Category Archives: Local News
State Treasurer announces $900,000 for scholarships, grants to UW System
MADISON, Wis. — State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski and the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands announced an annual distribution of $900,000 for scholarships and grants for the University of Wisc...
Oct 15, 2020
Authorities search for suspect after 24-year-old man found dead at Devil’s Lake State Park
BARABOO, Wis. –The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man believed to be connected to a death at Devil’s Lake State Park. A 24-year-old man was found dead at the park We...
Oct 15, 2020
The Red Zone temporarily closes due to ‘abundance of COVID cases’
HIGHLAND, Wis. — The Red Zone in Highland will be closed Thursday and Friday due to the large number of COVID-19 cases. According to a Facebook post, two individuals working at The Red Zone have...
Oct 15, 2020
Three additional city of Beloit employees test positive for COVID-19
BELOIT, Wis. — Three city of Beloit employees tested positive for COVID-19, a release said. There have been a total of 12 city employees that have tested positive to COVID-19 between mid-May and...
Oct 15, 2020
Watertown man crashes moped, charged with OWI
MONROE, Wis. — Eric C. Pann, a 39-year-old from Watertown, lost control of the moped he was operating and crashed Wednesday at 11:17 p.m. in the 1300 block of 15th Avenue. According to a release...
Oct 15, 2020
Man arrested on suspicion of fifth offense OWI in Rock County
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Rock County deputies Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. responded to a report for a vehicle on the side of the road on West State Trunk Highway 11 and South Severson Road. According to a ...
Oct 15, 2020
Madison’s Rockhound Brewing Company to close
MADISON, Wis. — A Madison brewpub is closing its doors, saying it can’t see a way forward through the pandemic. Rockhound Brewing owner and brewmaster Nate Warnke made the announcement in ...
Oct 15, 2020
Madison’s mayor explains proposed $2 million cut to police budget
MADISON, Wis. — Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says she had to make many difficult decisions in addressing Madison’s $20 million budget shortfall, including making the biggest cuts to the Madis...
Oct 15, 2020
White House task force data shows Wisconsinites largely ignoring requests to stay home
MADISON, Wis. — New data from the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force shows some new trends when it comes to how the virus is continuing to spread in Wisconsin. The task force is still id...
Oct 15, 2020
Judge rejects attempt to block grants to 5 Wisconsin cities
MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has declined to block more than $6 million in election grant money to five Wisconsin cities that a conservative group argued amounted to bribery designed to incre...
Oct 14, 2020
