Category Archives: Local News

Mondays bar on State Street decked out for the holidays
MADISON, Wis. — A downtown Madison bar is keeping up with a longstanding holiday tradition. Mondays on State Street is once again decked out in holiday lights and decorations. Owner Gary Garten ...
Site staff Dec 20, 2022

Marquette County sheriff’s deputy injured when squad car hit by passing driver on Interstate 39
MONTELLO, Wis. — A deputy from the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office suffered minor injuries when a passing vehicle hit their squad car while they were responding to a call on Interstate 3...
Logan Reigstad Dec 20, 2022

Students graduate from program aiming to give those behind bars a second chance
MADISON, Wis. — Nine incarcerated individuals celebrated a special milestone on Tuesday: graduating from a program at Madison College that aims to give them a second chance. The group received t...
Site staff Dec 20, 2022

Proposed zoning change gets pushback from neighborhoods near UW campus
MADISON, Wis. — A city-led plan to change a decades-old zoning law in Madison in the name of housing equity is being described by some as well-intended but they’re not convinced it will ha...
Tahleel Mohieldin Dec 20, 2022

Neubauer talks Democratic priorities for the new year
MADISON, Wis. — Democrats will continue to be in the minority when the new legislative session starts in January, which is nothing new for Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer from Racine. Bu...
Will Kenneally Dec 20, 2022

12 Days of Giving – The Schroeder family
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Marnie Schroeder left Wisconsin for Florida beaches a few years ago. She started a new life, but when her grandson needed a caretaker, she traded her flip-flops for snowshoes...
Andrew Bandstra Dec 20, 2022

Tamiflu shortage may last a few months, SSM Health doctor warns
MADISON, Wis. — A Tamiflu shortage plaguing pharmacies across the country may last a few more months, an SSM Health doctor warned Tuesday. The antiviral drug helps people who have onset flu symp...
Site staff Dec 20, 2022

Woman found dead in burning car identified, cause of death still being investigated
MADISON, Wis. — The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the identity of a person who died after a vehicle fire near McFarland earlier this month, but they still are looking ...
Jaymes Langrehr Dec 20, 2022

Woman killed in Verona crash ID’d
VERONA, Wis. — The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the woman killed in a crash in Verona last week. Nichole Warner, 35, of Verona, died at the scene of the crash on th...
Logan Reigstad Dec 20, 2022

Trial dates set for man charged in deadly 2021 shooting in Beloit
BELOIT, Wis. — Trial dates have been set for the 27-year-old man charged in a deadly 2021 shooting in Beloit. Daemon Hanna, of Beloit, faces a single felony count of first-degree intentional hom...
Logan Reigstad Dec 20, 2022