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Aaron Rodgers helped bring some eyeballs to the TV during his stint as Jeopardy guest host. A number of reports yesterday said ratings jumped 14- percent with Rodgers at the podium. His episodes did far better than Doctor Oz but were not as good as Ken Jennings’ time as guest host. Rodgers had a five-point-six- rating, compared to Jennings’ six-point-two, and Doctor Oz’s five-point-two.

A jury has found Derek Chauvin guilty in the death of George Floyd.  Today the jury convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for kneeling on Floyd’s neck during an arrest last May, causing his death.  It took the jury about 12 hours over two days to reach its verdict. The second-degree murder charge carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, but Minnesota sentencing guidelines say someone with no prior conviction

Wisconsin health officials are reporting 805 COVID-19 cases today.  That pushes the total number of cases above 591-thousand-600.  There were eight additional deaths reported today, raising the death toll past 67-hundred. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Governor Tony Evers says the state is receiving millions of dollars to pay for COVID-19 testing in high schools.  The funding announced today will offer voluntary testing to students, teachers and staff.  People under the age of 16 are not yet eligible for the vaccine in Wisconsin but there is concern about the new coronavirus variants and the need to test for them.  The federal funding amounts to 175 million dollars.

The Wisconsin Badgers survived a five-set battle against the Florida Gators to advance to the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Final Four.  The Badgers earned victories in the first, third and final set of yesterday’s match in Omaha, Nebraska.  The Badgers will now face fourth-ranked Texas in one semi-final on Thursday.  The other semi-final features number-two Kentucky against the number-six Washington Huskies.

The spring turkey hunt opens statewide tomorrow.  Officials say last spring over 130-thousand people applied for the hunt.  Hunting turkeys is second only to deer hunting in popularity in Wisconsin.  During the six weeks of turkey hunting season last spring more than 45-thousand birds were harvested.

The Augusta Area School District recently announced that one of their teachers is a finalist for the National History Day Teacher of the Year Award. Mr. Andrew Johnson , a teacher at Wildlands Science Research School in Augusta, Wisconsin, was nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award in the junior division of the National History Day (NHD) National Contest. The award is sponsored by Patricia Behring in recognition of the pivotal role teachers play in the lives

Recreational marijuana is still illegal in Wisconsin, although police say someone was ringing in the unofficial 4-20 holiday a little early. Eau Claire police say a person was stopped after driving through a red-light last night. Police say the car smelled strongly of marijuana, but none was recovered during a search. Instead, police say a bag of weed fell from the driver’s pants pocket while standing with officers during the search. The person was cited for possession of T-H-C and a

The Better Business Bureau wants people to consider spring cleaning their online passwords with those closets. The B-B-B says spring cyber cleaning could prevent hackers from getting into your accounts and stealing your personal and financial information. They say people should remove saved credit card information and use a two-factor authentication when possible.

A local grocer is partnering with Minocqua Brewing Company to sell it’s beer in store. Just Local Food in Eau Claire will soon sell Minocqua Brewing’s Biden Beer, Kamala Beer, Fair Maps I-P-A, and Bernie Brew. They say they’ll start selling their progressive-themed beers in early May.