Category Archives: Local News

COVID-19 Cases Reported From Thursday
Dubuque County added 68 COVID-19 positive cases plus four deaths Thursday. Clayton County added 16 cases plus one death. Jones County reported 12 additional cases. Jackson County reported eight more c...
Mark Evenstad Jan 22, 2021

UW-Madison says 1,800 members of campus community qualify in next round of vaccines
MADISON, Wis. — With people over the age of 65 becoming eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting next week, UW-Madison says it’s notified about 1,800 members of their campus commu...
Jaymes Langrehr Jan 22, 2021

New details: Town of Middleton woman arrested for homicide after victim’s body found in freezer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A woman wanted for homicide in Oklahoma has been arrested in Wisconsin. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office says 59-year-old Kore Adams was taken into custody during a tr...
Associated Press Jan 22, 2021

Wisconsin DNR resists starting wolf hunt immediately
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is pushing back against Republican legislators seeking to implement a wolf hunting season immediately. The DNR held three wolf ...
Associated Press Jan 22, 2021

‘Republicans haven’t taken COVID-19 seriously from the beginning:’ Governor’s office responds to plans to overturn mask mandate
MADISON, Wis. — A spokesperson for Gov. Tony Evers is responding to the state legislature’s plans to introduce a resolution that would reverse the governor’s statewide mask mandate, ...
Jaymes Langrehr Jan 22, 2021

MPD investigating after woman says stranger tried to break down door, shoot her
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police are investigating after they say a woman on the city’s north side reported seeing a man outside her home threatening to shoot her, before trying to break thr...
Jaymes Langrehr Jan 22, 2021

Madison police arrest man after alleged burglary at Piano Bar
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police say they’ve arrested a man for allegedly breaking into a downtown bar and trying to rob the cash register. Officers were called to the Piano Bar on West Miff...
Jaymes Langrehr Jan 22, 2021

Wisconsin Republicans propose resolution to reject statewide mask mandate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s statewide mask mandate would be overturned by the Republican-controlled state Legislature under a resolution that could be voted on as soon as Tuesday. Twe...
Jaymes Langrehr Jan 22, 2021

Alert Days in the forecast -Haddie
MADISON, Wis. — Alert Days are in the forecast for Saturday night/Sunday as well as Monday. Two storm systems will impact the area this weekend into the first part of next week. The first storm ...
Haddie McLean Jan 22, 2021

Police, Tavern League promote COVID-19 safety in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay police and the Brown County Tavern League are working together to make sure bars and restaurants are enforcing coronavirus protocol for Sunday’s NFC champi...
Jaymes Langrehr Jan 22, 2021