Category Archives: Local News
Vehicle crash backs up I-90 traffic more than 3 miles
PORTAGE, Wis. — Westbound traffic on I-90 near Highway 33 was backed up more than three miles Friday afternoon due to a vehicle crash that blocked the left lane of the interstate. According to a...
Sep 25, 2020
Rep. Deb Kolste appointed to Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance
MADISON, Wis. — State Rep. Deb Kolste of Janesville has been appointed to the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance for the remainder of the current legislative session. Assembly Democr...
Sep 25, 2020
Group seeks to block election grants to 5 Wisconsin cities
MILWAUKEE — A conservative group says $6.3 million in grants meant to help with November’s election in Wisconsin’s five largest cities amount to bribery to increase voter turnout in ...
Sep 25, 2020
UW-Madison chancellor named to NCAA Board of Governors
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has been appointed to a four-year term on the NCAA Board of Governors. “This is a time of great complexity and chal...
Sep 25, 2020
City lowers East Washington Avenue speed limit
MADISON, Wis. — The city of Madison will be reducing the speed limit on parts of East Washington Avenue starting Monday. According to a release, two people have died and 41 people have been inju...
Sep 25, 2020
Oregon High School principal asks students to refrain from adding messages on racially offensive posts
Oregon High School Principal, Jim Pliner, sent an email to all OHS students and families Thursday after the school became aware of a social media exchange with racially offensive posts and reported th...
Sep 25, 2020
Evers orders flags to half-staff in honor of Wisconsin firefighters
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Saturday in honor of the Silent Procession Ceremony that will honor firefighters who lost their lives while working...
Sep 25, 2020
Only 0.5% of calls to DWD unemployment insurance call centers were answered from mid-March to late June
MADISON, Wis. — Department of Workforce Development unemployment insurance call center workers only answered 0.5% of the 41.1 million phone calls made to the department from March 15 to June 30....
Sep 25, 2020
Teen charged in Kenosha shootings fights extradition
WAUKEGAN, Ill. — A 17-year-old in Illinois accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is fighting his return to Wisconsin to face homicide...
Sep 25, 2020
Hendricks, 3 others leave Beloit College Board of Trustees
BELOIT, Wis. — Billionaire businesswoman and benefactor Diane Hendricks has resigned from the Beloit College Board of Trustees just as the school is dealing with financial uncertainties brought ...
Sep 25, 2020
