Category Archives: Local News
Tyrol Basin adds safety precautions, welcomes new interest in skiing, snowboarding during pandemic
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. – As winter carries warnings of potentially dark months ahead, with limited options to leave the house during the pandemic, the cold weather brings a few new opportunities to g...
Dec 11, 2020
Gov. Evers orders flags to fly at half staff in honor of pilot killed in F-16 crash
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers has ordered flags be flown at half staff in honor of the 115th Fighter Wing pilot who was killed in a crash earlier this week. The pilot has been identified as 37...
Dec 11, 2020
Platteville Community Fund Supports Local Projects with Recent Grants
The Platteville Community Fund, part of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, recently awarded almost $23-thousand dollars to 11 local nonprofit organizations. Among the groups receiving fun...
Dec 11, 2020
Pet Food Manufacturer Plans To Bring 270 Jobs To Dubuque
One of the nation's leading pet food manufacturers plans to invest around $80 million in a Dubuque facility and create more than 270 full-time jobs. Simmons Pet Food, based in Arkansas, plans to buy t...
Dec 11, 2020
UW System, UW-Madison announce COVID-19 testing plans for 2021 spring semester
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin System announced Friday plans for increased COVID-19 testing on all UW system campuses, except UW-Madison which will operate under its own plan. Accor...
Dec 11, 2020
Vigil planned Friday night to honor military pilot killed in jet crash
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — A vigil is planned in Sun Prairie on Friday night to honor the military pilot killed during a jet crash this week. Community members are gathering in the Courtyard at Cannery...
Dec 11, 2020
MPD: Burglar broke into South Park Street business, stole cash
MADISON, Wis. — A South Park Street business owner discovered Friday morning that a burglar recently broke in and stole cash from the register. Police responded to Chanell Ardor School of Beauty...
Dec 11, 2020
Seven-day positivity rate drops to 28.1%, 41 more COVID-19 deaths confirmed
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s positive percentage of new COVID-19 tests continued its decline Friday, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. As of Friday, the st...
Dec 11, 2020
Getting Salty: How Madison street crews will clear this weekend’s snow
MADISON, Wis. — Madison’s Streets Division is prepared to keep the city’s roads salted and plowed as a snow system moves through southern Wisconsin. Once the snow starts sticking, th...
Dec 11, 2020
Alert Day Update: Latest snow accumulation forecast
Alert Days are still in the forecast for Friday night and all day Saturday as a system brings snowfall to much of southern Wisconsin. With temperatures in the middle to upper 30s Friday afternoon, mix...
Dec 11, 2020
