Category Archives: Local News
One year later: Woman recounts cancer treatment during pandemic
MADISON, Wis. — One year after undergoing surgery at the UW Carbone Cancer Center to treat her stage 4 ovarian cancer, a woman is reflecting on her treatment amid the pandemic. Emily Tropp was 4...
Mar 17, 2021
Sauk County authorities identify two of three potential witnesses in Devil’s Lake homicide
BARABOO, Wis. — Sauk County investigators have identified two of the three people they were hoping to talk to in connection to a homicide that occurred last fall at Devil’s Lake State Park...
Mar 17, 2021
Official: Wisconsin food warehouse worker kills 2 co-workers
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A union official says a worker at a supermarket distribution center near Milwaukee shot and killed two co-workers on Wednesday. Thomas Bennett, secretary-treasurer of Gen...
Mar 17, 2021
Middleton man arrested on tentative felony OWI charge
MIDDLETON, Wis. — Police arrested a man Tuesday night on a tentative felony OWI charge after he ran from officers during a traffic stop on Century Avenue at Middleton Springs Drive. A Middleton ...
Mar 17, 2021
Cocktails to go would be legal in Wisconsin under bill
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bars and restaurants could sell cocktails and glasses of wine to go under a bill up for a vote in the state Assembly. The bipartisan measure up on Wednesday has been pushed ...
Mar 17, 2021
Assembly to pass bill ending hair-braiding licenses
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly is poised to pass a bipartisan bill that would allow people to braid hair without a barber or cosmetology license. The bill’s main sponsors, Rep. Sh...
Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Morning Sprint
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Mar 17, 2021
Roundy’s distribution warehouse on lockdown in Oconomowoc for ‘active tactical situation’
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. — The Roundy’s Supermarkets Distribution Warehouse in Oconomowoc is on lockdown as authorities investigate an “active tactical incident” Wednesday morning. Acc...
Mar 17, 2021
In the 608: Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with the Trinity Irish Dancers
WAUNAKEE, Wis. – Despite shutdowns and COVID restrictions, the Trinity Irish Dancers have never missed a beat. They continued to find ways to perform safely and bring the joy of the art form to ...
Mar 17, 2021
‘We don’t want to fall into complacency’: State numbers show disparities in vaccine distribution between races, ethnicities
MADISON, Wis. – Health officials’ goal is to get the vaccine to everyone against COVID-19, but state data shows some groups getting vaccinated more quickly than others. “Communities ...
Mar 16, 2021
