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Veteran game show host Alex Trebek says he’s rehearsed his final goodbye.  But don’t worry fans, he’s not signing off yet.  The 79-year-old has hosted Jeopardy! for more than 35 years.  He’s been fighting pancreatic cancer since last March and says he’ll continue working through his treatments.  Still, he knows the time will come when he can no longer carry on with the show and he’ll be ready.  He says it will be a significant moment for him.  No word

The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is 16-cents-a-gallon lower than the national average.  Triple-A says the price statewide is two-dollars-and-42-cents today, while it’s two-58 across the country.  Drivers in several cities including Milwaukee, Madison and Janesville are paying an average price of two-38 a gallon.  The highest average price of two-54 is posted in Superior.

Lands End isn’t commenting but a group of Delta Airlines employees is taking the Wisconsin-based company to court.  The employees filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in the Western District of Wisconsin claiming the uniforms provided by Lands End made them sick.  Delta says it’s test found the uniform safe but the employees say their testing found unacceptable high levels of certain chemicals and heavy metals including mercury.  They say employees have suffered breathing difficulties, headaches, hair loss, fatigue, skin rashes, hives and tightness

The second day of January sees the first baby in a nearby nursery! Pang Yang and Vang Hang of Menomonie are parents of the first baby born at Mayo Clinic Health System — Red Cedar in Menomonie in 2020. Their son, Xander Hang, was born at 8:18 a.m. on Jan. 2. “He’s pretty calm,” says Yang, adding that she thinks it will be exciting for him to someday learn that he was the first baby of the year and the decade.

There could soon be an ‘or else’ added to the judge’s order to clean-up Wisconsin’s voter rolls. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday asked an Ozaukee County judge to hold the Wisconsin Election Commission in contempt for refusing to follow his order and remove 234-thousand people who have either moved since the last election, or refused to answer questions about their addresses. WILL’s Rick Essenberg said court orders are not optional, even if you disagree with them. Democrats on the Election Commission voted

Calling all Elves! What goes up must come down, and Irvine Park in Chippewa Falls could use some help packing the sleigh for the season.   The city yesterday put-out the call for volunteers to help take down the Christmas Village. Parks and Recreation Director Dick Hebert says it will likely take weeks to dismantle the village. He says they need all of the volunteers that they can get. If you’re interested, call Chippewa Falls’ Parks and Rec department AT

A former nurse at the Marshfield Clinic in Eau Claire is looking at charges that she stole or used prescription drugs from work. Prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges yesterday against 45-year-old Kathryn Coffin. Police say she took fentanyl and hydrocodone, her co-workers said she appeared to be out of it. Coffin is due back in court to answer the charges at the end of the month.

Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator and three of the state’s four Republican Congressman are on the record asking for a review of Roe vs. Wade. Senator Ron Johnson and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, Bryan Steil, and Glenn Grothman yesterday signed a letter along with about 200 other Republicans asking the Supreme Court reconsider the case that has made the law for abortions in this country for over 45 years. The letter comes as the Supreme Court gets ready to hear a case

Movie fans in downtown Eau Claire will have one less place to catch a flick for a little while. Micon Cinemas yesterday said on Facebook that it is closing its downtown theater because of problems with their heating system. Micon says there are plans to re-open the theater, though they are not saying when.

A lot more children are sick with the flu this flu season. The CDC this week moved Wisconsin to a ‘high flu activity’ state. Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee says that matches what they are seeing. Doctors say they saw 829 flu cases in December, including 46 kids who were hospitalized. That compares to just nine flu cases in December of 2018. Doctors say there is still time to get a flu shot and help your kids not get sick this flu season.