Category Archives: Local News

Iowa-Grant School Board Sets Quarantine Guidelines
In a special meeting of the Iowa-Grant School Board Thursday, the board set quarantine guidelines for its sports teams and other extra curricular activities. With the district being located in two cou...
Mark Evenstad Sep 03, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic In Iowa County Saturday
The Iowa County Health Department will offer a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic on Saturday from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. at the Iowa County Health & Human Services Center on West Chapel Street in Dodgev...
Mark Evenstad Sep 03, 2021

Man shot, killed by Milwaukee-area police following pair of vehicle chases
FRANKLIN, Wis. (AP) — Police shot and killed a man after he allegedly pulled a gun on officers following a pair of Friday morning car chases near the border of Franklin and Oak Creek. Milwaukee ...
Associated Press Sep 03, 2021

More than 8,000 Afghan refugees at Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 8,000 refugees from Afghanistan were being temporarily housed at Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin as of Friday and the military base has a capacity to host up to 13...
Associated Press Sep 03, 2021

Wisconsin extends vaccine incentive program as 65K residents get first dose since start of program
MADISON, Wis. — Unvaccinated Wisconsinites now have a few more weeks to claim $100 if they get vaccinated. Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Friday that t...
Logan Rude Sep 03, 2021

Child psychiatrist helps parents deal with unknowns as kids return to school
MADISON, Wis. — The first day of school can be nerve-wracking as it is. Add on a pandemic and returning to in-person learning for the first time in a year and a half, anxiety levels increa...
Jamie Perez Sep 03, 2021

Friday Morning Sprint
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Site staff Sep 03, 2021

In the 608: Badger Bash is back Saturday! Here’s what you need to know
MADISON, Wis. – Check out the Badger Bash 2½ hours before kickoff, every football home game, for game day’s best tailgate beginning Saturday, September 11th. Just steps from Camp Ra...
Josh Spreiter Sep 03, 2021

More than 7,000 Afghan refugees currently at Fort McCoy, total of 13,000 expected
FORT McCOY, Wis. — Officials at Fort McCoy say there are now more than 7,000 Afghan refugees being housed there as they continue to be assigned to bases following the end of the United States&rs...
Jaymes Langrehr Sep 02, 2021

From HBO/Showtime production to UW Health doctor; how witnessing 9/11 changed her life
MADISON, Wis. — Dr. Lisa Arkin, the Director of Pediatric Dermatology at UW School of Medicine, says working with children and their families is what she was put on this earth to do. A career sh...
Jamie Perez Sep 02, 2021