Category Archives: Local News

18-year-old leads authorities on vehicle chase through Marquette, Adams counties
ADAMS, Wis. — An 18-year-old is facing multiple charges after he allegedly led Adams County law enforcement on a vehicle chase early Tuesday morning. Authorities with the Adams County Sheriff&rs...
Logan Rude Apr 13, 2021

Wisconsin Assembly OKs genocide education bill
MADISON, Wis. – The state Assembly has approved a bipartisan bill that would require schools to include instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. Under the proposal, public schools, char...
Associated Press Apr 13, 2021

SSM Health to offer mobile vaccination clinic in Wisconsin Dells for area tourism workers
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — SSM Health has partnered with the Sauk County Health Department to provide an on-site vaccination clinic for tourism workers in the Sauk County area. The mobile clinic wi...
Brandon Arbuckle Apr 13, 2021

Madison man arrested on five counts of possession of child pornography
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police arrested a man Tuesday morning on multiple counts of possession of child pornography. According to an incident report, members of the Madison Police Department&rsq...
Logan Rude Apr 13, 2021

Former Middleton volleyball player, daughter of Badgers football legend, killed in apparent murder-suicide
SCOTTSDALE, Az. — A former Middleton High School volleyball player and daughter of UW-Madison football icon Al Toon was killed Sunday night when her husband allegedly shot her before turning the...
Logan Rude Apr 13, 2021

Status of weekend Boys and Girls Club vaccination clinic up in the air following J&J pause
MADISON, Wis. — The president and CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County says their planned COVID-19 vaccination clinic this weekend is on hold following Tuesday’s announcement by t...
Jaymes Langrehr Apr 13, 2021

Rock Co. pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccinations, reminds residents blood clots ‘extremely rare’
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Health officials in Rock County say they’re joining Dane County in pausing the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine. The CDC and FDA announced a recommen...
Jaymes Langrehr Apr 13, 2021

Nearly 2.2 million Wisconsinites have received at least 1 dose of COVID vaccine
MADISON, Wis. — More than 3.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered throughout Wisconsin to date, according to the latest numbers from the state Department of Health ...
Brandon Arbuckle Apr 13, 2021

Madison caravan to travel to Minnesota, providing protestors with food, water and medical supplies
MADISON, Wis. — Fighting for the protection of Black lives has been at the core of Jazzman Brown’s cause over the last year. Brown is a member of a local group called Feeding the Youth, wh...
Jamie Perez Apr 13, 2021

Gov. Evers announces $100M for small businesses, equity programs
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin businesses struggling amid the pandemic will soon get an extra boost thanks to a business-recovery program funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act. Gov. Tony Eve...
Logan Rude Apr 13, 2021