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The Powerball jackpot is now up to 146-million dollars.  That’s after last night’s drawing resulted in no grand prize winner.  The cash option is now just over 104-million bucks.  The next drawing takes place Saturday night.

An investigation is underway by the NFL into whether the Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers followed proper COVID-19 protocols as set out by the league.  Packers CEO Mark Murphy tells WTMJ-TV the team is cooperating with the league’s inquiry.  Coach Matt LaFleur says COVID protocols were followed at least inside Lambeau Field.

The overall enrollment at UW campuses dips a bit this fall, but is still better than enrollment losses reported nationwide.  The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center says nationwide enrollment dropped an average of two-point-three-percent this semester.  Enrollment fell off by just over one-percent in the UW system.  Four campuses including Marinette, Manitowoc, Sheboygan and Green Bay saw enrollment increases.

Officials with SSM Health say thousands of young children are set to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.  SSM has only been making appointments for children five to eleven-years-old who just became eligible for vaccinations.  About three-thousand kids have been signed up in the first 12 hours of making the appointments.  Five-thousand additional kids have been registered for vaccinations at school-based clinics.

When you think “Thanksgiving”, what comes to mind? Turkey! According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), more than 46 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the United States at Thanksgiving. That number represents one-sixth of all the turkeys sold in the U.S. each year. There are a few tips that will ensure that your holiday meal is safe and delicious. “Thawing and cooking are the two challenges any holiday cook will face,” according to Barbara Ingham, Extension FoodSafety

Thursday, November 11 is Veterans Day. The Eau Claire Patriotic Council announces the 2021 program will be held at the American Legion, 634 Water Street, Eau Claire, WI. The program will begin at 10:00 a.m. and conclude shortly after 11:00 a.m. The public is invited. The program will highlight area veterans as well as a brief honoring of those who never came home. There will be a special tribute and commemoration of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. For 100

The sheriff in Racine County is asking for felony charges against most of the people in charge of elections in the state . Sheriff Christopher Schmaling recommended felony charges for Wisconsin Elections Commission members Marge Bostelmann, Julie Glancey, Ann Jacobs, Dean Knudson and Mark Thomsen. He says they broke five separate state laws when they told workers at nursing homes in the county to fill-out ballots for elderly patients last fall. Schmalling is not recommending charges against any of the workers at

Investigators with the state are looking into yesterday’s deadly officer-involved shooting in Eau Claire. Police say two officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man who’d just stabbed a woman at her home. Police say the stabbing looks like a domestic violence case. The woman who was stabbed suffered serious injuries and had to be flown to the hospital for treatment. The man is being identified as a 30 year old Eau Claire man. Neither of the officers were hurt. Both

Jurors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial in Kenosha spent most of their day yesterday watching videos. The prosecution played several videos from the night of violence in August of last year. In one, prosecutors say Rittenhouse was chasing one of the men who he shot and killed. But Rittenhouse’s lawyers played the same video and said it shows the man was waiting to ambush Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse’s lawyers continue to say that he killed two men and wounded a third in

The search for a homicide suspect from northern Wisconsin is focusing on the Waukesha area. Authorities say Derek Goplin may be in the area. Police in Antigo say he killed his mother over the weekend. The search is focusing on the  Waukesha area because that’s where police found Goplin’s five-year-old son alone in the Ingleside Hotel Monday morning. Goplin’s pictures are online, police believe he is driving a red Ford Explorer with Wisconsin plates ‘RANDYR.’