Category Archives: Local News
Authorities identify victims in Rock County plane crash
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Authorities have identified the two people killed Tuesday morning in a plane crash near Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Rock County. Tanner Byholm, 25, of Glidden, and ...
Feb 19, 2021
Man wanted in connection with Fitchburg shots fired incident
FITCHBURG, Wis. — Officials are searching for a man wanted in connection with a shots fired incident in Fitchburg from October. According to a news release, a man with a gun was seen firing mult...
Feb 19, 2021
Edgewood High School files federal lawsuit against City of Madison over stadium lights
MADISON, Wis. — Edgewood High School says it is taking the City of Madison to federal court as part of its ongoing dispute over the installation of lights on its athletic field. The school prese...
Feb 19, 2021
Fitchburg man arrested following drug investigation, search warrant
FITCHBURG, Wis. — A Fitchburg man is facing several tentative charges following a drug investigation early Thursday morning. Special response teams from the Fitchburg and Sun Prairie police depa...
Feb 19, 2021
Green Beret pleads not guilty in deadly bowling alley attack
ROCKFORD, Ill. — An Army special forces sergeant has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the killing of three people and wounding of three others during a mass shooting at an Illin...
Feb 19, 2021
US Marshals arrest man in connection with Madison homicide
MADISON, Wis. — U.S. Marshals have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with a triple shooting that took place on Madison’s west side in October. Madison police said one person was fou...
Feb 19, 2021
Public Health requests 14,000 doses to vaccinate Dane Co. teachers and staff in March
MADISON, Wis. — Dane County teachers and school staff will tentatively begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in March, Public Health Madison & Dane County announced Friday. The health departm...
Feb 19, 2021
Court orders signature bond for radio DJ charged with child pornography
MADISON, Wis. — A local radio personality was formally charged with child pornography possession charges during an initial hearing Friday afternoon in Dane County Circuit Court. Matthew Br...
Feb 19, 2021
7-day COVID-19 positivity rate drops below 3% in Wisconsin; more than 300K complete vaccination series
MADISON, Wis. — The positive percentage of new COVID-19 tests in Wisconsin has fallen below 3% for the first time since June, according to the state Department of Health Services. The seven-day ...
Feb 19, 2021
‘I can’t believe I threw my life away’: Court documents detail child pornography charge against local radio DJ
MADISON, Wis. — A local radio personality arrested for possessing child pornography used social media sites to view the images and interact with minors, according to a criminal complaint f...
Feb 19, 2021
