Category Archives: Local News

Police: Men involved in Janesville murder-suicide knew eachother, had relationship with same woman
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Police say the two men who died in an apparent murder-suicide in Janesville knew eachother and had relationships with the same woman. Police were called to a home at 1105 Kell...
Jaymes Langrehr May 21, 2021

Number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Wisconsin approaches 5 million
MADISON, Wis. — Nearly 5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Wisconsin, according to the state Department of Health Services. A total of 4,996,313 doses have been adm...
Brandon Arbuckle May 21, 2021

Sun Prairie City Council unanimously votes to ban conversion therapy
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis.– In a unanimous vote Tuesday, Sun Prairie’s City Council members passed an ordinance banning the practice of conversion therapy on minors in hopes of making Sun Prairie a...
Jamie Perez May 21, 2021

Domestic Assault Charges Dropped As Witnesses Are Unable To Testify
Charges have been dismissed against a Dubuque man who was accused of repeatedly hitting his girlfriend in the head and holding a knife to her face in November 2019. 43 year old Johnny Webb Jr. was sup...
Mark Evenstad May 21, 2021

Injured Persons In Crash Identified
Authorities have identified four people injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in Dubuque. 39 year old Nicole Havens, 11 year old Serenity Havens both of Apple River, Ill., 17 year old Jai...
Mark Evenstad May 21, 2021

Wisconsin Not Ready To Offer Millions For People Getting Shot
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says he'd rather direct federal COVID-19 relief funding to the state's struggling businesses than run another lottery. Three states are offering the chance to win big if ...
Mark Evenstad May 21, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial scheduled to begin November 1st
KENOSHA, Wis. — The trial for Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man accused of killing two people during protests last summer in Kenosha, is being scheduled for the first two weeks in November. A j...
Jaymes Langrehr May 21, 2021

Nearly half of Wisconsin’s counties never used the hate penalty in the last five years. Dane County stands out.
The State of Hate is a five-part series based on a review of hundreds of pages of hate investigation police reports as well as five years’ of criminal charges in Wisconsin. This is Part Four, co...
Naomi Kowles May 21, 2021

Rock Co. authorities investigating shots fired incident in Beloit
BELOIT, Wis. — Officials with the Rock County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a report of shots fired in Beloit. According to Rock County Dispatch, law enforcement officials were dispat...
Logan Rude May 21, 2021

Sun Prairie bans use of conversion therapy on minors
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Conversion therapy, the harmful practice of trying to change an individual’s sexuality using pseudoscientific means, is now banned for use on minors in Sun Prairie. The...
Logan Rude May 21, 2021