Category Archives: Local News
Man accused of robbing Madison bank found in Tennessee
MADISON, Wis. — Authorities arrested a man in connection with an east side bank robbery from earlier in the month. The incident happened March 3 at the Associated Bank on 4407 Cottage Grove Road...
Mar 12, 2021
Top Foxconn executive buys $2m home in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — A top Foxconn Technology Group executive has purchased a $2.18 million home in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Alan Yeung and his wife, Stella Chan, bought the home...
Mar 12, 2021
SSM Health to host vaccine clinic in Whitewater for area school districts
WHITEWATER, Wis. — SSM Health is hosting a vaccination clinic next week for educators with the Whitewater Unified School District, School District of Fort Atkinson and UW-Whitewater. The clinic ...
Mar 12, 2021
Wisconsin residents will need 10 digits to make local calls
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin residents will have to dial 10 digits to make local calls starting this fall. Right now people in Wisconsin can place a call to a number in the same area code without diali...
Mar 12, 2021
Marquette University looking to restore 15th-century chapel
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University is working to restore a 15th-century chapel where Joan of Arc once prayed. WTMJ-TV reports that the St. Joan of Arc Chapel has stood on the Marquette campus sinc...
Mar 12, 2021
Wisconsin restaurant workers immediately eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
MADISON, Wis. — Restaurant workers are now eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Wisconsin. The State Department of Health Services (DHS) updated its website Friday to indicate restaura...
Mar 12, 2021
Over 20% of state population receives at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose; 11.5% fully complete vaccine series
MADISON, Wis. — More than 20% of Wisconsin’s population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the state Department of Health Services. Nearly 1.9 millio...
Mar 12, 2021
Evers: Everyone in Wisconsin will be vaccine eligible May 1
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says everyone in Wisconsin will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on May 1. State health officials said Thursday that everyone in the state would be el...
Mar 12, 2021
City of Madison’s Pothole Patrol responds to thousands of pothole complaints as spring approaches
MADISON, Wis. — The closer we get to spring, the busier the City of Madison’s pothole patrol crews get. The snow, salt, sand and brine can be tough on Wisconsin’s roads after each wi...
Mar 12, 2021
How to get a COVID-19 shot in Wisconsin: Vaccine hunters share tips
By Bram Sable-Smith WPR/Wisconsin Watch Robin Davis was thrilled to learn that Wisconsin deemed her family eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations starting March 1. That offered hope that she and her child...
Mar 12, 2021
