Category Archives: Local News
Legislature’s campaign committees spent record $12.1 million
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report finds the Wisconsin Legislature’s four campaign committees spent a record $12.1 million in 2020. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign released an analysis Thu...
Jan 28, 2021
Buildings evacuated on UW-Madison campus as police investigate incident near State St.
MADISON, Wis. — Police are evacuating two buildings on the University of Wisconsin- Madison campus due to an active investigation. Madison police are also asking people to avoid the area of Stat...
Jan 28, 2021
City, county leaders announce new location for permanent men’s shelter in Madison
MADISON, Wis. — The City of Madison and Dane County say they have found a new permanent location for a men’s shelter for those experiencing homelessness. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Coun...
Jan 28, 2021
‘It’s a bad precedent’: Rock Co. Board of Supervisors could challenge nursing home vaccine mandate
JANESVILLE, Wis. – Members of the Rock County Board of Supervisors say they plan to challenge the vaccine mandate put into place for employees at Rock Haven, the county-run nursing home. Shortly...
Jan 28, 2021
Unemployment Low in Parts of Southwest Wisconsin
The latest figures from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development show 2 of the state’s top 3 counties for lowest unemployment rate are in southwest Wisconsin. The new report lists Lafay...
Jan 28, 2021
Madison man sentenced to 6 years in prison for felony drug charge
MADISON, Wis. — A Madison man was sentenced Thursday to six years in federal prison for felony drug charges stemming from an undercover drug investigation. In 2020, an informant working with the...
Jan 28, 2021
COVID-19 Cases Reported In The Area Wednesday
First Paragraph Dubuque County added 26 more COVID-19 cases plus two deaths Wednesday. Clayton County had five new cases. Jackson County reported two new cases. Delaware County also had two cases. Jon...
Jan 28, 2021
Company Plans To Build Facility at Platteville Industrial Park
A Fortune 500 multinational corporation intends to operate out of a new warehousing, assembly and distribution facility in the Platteville Industrial Park, a $20 million project that, if finalized, wo...
Jan 28, 2021
Police share tips on avoiding fraud after Madison resident scammed out of ‘large sum of money’
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police are sharing tips on how to avoid fraudsters after a Mineral Point Road resident reported they were scammed out of a large sum of money. According to an incident re...
Jan 28, 2021
Wisconsin Assembly to vote on repealing statewide mask order
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly is poised to repeal Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate. The move would jeopardize more than $49 million in federal f...
Jan 28, 2021
