Category Archives: Local News
Verona Police Department hosts Drug Take Back Day drop-off site
VERONA, Wis. — The Verona Police Department was one of many sites for people to dispose of unwanted and unused medications on Saturday. It was part of Wisconsin’s Drug Take Back Day. The d...
Oct 24, 2020
All lanes open at Fish Hatchery Road after crash
MADISON, Wis. — All northbound lanes on Highway 151, or South Park Street, are open Saturday night after Fish Hatchery Road after a crash. According to a release from the Department of Transport...
Oct 24, 2020
Wisconsin police shoot homicide suspect in Goodman
Madison, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice says police in Goodman, Wisconsin shot and killed a man suspected of homicide after he pointed a firearm at officers. The Marinette Count...
Oct 24, 2020
Four stabbed in Chippewa Falls altercation
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — An altercation in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin has left four people injured by stab wounds. The Chippewa Herald reported that the Chippewa Falls Police Department respon...
Oct 24, 2020
Bucks’ George Hill returns to Milwaukee, encourages voting
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard George Hill said the importance of Wisconsin in the upcoming election caused the Texas resident to fly back here this weekend to assist in a local voting d...
Oct 24, 2020
‘Pack the Polls Parades’: Statewide group urges people to vote early via car parade
FITCHBURG, Wis. — “Unite 4 Democracy”, a statewide group, honored National Vote Early Day with a “Pack the Polls” car parade with the theme of the day being, “your ...
Oct 24, 2020
Madison tests, secures voting machines as election nears
Eight Madison employees spent their Saturday testing 97 DS200 voting machines, a process that was open to the public on East Washington Avenue. The process is designed to ensure that all machines are ...
Oct 24, 2020
Wisconsin students join together to get out the youth vote on Vote Early Day
MADISON, Wis. — Hundreds of Wisconsin students came together virtually on Saturday to get out the youth vote as a part of WISPIRG’s Phone-a-thon for Vote Early Day. The event was part of a...
Oct 24, 2020
DHS: Nearly 200 new COVID hospitalizations throughout Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin reported more than 3,000 new coronavirus cases for the sixth day in a row Saturday. Combined data from state and county health dashboards showed an additional 3,233* ca...
Oct 24, 2020
‘It is what it is because of who he is’: Biden releases statement ahead of Trump’s Waukesha rally
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released a statement on Saturday ahead of President Trump’s rally in Waukesha. Biden said Trump “downplayed the threat of...
Oct 24, 2020
