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The State of Minnesota wants the George Floyd trial to be moved to June 7th to allow more time for coronavirus safety protocols to be put into place.  The state says it’s ready to start the trial on March 8th, but it wants to delay the trial for safety reasons.  The attorney for one of the four officers charged in the case is objecting to the date change.  Derek Chauvin is charged with second-degree unintentional murder and manslaughter, while Tou

The American Lung Association is out with some tips to help smokers kick the habit in 2021.  Matt Mattenson has the details.

President Trump says a big protest rally will take place in Washington, DC on Wednesday when Congress certifies Joe Biden’s election victory.  Trump tweeted on Friday that the “Stop the Steal” rally will take place at 11am on January 6th, and promised it would “be wild.”  The tweet did not provide location details, but the National Park Service has reportedly received three permit applications to protest the election results.  The DC Metropolitan Police Department has said there will be multiple

 Health officials in Wisconsin say an employee intentionally left vials of the COVID vaccine out of the fridge to ruin them.  Aurora Health President Dr. Jeff Bahr says that person has been suspended and no one has been endangered by their actions. Grafton Police arrested the man Thursday, but did not identify him.  However, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said 46-year-old Steven Brandenburg was booked into jail on charges in the case.  Officers are asking prosecutors to file criminal damage to property and

The federal government is taking a close look at a special fee charged to distilleries that make hand sanitizer. The fee amounted to as much as 14-thousand dollars in some cases.  On Thursday a tweet from Brian Harrison, head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said businesses who stepped up to help during the COVID-19 crisis shouldn’t be punished with a special tax in reference to the fee issued by the FDA this past Tuesday.  It remains

Two people are injured in a wreck in Monroe County.  Two SUVs collided head on Thursday morning on State Highway 27 north  of  County Highway 5.  The case is still under investigation.  So far one driver faces several charges including reckless driving causing injury.

An Arkansas oncologist is lifting hundreds of thousands of dollars of medical debt off of nearly 200 of his patients’ shoulders.  Dr. Omar Atiq, who founded the Arkansas Cancer Clinic in 1991, sent out a notice to his patients days before Christmas telling them “the clinic has decided to forgive all balances owed to the clinic by its patients.”  The clinic closed in February but was still looking to collect nearly 650-thousand dollars in outstanding bills as of December.  Atiq

 Health officials in Wisconsin say an employee intentionally left vials of the COVID vaccine out of the fridge to ruin them.  Aurora Health President Dr. Jeff Bahr says that person has been suspended and no one has been endangered by their actions. There were 57 vials containing around 500 doses of the vaccine that were rendered less effective or ineffective.  The medical group in Grafton, Wisconsin is working with Moderna to develop a protocol for re-vaccinating those who received one of the affected doses. 

For the first time Congress is overriding a President Trump veto.  The presiding officer announced the results. Both chambers of Congress needed two-thirds majority to overcome the President’s veto, and both got it easily.  Trump said he vetoed the bipartisan bill because he wanted Section 230 that grants liability protection to social media companies repealed.  He also objected to renaming military bases that honor Confederate leaders.  His other major issue was that it was not tough enough on China.

Wisconsin energy regulators are looking to update the state’s 17-year-old rules on customer-owned energy sources.  The move could make it easier for homeowners and businesses to create their own power.  Renewable energy advocates say clean energy technology has improved rapidly since the regulations were last updated, and aligning the rules with today’s technology could make it easier for rural residents to use clean energy.