and he has already vetoed one major change.
MyPillow C-E-O Mike Lindell says his phone records were subpoenaed by the U-S House committee investigating last January's Capitol riot. The ally of former President Trump confirmed to C-N-B-C he filed a complaint against the committee and Verizon to invalidate the subpoena Lindell describes as "corrupt." The Minnesota Republican allegedly attended pro-Trump events in the days leading up to the attack on the Capitol. Lindell has also spent 25-million dollars since Election Day 2020 to push claims of election fraud.
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About 700 employees across all Mayo Clinic locations will be losing their jobs for not complying with the health system's vaccine mandate. They had until Monday to either receive a first dose or obtain a religious or medical exemption. Rochester-based Mayo says nearly 99 percent of staff have complied, and the proportion of those to be released from employment is "comparable to what other health care organizations have experienced."
Ashwaubenon-based Schneider Trucking is spending 263 million dollars to buy Midwest Logistics Systems of Ohio. Midwest has more than a thousand drivers operating out of 30 locations in the central United States. The transaction gives Schneider a 100-percent equity interest in the company. M-L-S will run as an independent subsidiary and its employees and assets will keep operating under the Midwest banner.
A former Appleton teacher has been sentenced to six months in jail for having an inappropriate relationship with an eighth-grade student. Forty-seven-year-old Brian Dimmer will have to register as a sex offender after his Tuesday sentencing. If he violates any of the conditions that have been set for him he could have to serve another 18 months. Judge Mark McGinnis said a prison term would likely cause Dimmer to return as a higher risk to re-offend than he is now. Prosecutors told the court Dimmer was a teacher at Wilson Middle School and a coach at Appleton West High School when he started sending sexually explicit messages to the victim. There was no physical contact.
Authorities in Vernon County report a 41-year-old Amish man suffered severe injuries in a Monday logging accident. Witnesses say Alvin Miller of rural Cashton was cutting down a tree when part of the tree broke away and hit his upper body. He had been working with two other men. One went for help and the other stayed with Miller. He was airlifted to Vernon Memorial Hospital and a full recovery is expected. Duty to the local terrain and snow cover emergency responders had to use four-wheel-drive trucks and U-T-Vs to reach the injured man.
A Medford man is charged with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle for a fatal November collision with a horse-drawn buggy in Taylor County. A 36-year-old woman was killed and her eight children suffered injuries. Thirty-five-year-old Skyler Opelt initially denied using drugs, then later changed his story saying he wasn’t sure what drugs he had snorted. Narcan was administered to revive him when he passed out at the crash scene. Investigators say he was on his cell phone before, during, and after the crash.
Don't expect your grocery bill to drop anytime soon. Jamie Pfuhl (pool) of the Minnesota Grocers Association says the ripple effects of supply chain issues will continue at checkout lines. She says "packaging and shipping and all of that are.... everywhere there is a pressure point that's all being wrapped in. We are probably going to continue to see a little bit of an increase." Pfuhl says there are products on the shelves and people don't need to panic or get overly concerned.
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