Category Archives: Local News
Over 60 new COVID-19 deaths confirmed in Wisconsin; 7-day positivity rate climbs to 32.7%
MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of new COVID-19 deaths were confirmed throughout Wisconsin on Friday, according to state and county health officials. At least 3,726* have died of coronavirus complication...
Dec 04, 2020
Evers orders flags be flown at half staff in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers has ordered flags be flown at half staff on Dec. 7 in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. “The attack on Pearl Harbor was a turning point not on...
Dec 04, 2020
Dane County jail has largest COVID-19 facility outbreak in county; one inmate hospitalized
One inmate is hospitalized and another has been released as the number of active COVID-19 cases in the Dane County jail is at 74 on Friday, according to a spokesperson. According to an update from Pub...
Dec 04, 2020
Fire crews respond to structure fire in Sun Prairie
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Sun Prairie firefighters are responding to a structure fire at 6066 Keller Drive. Dane County Dispatch confirmed the call first came in at 2:15 p.m. Officials did not say if ...
Dec 04, 2020
Dane Co. free drive-thru flu shot clinic to close Dec. 19
MADISON, Wis. — Dane County’s free drive-thru flu shot clinic at the Alliant Energy Center will end operations on Dec. 19. The clinic is run by Public Health Madison & Dane County. Flu...
Dec 04, 2020
DNR: Gray wolf hunting season will start November 2021
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Friday that wolf hunting season will start Nov. 6, 2021, just months after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected ...
Dec 04, 2020
Dozens of car windows smashed on Madison’s east side, police say
MADISON, Wis. — More than 30 cars on Madison’s far east side had their windows smashed out early Friday morning. The cars were parked along the 700 and 800 blocks of N. Thompson Dr., accor...
Dec 04, 2020
California attorney withdraws from Rittenhouse criminal case
KENOSHA, Wis. — A California attorney for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a night of unrest in Wisconsin is extracting himself from his...
Dec 04, 2020
Police: Shell casings recovered from shots fired incident on east side, occupied home struck by bullet
MADISON, Wis. — Police recovered multiple shell casings from the 700 block of North Thompson Drive around 5:40 Friday morning after multiple community members reported hearing “rapid&rdquo...
Dec 04, 2020
Positive COVID-19 tests prompt cancellation of UW women’s hockey matchup against Minnesota
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s women’s hockey team canceled its two-game series against Minnesota due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Badgers’ prog...
Dec 04, 2020
