Category Archives: Local News
Authorities identify victim of fatal Green County rollover crash
YORK TOWNSHIP, Wis. — Green County authorities have identified the man killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Friday. First responders were sent to the N9300 block of State Highway 78 on F...
Aug 30, 2021
Crews respond to gas leak in Fennimore, evacuate buildings in two-block radius
FENNIMORE, Wis. — Grant County authorities are asking the public to avoid an intersection in Fennimore because of an active gas leak. According to a Facebook post, a gas line was struck at the i...
Aug 30, 2021
Cardinal to begin rehabilitation after contracting COVID-19
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who eschewed the COVID-19 vaccine said he will soon begin rehabilitation after contracting the coronavirus and spending days on a venti...
Aug 30, 2021
Evers: GOP concerns over Afghan refugees ‘dog whistle crap’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says Republican concerns over the screening process for thousands of Afghan refugees who stood side by side with Americans and are now being proces...
Aug 30, 2021
Wisconsin governor: $680K for election probe is ‘outrageous’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says it is “outrageous” that Republicans plan to spend $680,000 on an investigation into the 2020 election in the state. Eve...
Aug 30, 2021
Police arrest man suspected of looking through neighborhood windows
MADISON, Wis. — A downtown resident’s tip helped Madison police arrest a man suspected of peering through neighborhood windows last week. Police said they got a tip from a resident in the ...
Aug 30, 2021
MTI members ‘overwhelmingly agree’ district should implement COVID-19 vaccine requirement
MADISON, Wis. — Madison Teachers Inc. — the union that represents teachers in the Madison Metropolitan School District — has come out in full support of a COVID-19 vaccine requi...
Aug 30, 2021
Firefighters respond to garage fire in the Town of Dunn
TOWN OF DUNN, Wis. — Multiple crews are responding to a fire Monday in the town of Dunn. Firefighters are on the scene of a garage fire on the 2300 block of Dyerson Road. According to Dane Count...
Aug 30, 2021
MMSD tackling racial equity head on
MADISON, Wis. — The Madison Metro School District is trying to tackle racism head on. They’re taking a daring new approach during a time when school curriculums are under a great dea...
Aug 30, 2021
12-year-old boy suffers fatal blows, 8-year-old injured
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police are investigating the homicide of a 12-year-old boy who died after suffering blunt force trauma. An 8-year-old was also injured Sunday and taken to the hospital...
Aug 30, 2021
