Category Archives: Local News
Wisconsin hires Marisa Moseley as women’s basketball coach
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has hired Boston University’s Marisa Moseley as its women’s basketball coach as the Badgers attempt to rejuvenate a program that hasn’t produced ...
Mar 26, 2021
Ho-Chunk Nation to hold pair of vaccine clinics for general public next week
BARABOO, Wis. — The Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Health is hosting a pair of vaccination clinics next week that are open to the general public. The first clinic will run from 9 a.m. t0 5 p.m. o...
Mar 26, 2021
Backstage with Bruno: Chatting with the Madtown Mannish Boys
The Madtown Mannish Boys have been playing around Madison for a few years now, and now they’re getting ready to release a new album this fall. Michael Bruno goes behind the screens to see how th...
Mar 26, 2021
WEC: Voters should return absentee ballots for April 6 election ‘as soon as possible’
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s next election is just over a week away, which means absentee voters who have yet to return their ballots are running out of time to do so. Meagan Wolfe, adminis...
Mar 26, 2021
Madison police release more details in string of robberies, stolen car chase
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police are releasing more information related to a string of alleged robberies by a group of teenagers using a stolen car Thursday afternoon. Police say it started with a...
Mar 26, 2021
First case of Brazilian COVID-19 variant found in Wisconsin; 7-day vaccination average nearly 48,000 doses per day
MADISON, Wis. — Health care workers administered more than 57,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, bringing the state’s seven-day doses-per-day average to nearly 48,000. That comes just...
Mar 26, 2021
Area teachers and staff get second dose of COVID vaccine
WAUNAKEE, Wis. — Teachers and other staff members from the Waunakee and Sun Prairie school districts marked a milestone on Friday, getting their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. SSM Health&r...
Mar 26, 2021
Wisconsin bars, restaurants can now sell cocktails to go
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bars and restaurants in Wisconsin can now sell cocktails to go. Gov. Tony Evers signed the bill into law Friday, just before happy hour. The bill won bipartisan approval in ...
Mar 26, 2021
MPD Violent Crime and Gang Units arrest man in connection with September shooting
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police say they’ve arrested a 23-year-old in connection to a shots fired incident last year. MPD says its Violent Crime Unit, Gang Unit, SWAT and others worked toge...
Mar 26, 2021
Madison man arrested in OWI subject of drug investigation, police say
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police say a man who was arrested last week for drunk driving in Dodge County has been the subject of an ongoing drug investigation. 43-year-old James Walker of Madison h...
Mar 26, 2021
