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The sounds of Madison’s Air National Guard unit will fill the city and beyond this week. Commanders say the 115th Fighter Wing will be conducting evening training flights, starting this evening. The jets are scheduled to fly between sundown and 10 pm. The Guard says the flight paths are designed to minimize the noise.

The decorations are out in force in downtown Eau Claire. Businesses are now competing as part of the winter window contest. People will vote which downtown windows are the best dressed and most festive. Downtown Eau Claire Inc. is running the competition. The winning downtown business will get one-thousand dollars. CLICK FOR MORE

An Illinois man has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with two children in the vehicle under the age of 16. It was on Sunday, December 6th at approximately 3pm a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped an eastbound vehicle for speed on Interstate 94 near milepost 37. Upon approach the Trooper detected the odor of marijuana. The driver, 28 year old Aaron Harris from Chicago, IL,

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