Category Archives: Local News
UW-Madison to require masks indoors beginning Thursday
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison will require students, employees and visitors to wear masks inside campus buildings beginning Thursday. A news release Tuesday said the d...
Aug 03, 2021
MPD: Driver threatens road construction crew with gun
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police responded to an alleged gun threat against a road construction crew Tuesday morning. Police were sent to the 1300 block of Hickory Street at 11:10 a.m. for a repor...
Aug 03, 2021
Wisconsin reports highest number of single-day COVID cases since February
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has reported the largest amount of single-day COVID-19 cases in nearly six months. Health officials confirmed 1,391 new cases of the v...
Aug 03, 2021
‘We’re really being asked to develop a tolerance for uncertainty’: The toll the delta variant is taking on Wisconsinites’ mental health
MADISON, Wis.– The rise in COVID cases and return of masks feels like déjà vu for many people who thought, “We finally got through this.” But if you’re feeling fr...
Aug 03, 2021
Residents allowed to return home after vehicle crashes into building
MADISON, Wis. — People living above a Madison boutique, damaged during a crash early Monday morning, will be allowed to return home. No one was hurt when a car crashed into the building that hou...
Aug 03, 2021
Janesville police looking for high-speed motorcycle driver
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The Janesville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a high-speed motorcycle driver who evaded officers over the weekend. The department says ...
Aug 03, 2021
Explaining the National Weather Service’s new ‘destructive’ thunderstorm category
MADISON, Wis. — As of August 2nd, the National Weather Service is now using a new designation for severe thunderstorms they say will help better describe the severity and potential impacts from ...
Aug 03, 2021
Ex-cops charged in Floyd death want separation from Chauvin
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights are asking that their federal trials be separated from the trial of Derek Cha...
Aug 03, 2021
Muscode Man Killed In Richland County Shooting
Richland County authorities say a Muscoda woman faces a homicide charge following an altercation Saturday night in Forest Township. According to a sheriff’s report, Richland County dispatch rece...
Aug 03, 2021
Crash Leads To Arrest For 6th OWI Offense
A one-vehicle crash results in the arrest of a Platteville man for his 6th offense of OWI. At around 5:45pm on Sunday, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a one vehicle crash on th...
Aug 03, 2021
