Category Archives: Local News

Underly outspending Kerr in school superintendent race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New reports show Wisconsin schools superintendent candidate Jill Underly outspent opponent Deborah Kerr by nearly $800,000 in February and March. Campaign finance reports fi...
Associated Press Mar 30, 2021

Two canoers missing, search underway on Lake Winnebago
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in Fond du Lac County are searching for two people who are missing after they were thrown from a canoe into the choppy waters of Lake Winnebago. Dispatchers ...
Associated Press Mar 30, 2021

Prosecutor: Woman in Slender Man stabbing still dangerous
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A prosecutor argues that a judge should deny a release request by a Wisconsin woman convicted of stabbing a classmate to please the internet horror character Slender Man be...
Associated Press Mar 30, 2021

Tuesday Morning Sprint
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Site staff Mar 30, 2021

In the 608: Local doctor honored for his work during pandemic
MADISON, Wis. – Over the last year, our doctors here in the 608 have been at the forefront of an unprecedented time in medicine. On this National Doctors’ Day, we want to give some recogni...
Josh Spreiter Mar 30, 2021

‘Conversations we need to be having’: Panel discusses vaccine and the Black community
MADISON, Wis. – Just as COVID-19 spreads, so can words. “I love to talk,” UW Health’s Dr. Jasmine Zapata. “This is so important. These are conversations we need to be hav...
Madalyn O'Neill Mar 29, 2021

2 charged in Juneau County death investigation
LYNDON, Wis. — Charges have been filed against the two suspects arrested in connection with a Juneau County death investigation. Felix Rivera-Medina, 24, and Makaela Decorah, 23, appeared in Jun...
Site staff Mar 29, 2021

Underly raises $1m in state superintendent race
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin schools superintendent candidate Jill Underly raised more than $1 million in February and March. Underly is vying with former Brown Deer Superintendent Deborah Kerr for...
Associated Press Mar 29, 2021

Managing the case backlog: How courts will return to normal after jury trials reopen
MADISON, Wis. — A mounting backlog of cases in Dane County and others where jury trials remain suspended due to the pandemic will take a lot of patience and months of processing to return to nor...
Naomi Kowles Mar 29, 2021

Vehicle rollover causes brief lane closures on US 151 near Springdale
SPRINGDALE, Wis. — Authorities responded to a vehicle rollover Monday evening on Highway 151 near Springdale. Dane County dispatch said it received a call at 6:27 p.m. for a report of a single-v...
Brandon Arbuckle Mar 29, 2021