Category Archives: Local News
Evers to again push for lower prescription drug costs
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is renewing efforts designed to lower prescription drug costs. He’s putting forward a proposal in his state budget that the Republican-contro...
Feb 03, 2021
LIST: Communities declare snow emergencies ahead of winter storm
WISCONSIN — Southern Wisconsin communities are declaring snow emergencies ahead of this week’s winter storm. Portage: Portage’s snow emergency was declared Wednesday and begins ...
Feb 03, 2021
SSM Health: Families should intentionally create moments to look forward to
MADISON, Wis. — It’s gray, it’s cold, the holidays are over, and as recent storms have reminded us, there’s a lot more winter to go. If you’re out of things to look...
Feb 03, 2021
Charges filed in fatal mall shooting in Wisconsin
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a teenager who is still on the run in a fatal shooting at a mall in eastern Wisconsin. According to a criminal complaint filed in Outagamie County ...
Feb 03, 2021
MPD: Man threatened, spat on police; harassed travelers at Madison Metro East Transfer Point
MADISON, Wis. — Police arrested a man Tuesday night after he reportedly fought, yelled at and harassed Madison Metro passengers at the East Transfer Point. Police responded to the scene around 5...
Feb 03, 2021
Governor Evers grants 37 more pardons
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday morning that he had granted 37 more pardons. According to a news release, the Governor’s Pardon Advisory Board heard from applicants vir...
Feb 03, 2021
Wisconsin Assembly sends mask order repeal back to Senate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly plans to send the question of whether the state’s mask mandate should be repealed back to the state Senate, which voted last week to end t...
Feb 03, 2021
Man accused of stabbing woman as she slept arrested months after attack
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The man suspected of an attempted homicide in Portage in September, 2020 has been taken into custody. Canyon A. Thixton was taken into custody in Cedar Rapids, Iowa shortly ...
Feb 03, 2021
GAME PLAN: Winter Storm Watches issued ahead of snow, ice, and cold – Chris
MADISON, Wis. — Confidence continues to increase that a winter storm will bring several inches snow to nearly all of Wisconsin, with a push of bitter cold set to follow, and it could be th...
Feb 03, 2021
Madison man sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug charges
MADISON, Wis. — A judge sentenced a Madison man Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to selling drugs in the Madison area. The charges against Phillip Thomas stemmed fro...
Feb 03, 2021
