Category Archives: Local News

Boys and Girls Club of Dane County hosts first of three community vaccination clinics
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis.– The Boys and Girls Club of Dane County hosted its first of three community vaccination clinics on Saturday. Fitchburg Family Pharmacy set aside 1,500 doses of its Johnson and ...
Gabriella Bachara Apr 10, 2021

Sun Prairie police arrest 29-year-old man connected to November parking lot shooting
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Police arrested a 29-year-old man Friday who was connected to a shots fired incident near The Rock Bar and Grille in Sun Prairie in November 2020. Police said Gavin Vyse was ...
Grace Houdek Apr 10, 2021

‘A sense of relief’: Inmates at Rock County Jail get vaccinated against COVID-19
JANESVILLE, Wis. – After a tumultuous last six months of COVID-19 struggles within the Rock County Jail, including a December outbreak that infected nearly half of the inmates, a vaccine has arr...
Adam Duxter Apr 10, 2021

Video shows lightning shatter a tree outside of a Wisconsin high school
(CNN) — The National Weather Service says, “When thunder roars, go indoors” for a reason. Video posted on the US National Weather Service Green Bay Wisconsin Facebook page shows ligh...
CNN Apr 10, 2021

Sun Prairie fire and police respond to vehicle accident
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Sun Prairie fire and police responded to a vehicle accident and structural damage around 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Units on scene found a farm trailer stuck between the dri...
Grace Houdek Apr 10, 2021

Woman charged with homicide in man’s heroin overdose
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Madison woman with homicide after she allegedly supplied heroin to a man at a hotel in January, failed to call for help after he overdosed and the...
Associated Press Apr 10, 2021

Vandal covers Black Lives Matter, Asian equality signs
SHOREWOOD, Wis. (AP) — Police in Shorewood are searching for a vandal who covered up signs supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and Asian equality. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports t...
Associated Press Apr 10, 2021

La Crosse man faces third child sexual assault case
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A La Crosse man has been charged in his third child sexual assault case. Online court records show 44-year-old Vanin Dell McKinnon was charged Thursday with repeated sexua...
Associated Press Apr 10, 2021

Beloit PD: Woman in critical condition with gunshot wound
BELOIT, Wis. — The City of Beloit Police Department is investigating a large disturbance that occurred around 2:40 a.m. and left one woman in critical condition. According to police, they found ...
Grace Houdek Apr 10, 2021

Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs state power to protect water from farm pollutants
By Royce Podeszwa WisPolitics.com Jim Malewitz Wisconsin Watch The state Supreme Court on Monday hears arguments in a case that could determine whether the Wisconsin Depar...
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Apr 09, 2021