Category Archives: Local News
Health system discloses breach tied to online data tracker
CHICAGO (AP) — Personal health information of up to 3 million patients in Illinois and Wisconsin may have been exposed to outside companies through tracking technology used on a large hospital s...
Oct 20, 2022
Wisconsin’s fake ‘swatting’ threats part of an unexplained national trend
MADISON, Wis. — At least sixteen schools across Wisconsin were targeted on Thursday with calls claiming a shooter had injured multiple students — calls that in every instance were false, a...
Oct 20, 2022
Democrats decry plan to let DAs prosecute statewide
MADISON, Wis. — A plan by Republican attorney general candidate Eric Toney to allow prosecutors to cross county lines received heavy pushback from Democrats during a news conference Thursday. To...
Oct 20, 2022
Dane County deputy who fatally shot man in Windsor ID’d
WINDSOR, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Justice has identified the Dane County Sheriff’s Office deputy who shot and killed a man in Windsor earlier this month. Deputy Cody Woods, who h...
Oct 20, 2022
UW Homecoming cupcake mural pays homage to Bucky Badger
MADISON, Wis. — Homecoming activities continued at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Thursday with a mural made out of cupcakes. The mural, made to look like Bucky Badger, was assembled in the...
Oct 20, 2022
Oregon PD: Suspect wanted in attempted armed robbery, should be considered armed
OREGON, Wis. — Police in Oregon are searching for a suspect in an attempted armed robbery in the village Wednesday. According to the Oregon Police Department, the suspect, Jose Jimenez, 21, shou...
Oct 20, 2022
Additional $10 million in ARPA funds going to fight food insecurity in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — State officials announced Thursday that $10 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding is being routed to two organizations that help fight hunger in Wisconsin. Feeding Wisconsi...
Oct 20, 2022
Dane County to buy land along Door Creek as part of ‘Suck the Muck’ campaign
MCFARLAND, Wis. — Dane County plans to buy 128 acres of land along Door Creek in the town of Dunn as part of its effort to remove sediment and phosphorus from the Yahara chain of lakes, County E...
Oct 20, 2022
4 still hospitalized at burn centers after bonfire explosion
TOWN OF MAPLE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Four people remain hospitalized in Wisconsin burn centers with injuries from a bonfire explosion last week during a party in the Town of Maple Grove, authorities...
Oct 20, 2022
Wisconsin taxpayer group asks U.S. Supreme Court to stop loan forgiveness plan
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin taxpayers group that unsuccessfully brought a lawsuit seeking to block President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program is asking the U.S. Supreme ...
Oct 20, 2022
