Wisconsin
Communities across northeastern Wisconsin surveying the damage after severe weather
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Parts of northeast Wisconsin are picking up the pieces after Tuesday’s severe weather.
The National Weather Service confirmed that four tornadoes touched down elsewhere in the state on Tuesday night, two in central Wisconsin and two in western Wisconsin.
Officials are still investigating exactly what hit the Kaukauna area, which is one of several local communities that was hit hard.
Our team coverage of the cleanup begins with Samantha Cavalli in Kaukauna, where emergency responders are documenting the damage.
Cleanup is underway in Kaukauna after last night’s severe storms which brought heavy rain and strong winds.
Residents in Kaukauna are assessing the damages. One of the large trees on the corner of Lawe and Division streets was uprooted and hit a home. Luckily no one was injured.
“All of a sudden I heard this big woosh and it was weird,” said Kerri Jansen of Kaukauna. “I took my dogs and me and my kids went downstairs.”
“I was letting my dog out and it started getting really windy and raining,” said Alyssa Janssen of Kaukauna. “I was a little freaked out so I ran into the house and closed all the windows and all of a sudden the tree fell and the power went out.”
Alyssa Janssen says multiple branches on a tree in her front yard fell and blocked the road. With the help of some friendly neighbors, Janssen says they were able to move the tree out of the way.
“Actually we’re the only one without power still because it fully detached from our house,” said Janssen. “The neighbors are letting us run our refrigerator off their power.”
“Right now the community emergency response team is out and they are taking pictures of the damage and we can see a pretty distinct line just cutting through the whole city,” said Andrea Fencl, the marketing and communications manager for the City of Kaukauna. “Round House Manor sustained significant damage to its roof, leading to more than fifty people being displaced.”
Kaukauna Mayor Tony Penterman says the residents were taken to Kaukauna High School last night. The Red Cross is helping those who need a temporary place to stay.
“We are in talks with Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson who is in talks with Governor Evers for some additional help to potentially put them up because it might be several weeks or maybe even a month before they can get back into their location,” said Penterman.
Door County is also cleaning up today following the storm. Locals are still dodging fallen trees in the road as far north as Egg Harbor. Trees are being cleared from roadways by crews to get traffic flow safely restored for drivers.
Some homeowners in Door County are also on clean-up duty with trees falling on homes near the bayside. Suamico native Tom Massey found out early today that a group of trees fell on his second home in Egg Harbor while it was being rented out to Door County visitors.
“I did have eight trees taken down, so I figured I was safe,” said Massey. “Apparently not, there’s four more that I have to deal with now. It took me weeks to clean up after these other eight trees, so I’ve had enough of wood right now.”
The renters of the Egg Harbor home did not suffer any injuries from the storm.
And, in Green Bay, Brittany Schmidt talked with people overwhelmed by the damage to their homes.
“The most horrible sound I had ever heard, it was crack of thunder, sounded like shattering glass and lit up all through the house.”
Kathleen Fadale in Green Bay described a scary, close call during Tuesday night’s storm.
“The whole tree just came down.”
It crashed into the room where her husband was sitting. He was not injured.
“The whole ceiling on his side of the bed fell in, all the 2 x4 brought down, insulation all over the house,” said Fadale. “Very scary, I hope nobody else is having a bad day like this.”
Over on Carrie Lane, Diana Resch is dealing with the same type of damage.
“I knew it would be bad, but it’s just overwhelming.”
Diana says the wind was so strong that it even blew out her screen door completely through. When she looked at the damage outside, she realized this tree had fallen on her house, impacting her roof, then as she panned over and looked at her whole backyard, she had six trees down, three uprooted. The one that hit her home is also completely uprooted.
She has a lot of cleanup to do, but she is thankful no one was injured
“It’s not through the ceiling of upstairs, but it is crushing, heavy,” said Resch. “As time goes by, it’s been getting worse and worse so hoping to get it soon, I have family coming later to help.”
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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.
Gov. Tony Evers seeks a nonpartisan redistricting process
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:
Winning Powerball numbers from April 27 drawing
18-31-33-36-62, Powerball: 03, Power Play: 3
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 3 numbers from April 27 drawing
Midday: 8-8-4
Evening: 7-5-0
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 4 numbers from April 27 drawing
Midday: 0-9-1-3
Evening: 7-0-6-7
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning All or Nothing numbers from April 27 drawing
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.
Winning Badger 5 numbers from April 27 drawing
15-18-24-28-30
Check Badger 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning SuperCash numbers from April 27 drawing
03-06-07-08-12-24, Doubler: N
Check SuperCash payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
- Prizes up to $599: Can be claimed at any Wisconsin Lottery retailer.
- Prizes from $600 to $199,999: Can be claimed in person at a Lottery Office. By mail, send the signed ticket and a completed claim form available on the Wisconsin Lottery claim page to: Prizes, PO Box 777 Madison, WI 53774.
- Prizes of $200,000 or more: Must be claimed in person at the Madison Lottery office. Call the Lottery office prior to your visit: 608-261-4916.
Can Wisconsin lottery winners remain anonymous?
No, according to the Wisconsin Lottery. Due to the state’s open records laws, the lottery must, upon request, release the name and city of the winner. Other information about the winner is released only with the winner’s consent.
When are the Wisconsin Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10:00 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Super Cash: 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 3 (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 3 (Evening): 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 4 (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
- Pick 4 (Evening): 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- All or Nothing (Day): 1:30 p.m. CT daily.
- All or Nothing (Evening): 9 p.m. CT daily.
- Megabucks: 9:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Badger 5: 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
That lucky feeling: Peek at the past week’s winning numbers.
Feeling lucky? WI man wins $768 million Powerball jackpot **
WI Lottery history: Top 10 Powerball and Mega Million jackpots
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Wisconsin editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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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