Category Archives: Local News
Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen leave for D.C.
MILWAUKEE — Around 500 Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen departed Saturday morning on multiple flights bound for Washington, D.C. to support next week’s presidential inauguratio...
Jan 16, 2021
UW-Madison begins new Covid-19 testing plan inspired by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MADISON, Wis. — As many Badgers have spent the last few weeks resting and relaxing after the fall semester, students and faculty from the school’s University Health Services have been doin...
Jan 16, 2021
City launches Greater Madison Music City program to build recovery plan for local music industry
MADISON, Wis.– The city of Madison is launching a new organization that aims to broaden access to stages for diversity and strike down discrimination in the local music industry. Greater Madison...
Jan 16, 2021
130 new hospitalizations, 120 additional COVID deaths in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — 130 new hospitalizations and 120 new deaths were reported on Saturday in Wisconsin. Milwaukee County accounted for 73 of the new deaths. Combined data from state and county healt...
Jan 16, 2021
Palmyra egg farm building partially collapses
PALMYRA, Wis. — A 60,000 square foot building at the Cold Spring Egg Farm in Palmyra partially collapsed early this morning, according to a Facebook post from Palmyra Public Safety. PALMYRA PUBL...
Jan 16, 2021
Charlie Berens explains what you need to ‘Know Before You Go’ to a game at Lambeau Field
GREEN BAY, Wis. — “We’re gonna do things a little differently this year because of the gosh darn COVID,” says Charlie Berens in a greeting to all Packers fans ahead of the game...
Jan 16, 2021
Man arrested on suspicion of 7th OWI offense
BELOIT, Wis. — Rock County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested John C. Falk for his seventh OWI offense after responding to a report of him driving around a yard in his truck on 6319 W Plym...
Jan 16, 2021
‘The happiness and joy has been sucked out of me’: Wisconsin dairy farmers face mental health crisis
By Jack Kelly For Wisconsin Watch It was Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. David Fischer had just arrived for work at his dairy farm in Rio, Wisconsin. A slight breeze punctuated the freezing, grey morning. H...
Jan 16, 2021
MPD: Man shot in leg during east side shooting
MADISON, Wis. — A man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting on Madison’s east side Friday night. Police responded to the 100 block of South Walbridge Avenue after a calle...
Jan 15, 2021
Rock County Sheriff’s Office asking county for $116 million as major renovations seem imminent
JANESVILLE, Wis. – After spending a portion of 2020 working with outside consultants, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office presented the county board with renovation recommendations Thursday n...
Jan 15, 2021
