Chilly Start To Easter but at least it is drying out in SE Wisconsin
After a very wet start to the month, we are finally drying out in SE Wisconsin
WE POSTED IT UNDER THE LINKS TAB ON THE 12 NEWS APP, AND YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO DRESS WARMLY IF YOU’RE HEADED TO BRUNCH TOMORROW. CHURCH, YOU MIGHT NEED A JACKET. >> YEAH, WIND CHILLS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 20S, SO IT’S NOT EXACTLY GOING TO BE WARM. IT GETS A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS THE DAY GOES ON, AND WE WILL GET SOME SUN TOMORROW. MORE THAN WHAT WE’VE HAD FOR TODAY. NOW SOME OF YOU GETTING A LITTLE GLIMPSE HERE AND THERE. THE SUN, IT HASN’T LASTED VERY LONG. BUT THE GOOD THING IS IT’S A DRY DAY. BUT THE CROWD. IF YOU’RE TRYING TO DO EASTER EGG HUNTS OUTSIDE, IT IS MUDDY, MUSHY. TAKE IT FROM A GUY WHO PLAYED GOLF TODAY. IT WAS VERY, VERY WET, COOLER, MORE SUNSHINE. AS THE DAY GOES ON, WHICH IS NICE. WE’LL GET MORE SUN, BUT WE’RE DRY ALL DAY. TEMPERATURES WARM UP TO AROUND 50. ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK ABOUT NEXT WEEK. MAINLY DRY UNTIL WEDNESDAY. CHILLY THROUGH TUESDAY, ESPECIALLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TUESDAY ESPECIALLY HIGHS ONLY IN THE 30S. THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE VERY NICE. SHOWERS LIKELY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. WE DON’T NEED THE RAIN BUT WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST. WHEN I SAY WE DON’T NEED RAIN, THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. FOR THE MONTH, WE’VE ONLY HAD FOUR DAYS AND WE’VE HAD 3.5IN OF RAIN. WE ARE WAY ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH AND THAT HAS MADE US A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR. AND IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LAST FOUR DAYS WHEN YOU PICKED UP SO MUCH RAIN. IT’S JUST BEEN ROUND AFTER ROUND. AND YES, MORE RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS OF NEXT WEEK. CHECK OUT THE SATELLITE MAP. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING RIGHT OVER MINNEAPOLIS RIGHT NOW. THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING THESE CLOUDS AROUND, BUT THERE’S GOING TO BE MORE BREAKS AS TIME GOES ON. I THINK TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A DECENT DAY. THERE ARE A FEW. WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED TO SEE A COUPLE LITTLE PASSING FLURRIES. AND THEN FOR TOMORROW MIGHT GET AN ISOLATED SPRINKLE LATER IN THE DAY. BUT IT’S IT’S NOT BAD. STILL WINDY THOUGH. NOT AS WINDY AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT WITH THESE PASSING FLURRIES. THIS IS MONDAY AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH MONDAY. IT’S THE SAME KIND OF STORY. IT’S NOT COMPLETELY SUNNY. IT’S NOT COMPLETELY CLOUDY. AGAIN, POSSIBLY SEEING A TINY FLURRY OR TWO. NOW NEXT WEEK, AS WE WORK OUR WAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, THAT’S WHEN THESE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS WILL BE COMING IN. OVERALL, YES, A SOGGY FORECAST STARTING ON WEDNESDAY. WE’RE NOT GOING TO RAIN THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE ROUNDS OF RAIN. AND AGAIN, WE DON’T REALLY NEED IT LIVE. LOOK OUTSIDE. THAT. IT’S ACTUALLY PRETTY 43 DEGREES IN WAUKESHA AND WIND CHILLS ARE HANGING OUT AROUND. FREEZING. WON’T BE LONG. THEY’LL BE CARS BACK ON THE TRACKS. THERE WILL BE TONS OF PEOPLE ENJOYING ROAD AMERICA AND IT WON’T BE LONG. WE’LL SEE A LOT OF BOATS OUT HERE ON DELAVAN LAKE. TEMPERATURE 45 DEGREES. RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT COOL AIR AND IT’S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. IT’S COOL AROUND HERE. RIGHT NOW, 46 IN MILWAUKEE IS THE WARMEST TEMP, 51 FOR TOMORROW. IT’S ABOUT EXACTLY NORMAL. BUT AGAIN, THE MORNING IS GOING TO BE CHILLY FOR SURE. MONDAY 46 ELECTION DAY A HIGH OF ONLY 38. BUT IT’S DRY AND THEN RAIN SHOWERS WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY. SATURDAY. GREAT.
Chilly Start To Easter but at least it is drying out in SE Wisconsin
After a very wet start to the month, we are finally drying out in SE Wisconsin
Updated: 5:57 PM CDT Apr 4, 2026
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After a very wet start to the month, we are finally drying out in SE Wisconsin
After a very wet start to the month, we are finally drying out in SE Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers urges Wisconsin lawmakers to pass gerrymandering ban
Gov. Tony Evers has called lawmakers in to take up a constitutional amendment banning partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin’s redistricting process.
MADISON – A second three-judge panel on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to Wisconsin’s congressional maps, ruling it has no authority to act on the claims without further input from the state Supreme Court.
