Category Archives: Local News

Lake Mills man arrested for 4th OWI
LAKE MILLS, Wis. — Lake Mills Police arrested Jose Luis Gonzalez Campos, 30, for his fourth operating a motor vehicle under the influence offense yesterday around noon. Wisconsin State Patr...
Margarita Vinogradov Nov 01, 2020

Suspect arrested in shooting incident late Saturday night
PORTAGE, Wis. — Portage police arrested Joshua C. Tavers for shooting a male victim in the leg around midnight on Saturday. Officers responded to the incident after Colombia County dispatch took...
Margarita Vinogradov Nov 01, 2020

Milton man dies following rollover tractor accident
MILTON, Wis. — A Milton man died Saturday after a rollover tractor accident. According to a news release, Rock County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a man pinned agains...
Stephen Cohn Oct 31, 2020
MPD investigates fiery motorcycle crash
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police are investigating a Saturday afternoon motorcycle crash. Police said the crash between the motorcycle and another car happened around 2:30 p.m. at Odana Road and M...
Stephen Cohn Oct 31, 2020

Madison Fire responding to car in water at Warner Park Boat Launch
MADISON, Wis. — Authorities are responding Saturday night to a car in the water at the Warner Park Boat Launch. According to a Dane County Dispatch, officials responded to a call at 7:20 p.m. fo...
Stephen Cohn Oct 31, 2020

1 dead, 2 hospitalized after triple-shooting on Madison’s west side
MADISON, Wis. — One person is dead and two are in the hospitalized after a triple-shooting on Madison’s west side Saturday afternoon. Madison police said one person was found dead outside ...
Stephen Cohn Oct 31, 2020

Disabled vehicle on Highway 51 blocks all lanes
COLOMBIA COUNTY, Wis. — Lanes in both directions are blocked on U.S. Highway 51 and Brady Street as the result of a disabled vehicle. The Portage Police Department responded to the incident this...
Margarita Vinogradov Oct 31, 2020

Milton woman survives breast cancer, designs post-reconstruction bra line
MILTON, Wis.– 2017 was a big year for Lina Owen. “I was pregnant in 2017, and two weeks before I gave birth to my daughter, I found a lump in the left side of my left breast,” O...
Gabriella Bachara Oct 31, 2020

Nonprofit offers local families safe ways to celebrate Halloween, debuts new Mobile Resource Center
MADISON, Wis. — Halloween may look a little different this year — but that isn’t stopping the Progress Center for Black Women from spreading black joy and debuting its new Mobile Res...
Abby Schinderle Oct 31, 2020

Wisconsin surpasses 2,000 COVID deaths
MADISON, Wis. — More than seven months after the pandemic started, Wisconsin has recorded its 2000th death. Combined data from state and county health dashboards showed an additional 4,505* case...
Stephen Cohn Oct 31, 2020