Category Archives: Local News
Bomb threat disrupts Patti LaBelle concert in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Patti LaBelle was abruptly rushed off stage just a couple of songs into her Christmas concert in Milwaukee after a bomb threat forced authorities to evacuate the theater. ...
Dec 11, 2022
For the Record: As Wisconsin’s youth face heightened risk for suicide, panel searches for solutions
MADISON, Wis. — On For the Record this Sunday, a panel of experts joined host Naomi Kowles to discuss troubling results from the Youth Risk Behavioral Survey released this week in Wisconsin...
Dec 11, 2022
US Postal Inspection Service offers reward for info on mail carrier’s killing
MILWAUKEE — The United States Postal Inspection Service offered a reward up to $50,000 Saturday for information relating to the shooting death of a Milwaukee mail carrier. The Milwaukee Police D...
Dec 11, 2022
Jingle Paws helps support Madison dog and cat rescue
MADISON, Wis. — Shelter From the Storm Animal Rescue held its Jingle Paws event Saturday night. The event featured plenty of activities for both two and four-legged attendees, including pictures...
Dec 11, 2022
Tuba Christmas returns to Capitol Rotunda to ring in holidays
MADISON, Wis. — Tuba Christmas was back at the Capitol Saturday, with Christmas tunes filling the Rotunda. It wasn’t just tubas. Euphonium, sousaphone and baritone players also brought out...
Dec 11, 2022
Election nonprofit that drew GOP ire in 2020 renews grants
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A nonprofit group that became a point of controversy for distributing hundreds of millions of dollars in election grants during the 2020 presidential campaign is releasing a...
Dec 11, 2022
Madison LGBTQ+ bar hosts active shooter training
MADISON, Wis. — A local LGBTQ+ bar and nightclub opened its doors Saturday for an active shooter training. The training comes in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ+ nightclub...
Dec 10, 2022
Reindeer rule at Sugar Creek Elementary School in Verona
VERONA, Wis. — Christmas Eve is just two weeks away and it the holiday season is in full swing in southern Wisconsin. The lights are up, the snow is on the ground and if you were in Verona on Sa...
Dec 10, 2022
Family searches for man missing after allegedly running from Rock Co. deputy
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The family and friends of a missing Madison man who hasn’t been seen or heard from in three weeks. Christopher Miller, 27, was last seen on Nov. 19 when Rock County Sher...
Dec 10, 2022
Mail carrier killed while delivering mail in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police are searching for the shooter who killed a U.S. Postal Service employee as he was delivering mail in Wisconsin. The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. Friday on ...
Dec 10, 2022
