Category Archives: Local News
167 new hospitalizations, 4,700+ new COVID cases throughout Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin is reporting a spike in new coronavirus cases compared to Friday. That day only had 1,245 new cases throughout the state, due to a significant drop in testing on Thanks...
Nov 28, 2020
Man faces burglary charges after breaking into Wright Middle School under the influence
MADISON, Wis. — Madison Police arrested Gerron Griffin after finding him under the influence of synthetic marijuana in Wright Middle School just after midnight Saturday morning. According to the...
Nov 28, 2020
Janesville police find shell casings after reports of shots fired
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Janesville police officers found shell casings in the area of the 1500 block of Kellogg Avenue after reports of shots fired early Saturday morning. Officers said they checked ...
Nov 28, 2020
Woman run over by mechanically failing truck after attempting to jump out
PORTAGE, Wis. — A 36-year-old woman was run over by a truck after jumping out and attempting to stop the vehicle from rolling through private parking lots and toward a steep embankment at the Po...
Nov 28, 2020
Woman run over by truck after jumping out due to mechanical failures
PORTAGE, Wis. — A 36-year-woman was run over by a truck after attempting to jump out and stop the vehicle from rolling out of control through private parking lots and toward a steep embankment e...
Nov 28, 2020
Madison man arrested under suspicion of 6th OWI
MIDDLETON, Wis. — Middleton Police arrested Demetrius Mathes, 45, for his 6th operating while under the influence of an intoxicant or other drug offense, a felony, early Saturday morning. Accord...
Nov 28, 2020
Badgers jump out to 25-0 lead against Arkansas Pine-Bluff
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s second game of its season Friday night got off to a scary good start. The Badgers (1-0) scored the game’s first 25 points against Arkansas Pine-Bluff. The...
Nov 27, 2020
Milwaukee County vote recount gives Biden small boost
MADISON, Wis. — Milwaukee County completed its recount of presidential ballots, finding only small changes in vote totals for one of the two Wisconsin counties recounting ballots. But President ...
Nov 27, 2020
DeForest 8th grader correctly predicts each state’s election results
DEFOREST, Wis. — Similar to March Madness brackets, it’s pretty difficult to guess which way all 50 states will be called in a presidential election, but one DeForest student pulled it off...
Nov 27, 2020
Closing racial gap in infant mortality, preterm births will ‘take a village’
MADISON, Wis. – While medical technology has come a long way to help babies born early survive, a Madison doctor is drawing attention to a disturbing reality. Compared to other similar coun...
Nov 27, 2020
