Category Archives: Local News
Vaccinated students and staff exempt from campus COVID-19 testing
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison is exempting vaccinated students and staff from routine COVID-19 testing. UW-Madison is following local and national public health guidelines ...
Apr 07, 2021
UW students who get vaccinated won’t be tested for virus
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin students who get vaccinated for COVID-19 will no longer have to be tested weekly for the virus under a policy that interim President Tommy Thompson calls ...
Apr 07, 2021
Nearly 2 million Wisconsinites have received at least 1 dose of COVID vaccine
MADISON, Wis. — Nearly 2 million people in Wisconsin have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the state Department of Health Services. A total of 3,195,625 doses of ...
Apr 07, 2021
Downtown yoga studio closes after 10 years due to pandemic
MADISON, Wis. — A yoga studio in downtown Madison is closing its doors for good after 10 years because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Studio, located at in the 600 block of Williamson Street, ...
Apr 07, 2021
Business group, DNR agree not to release PFAS tests for now
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin environmental regulators have reached an agreement with the state’s largest business group and won’t release results of water sampling for unregulated ...
Apr 07, 2021
Police arrest woman in connection with Park Street homicide; victim identified
MADISON, Wis. — Police have arrested a woman in connection with a Park Street shooting that left one person dead. Officials with the Madison Police Department said officers with the department&r...
Apr 07, 2021
Nine-person board to conduct search for Barry Alvarez’s replacement
MADISON, Wis. — The search for a Barry Alvarez’s replacement has begun. Alvarez announced announced his retirement Tuesday after more than 30 years with the university. He spent 17 of thos...
Apr 07, 2021
Fans can tailgate at Brewers games starting next week
MILWAUKEE — Tailgating will return to American Family Field when the Brewers take on the Chicago Cubs next week. Fans will be able to tailgate with people attending the game in the same pod star...
Apr 07, 2021
Family of Wisconsin veteran settles wrongful death lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The federal government has agreed to pay $1 million to the children of an Army veteran who froze to death after he was discharged from a Veterans Affairs hospital in Wiscons...
Apr 07, 2021
Thousands sign up for secure messaging through DWD’s new unemployment portal
MADISON, Wis. — Thousands of people have signed up for secure messaging from the Department of Workforce Development since the department rolled out an overhauled unemployment system last week. ...
Apr 07, 2021
