Category Archives: Local News

Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in Fort Atkinson crash, police say
FORT ATKINSON, Wis. — A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a crash in Fort Atkinson Friday evening, the city’s police department said. The crash happened at the intersection of Nort...
Logan Reigstad Oct 21, 2022

UW-Madison’s ‘Fill the Hill’ raises more than $421K
MADISON, Wis. — The tenth “Fill the Hill” fundraiser at the University of Wisconsin-Madison brought in more than $421,000 for various campus initiatives. This year’s campaign c...
Logan Reigstad Oct 21, 2022

Madison park renamed in memory of Dick Wagner, first openly gay Dane County Board member
MADISON, Wis. — Kerr-McGee Triangle Park in Madison has been officially renamed in memory of R. Richard “Dick” Wagner, Dane County’s first openly gay county board member who di...
Logan Reigstad Oct 21, 2022

Police: Person of interest in shooting that killed 5-year-old in Green Bay arrested in Beloit
BELOIT, Wis. — A 35-year-old man who police say is a person of interest in a shooting that killed a 5-year-old in Green Bay earlier this week was arrested Friday in Beloit. In a Facebook post, t...
Logan Reigstad Oct 21, 2022

‘I saw debris falling’: Blast that leveled Oregon duplex leaves residents shaken
OREGON, Wis. — Oregon residents say their neighborhood is typically quiet, but the aftermath of a house explosion Friday morning left some witnesses shaken. “I was in my bathroom and I fir...
Nicole Herzog Oct 21, 2022

The baby formula shortage is easing. Here’s what Wisconsin parents and caregivers should know.
Hope Karnopp Wisconsin Watch A nationwide baby formula shortage that stressed families for much of 2022 is easing in Wisconsin, but questions about formula access still loom for some caregivers....
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Oct 21, 2022

City of Madison announces names of new trash, recycling compactors
MADISON, Wis. — Madison picked its favorites, and now the names for the Streets Division’s electric compactors have been announced. The trash compactor has been named Rosie the Rubbisher, ...
Logan Reigstad Oct 21, 2022

Teen arrested and charged for backseat robbery at west side convenience store
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police say they have arrested a 17-year-old in connection to a robbery in the parking lot of a convenience store on the city’s west side last month. On September 29...
Jaymes Langrehr Oct 21, 2022

Interim General Manager Named For Five Flags Center
An interim general manager has been named to lead Dubuque’s Five Flags Center. ASM Global, the company that manages Five Flags, has announced that Aaron Rainey would take on the role. He has ser...
Mark Evenstad Oct 21, 2022

Dubuque Accounting Firm Acquires Platteville Business
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Mark Evenstad Oct 21, 2022