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The first big winter storm of the season is knocking the power out in New England.  The New York Times says over 200-thousand customers lost electricity Saturday as a powerful winter storm brought high winds and heavy snow into the region.  The PowerOutage website says over 196-thousand customers lost power in Maine, and over 46-thousand in New Hampshire. Thousands lost power in Connecticut, where local forecasters are warned of black ice on the roads as temperatures dipped below freezing overnight.

In Wisconsin new COVID-19 cases are dropping.  Yesterday, the state department of health reported nearly five-thousand new cases.  The number is well under the eight-thousand or so cases which were the most recorded in a single day so far on November 19th. State health officials aren’t sure whether the drop will become a trend citing the possible new cases from the recent Thanksgiving holiday gatherings as a variable which has yet to be fully factored in. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI

A Madison church congregation gives away Christmas trees for free.  Yesterday the Chapel Valley Church handed out around 200-Christmas trees.  The tree giveaway is usually only one part of an annual Christmas in the Park event which this year was cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. Pastor Suzie Genin says the church only had two hundred trees this year and couldn’t meet the demand which was double that amount.

A crash in St. Croix County leaves two dead. It was on Saturday, December 5th, just before 4 in the afternoon when the Wisconsin State Patrol and the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department responded to a one vehicle crash on Interstate 94 in St. Croix County at milepost 25 eastbound. Upon arrival it was discovered the two occupants of the vehicle, a 20-year-old female from Saint Michael, MN and a 20-year-old female from Albertville, MN were deceased. The initial investigation

A pair of big lottery jackpots are building for the holidays.  Lottery officials say no one picked all six numbers in last night’s Mega Millions drawing which means Tuesday’s jackpot will be worth 264-million-dollars.  Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is worth 243-million-dollars. 

The U.S. is marking another COVID-19 milestone.  The COVID Tracking Project reports the nation added more than 220-thousand new cases on Friday, topping the previous high for new infections set a day earlier.  The U.S. surpassed 14 million coronavirus infections this week and set a record for single-day COVID-related deaths with more than 28-hundred American lives lost.  The CDC is urging people not to travel for Christmas to avoid further spreading of the virus.

It’s Saturday! Hello. Hope this finds you well. We like to start our weekend with a little “scroll down memory lane.” It’s just a quick look back at some of the things that have happened along the way on this day in history. So, keep your favorite sippin’ drink handy and join us in taking a peek back before we tip forward into this day. Today is Saturday, December 5th, the 340th day of the year.  There are 26 days

Forty-two million Americans are being given more time to pay off their student loans.  Payments were set to resume next month but now won’t be due until February.  The Trump Administration hit the pause button early in the pandemic and many hoped a new stimulus bill would offer more relief.  That hasn’t happened yet as lawmakers are still in talks. 

UPDATED : 12.5.2020 SpaceX will try again Sunday to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.  Officials delayed this morning’s scheduled launch from Cape Canaveral due to weather.  It will be the first for the upgraded cargo version of the Dragon capsule which can carry 50 percent larger payloads. Tomorrow’s launch is set for 11:17 a.m. Eastern time.

A dairy company is donating thousands of milk servings to a Wisconsin food bank.  Kemps dairy products is donating 175-thousand single serve packs of milk.  WMTV reported yesterday that Kemps spokesperson Rachel Kyllo says the specialized packaging gives the Giving Cow milk servings a shelf life of up to a year with no refrigeration required. Roundy’s Supermarkets joins with Kemps and the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin for the distribution of the milk in southwestern Wisconsin communities.