Category Archives: Local News
State Assembly unanimously passes resolution condemning political violence
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin State Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution condemning political violence, one day after mobs of people stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Citing the lo...
Jan 07, 2021
Officials identify Janesville man killed in head-on collision
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Authorities have identified the man killed in a head-on crash earlier this week. The Rock County Medical Examiner’s Department identified the victim as 55-year-old Steve...
Jan 07, 2021
Madison mayor: ‘Those who attacked our elections and encouraged this attempted coup must be held to account’
MADISON, Wis. — Madison mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is reacting to the violence at the U.S. Capitol and the attacks on the integrity of the election that preceded it. Speaking during her weekly br...
Jan 07, 2021
Wisconsin Republicans disagree on COVID-19 bill
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature is divided on a coronavirus response bill that the state Assembly was passing on Thursday but that the Senate GOP leader said...
Jan 07, 2021
Facebook blocks Trump’s account through Inauguration Day following Capitol insurrection
WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday morning that President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been blocked indefinitely following the insurrection...
Jan 07, 2021
GOP Sen. Johnson says no decision on his political future
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he has not made a decision yet on his political future as the vocal backer of President Donald Trump faces two years in the minority and moun...
Jan 07, 2021
Man held on homicide, strangulation, child abuse charges
KENOSHA, Wis. — The suspect in custody in a fatal double stabbing in Kenosha is being held on tentative charges of first-degree intentional homicide, strangulation and child abuse. Police say th...
Jan 07, 2021
Man facing hate crime in Wisconsin crash found incompetent
FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A Mexican American man from Wisconsin charged with homicide as a hate crime because prosecutors say he intentionally crashed his pickup truck into a white motorcyclist ...
Jan 07, 2021
Chimney fire damages home on Madison’s east side
MADISON, Wis. – A chimney fire caused significant damage to a home on Madison’s east side Wednesday. Firefighters were dispatched to a home on Buckeye Road just east of Stoughton Road. One...
Jan 07, 2021
Madison police looking for suspect in gas station robbery
MADISON, Wis. – Madison police are looking for more information from the public after a gas station robbery. Police said it happened around 9 p.m. Thursday at the Citgo Gas Station located on No...
Jan 07, 2021
