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 More witnesses are testifying today in the murder trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, who’s accused of killing George Floyd.  Day seven started off with a motion to squash a subpoena for Morries Hall to testify.  Hall, who is currently being held at the Hennepin County Jail on unrelated charges, was in the car with Floyd at the time of his arrest.  Hall’s attorneys argue any testimony he would give would incriminate him and he plans to plead the Fifth

When we get a chance to showcase our community on a national level, we like to take that opportunity, and below you will see a Chippewa Valley connection hard at work. Air Traffic Controlman Airman Lucas Minor, from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, stands marshal control watch for inbound aircraft aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, in the Mediterranean Sea, March 31, 2021. The IKE Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area

Voters across Wisconsin will be picking people to run their schools on this Election Day. Local races for school board and the state superintendent’s race dominate today’s ballot. In southeast Wisconsin, voters will also pick an appeals court judge and will decide in a special election for Scott Fitzgerald’s old Senate seat. The polls are open from 7 a.m. til 8 p.m., and if you have plans to vote today, don’t forget to bring your voter ID.

Colten Treu wants a second opinion about changing his guilty plea. Treu yesterday filed an appeal to try and withdraw his guilty plea in the deaths of three Lake Hallie Girl Scouts back in 2018. Treu says his lawyers gave him bad legal advice. A Chippewa County judge turned down his request last month. Treu is serving 54 years in prison for the girls’ deaths.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus count continues to tick-up. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said the seven-day positivity rate is now three-point-four-percent. It was a little over two-percent last month. But Wisconsin was at 17-percent during the worst of the surge back in November. DHS says 246 people are in the hospital with the virus, including 64 in the ICU. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Wisconsin’s Elections Commission is going to study voting at the state’s nursing homes, rather than push for new rules. The Commission yesterday decided against creating a new rule or pushing for a new law to clarify how to handle voting during a pandemic. Commission members say with vaccinations rising and coronavirus cases remaining flat, there’s not as much of a chance that nursing home voting will be an issue. The problem last fall was that nursing homes closed to visitors,

Add Chippewa County to the list of places in Wisconsin with wildfire damage. Firefighters dealt with a number of fires yesterday, including two in the Town of Wheaton. They are not alone as Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources says there have been hundreds of wildfires across the state already this spring. Governor Evers yesterday declared a state of emergency and called-up the National Guard to help fight the fires.   What that means is help. Wisconsin’s latest emergency will have National Guard troops

It is the end of an era at the University of Wisconsin. Barry Alvarez will announce his retirement later today. Alvarez has been at the school, either as football coach or athletic director, since 1990. He says it’s time to move on to something else. Alvarez is expected to leave the school sometime before the beginning of the next school year.

It is day two of full time, in-person classes for all kids in Chippewa Falls. The city’s schools returned to a normal schedule yesterday. It is the first time that all kids are in class, in-person in nearly a year. Superintendent Jeff Holmes says they are doing everything as safely as they can. He said it’s nice to have a sense of normalcy.

Aaron Rodgers’ stint as Jeopardy guest host will live online forever. One of the contestants used his Final Jeopardy answer to ask Rodgers ‘Who wanted to kick that field goal?’ during yesterday’s episode. Rodgers said ‘That’s a good question.’ Rodgers has made it clear that he didn’t want to kick the field goal at the end of the NFC Championship game.  Rodgers will continue his guest hosting duties today. Aaron Rodgers’ two-week stint as guest host of Jeopardy! started yesterday.