Category Archives: Local News
New Coronavirus Cases Reported on Sunday
Dubuque County reported 47 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 Sunday. Jones County reported 10 additional cases. Jackson County reported eight new cases. Delaware County reported five additional c...
Dec 14, 2020
Mineral Point Schools To Stay With Virtual Learning
The Mineral Point School Board has voted to continue virtual-only learning until the winter break. Reports say during an emergency meeting, school board members unanimously voted to continue with that...
Dec 14, 2020
Cashton man arrested for injuring passenger in rollover crash after consuming alcohol
RIDGEVILLE, Wis. — The Monroe Sheriff’s Department arrested Preston Schreier, 19, after he consumed alcohol and totaled a vehicle in a rollover crash on Kelton Road in Ridgeville, wh...
Dec 14, 2020
First UW Health workers receive COVID-19 vaccine
MADISON, Wis. — The first of UW Health’s health care workers have received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday afternoon. Respiratory therapist Tina Schubert was the first to receive the va...
Dec 14, 2020
UW System announces more details on COVID-19 student health care worker initiative; considers more incentives for spring
MADISON, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson announced additional details today about incentives to UW students with nursing skills and other health backgrounds to w...
Dec 14, 2020
77 more hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wisconsin; 7-day positivity rate at 27.8%
MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of more Wisconsinites have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, according to the state Department of Health Services. There were 77 people hospitalized between Sunday and Mo...
Dec 14, 2020
Shots fired from a vehicle at another vehicle on Madison’s east side; shell casings recovered
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police continue to investigate after someone in a car fired multiple shots at another vehicle at the intersection of Atwood Ave. and Hudson Ave. around 12:30 p.m. on Mond...
Dec 14, 2020
Police investigate hit-and-run of 12-year-old girl by Jeep
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police are investigating a hit-and-run incident during which a vehicle struck a 12-year-old girl on Raymond Rd. at McKenna Blvd. around 7 p.m. on Sunday. According to the...
Dec 14, 2020
Wisconsin to receive nearly 50K doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin will receive 49,725 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine this week. Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services made the announcement Monday aft...
Dec 14, 2020
Cash stolen from Madison bakery during overnight burglary
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police are investigating after someone stole money from a bakery located on the city’s southside. Police said someone got into a building on S. Park Street early Mo...
Dec 14, 2020