“Until the [state] Supreme Court says otherwise,” the lawsuit’s claims are “non-justiciable and non-cognizable under Wisconsin law,” the judges wrote.
The law firm that brought the suit said it would immediately appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court.
The decision is one of two cases that have been under consideration by separate panels composed of three judges from different counties appointed by the liberal-led state Supreme Court. The lawsuits, filed in July 2025, followed multiple failed attempts to redraw the maps, which are currently represented by six Republicans and two Democrats.
This case, brought by Law Forward representing the group Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy, contends the current maps amount to an anti-competitive gerrymander.
Republican members of the state’s congressional delegation and others sought to dismiss it.
“The three-judge panel got it right,” said Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty deputy counsel Lucas Vebber, an intervenor in the case. “This is a victory for the rule of law in our state.”
The state’s high court issued orders Nov. 25 concluding the two legal challenges constituted “an action to challenge the apportionment of any congressional or state legislative district” under a 2011 state law that requires such challenges to be heard by a panel appointed by the Supreme Court.
It was the first time the 2011 law had been invoked in a redistricting case.
The three-judge panel, led by Dane County Circuit Judge David Conway, wrote in its April 28 order that while plaintiffs presented a “detailed theory to support their claims,” the state Supreme Court already held in 2022 that the “partisan composition of electoral districts raises a non-justiciable political question.”
The panel, “as an inferior court, is obligated to obey them,” the judges wrote.
“The Supreme Court is the ultimate interpreter of our state constitution. When the Court speaks, its words are final unless and until it says otherwise. Because this panel is bound by the Court’s interpretations, it must alternatively dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims for failure to state a cognizable constitutional cause of action,” the panel wrote.
A separate three-judge panel last month rejected a parallel case on similar grounds.
“This is the first anti-competitive gerrymandering case ever filed in Wisconsin courts, and it deserves to be heard,” Law Forward director of litigation Doug Poland said in a statement. “
Under the 2011 law that required these challenges to be heard by panels of circuit court judges, the order may only be appealed to the state Supreme Court.
“We will therefore appeal the case to our state supreme court and look forward to the opportunity to prove that the state’s congressional maps must be redrawn to ensure that Wisconsin voters are given a real choice in voting for congressional district candidates and that the legislature does not dictate which political party’s candidate will prevail by skewing the composition of districts to protect incumbents and political parties,” Poland said.
Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, one of several Democrats vying to be the party’s gubernatorial candidate, posted on X in response to the ruling that “a 50-50 state with a 6-2 delegation isn’t a fair map” and said as governor he would use every option available to me to protect our democracy.”
A campaign spokesman said Barnes would “work with the Legislature to pass fair maps next session.”
President Donald Trump last year pushed Republican-leaning states to redraw their congressional maps to add GOP-held seats in the U.S. House. The effort prompted some Democratic-leaning states to embark on their own efforts to add blue seats.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who is not seeking a third term, has said it would be a mistake for Wisconsin to engage in the partisan arms race to draw new electoral maps.
“I don’t think we’re in a position to do that. We could draw them as crazy as possible, but … we couldn’t pick up enough seats to make a difference. I just think it would be bad politics for the Democrats to try to do that, and I just don’t think there’s a way to do it,” Evers told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last fall.
Evers has said implementing a permanent nonpartisan process to create new electoral maps is a priority before he leaves office.
The governor signed an executive order last month calling the Legislature to open a special legislative session to pass a constitutional amendment barring the use of partisan gerrymandering in the state’s redistricting process.
Republicans who control the Legislature have left the special session open rather than immediately gaveling out of it as they have done more than a dozen times when Evers has made similar calls. In doing so, they said they were leaving the door open to “continue meaningful dialogue” on the issue – but Evers said there’s nothing to negotiate.
“Lawmakers either want to ban partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin or they don’t. It’s that simple,” Evers countered. “If lawmakers fail to take a public vote on this basic question, then Wisconsinites have no choice but to assume their lawmaker’s position on this issue.”
Jessie Opoien can be reached at jessie.opoien@jrn.com.
(This story was updated to add new information.)
Manuel Franco claims his $768 million Powerball jackpot
Manuel Franco, 24, of West Allis was revealed Tuesday as the winner of the $768.4 million Powerball jackpot.
Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Wisconsin Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at April 27, 2026, results for each game:
18-31-33-36-62, Powerball: 03, Power Play: 3
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
Midday: 8-8-4
Evening: 7-5-0
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Midday: 0-9-1-3
Evening: 7-0-6-7
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Midday: 03-06-07-08-11-12-13-14-17-18-20
Evening: 01-05-06-09-12-14-16-17-18-20-22
Check All or Nothing payouts and previous drawings here.
15-18-24-28-30
Check Badger 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
03-06-07-08-12-24, Doubler: N
Check SuperCash payouts and previous drawings here.
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Feeling lucky? WI man wins $768 million Powerball jackpot **
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Nearly 50 guns and lots of ammunition was stolen from a Wisconsin sporting goods store in February, and investigators are now offering $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are investigating the theft, which happened in the early hours of Feb. 12 at Russell’s Sport N’ Bike in Star Prairie.
Officials say that the suspect got into the federally licensed store through a window before stealing the firearms and ammunition.
Anyone with information can call the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office at 715-386-4701 or email tipline@sccwi.gov to submit a tip.
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