Category Archives: Local News

Police outline response in wake of 3 sexual assaults near UW campus
MADISON, Wis. – A series of three sexual assaults near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in three weeks has left a number of people in the area on edge. “One assault is too ...
Braden Ross Oct 18, 2022

UW-Madison professor wins $800,000 ‘Genius Grant’
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Monica Kim has received a major award, being named one of 25 2022 MacArthur Fellows. The award, also known as the “Genius Grant,&r...
Andrew Bandstra Oct 18, 2022

Former head of Wisconsin Parole Commission no longer taking job as Madison’s Independent Police Monitor
MADISON, Wis. — Just over a week after former Wisconsin Parole Commission chairman John Tate II was picked to be Madison’s first-ever Independent Police Monitor, Tate has decided against t...
Logan Reigstad Oct 18, 2022

Thousands of eligible Wisconsin voters face ballot barriers in jail
By Matt Mencarini, Erin McGroarty and Phoebe Petrovic Wisconsin Watch Within a few years of returning from two traumatic combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, David Carlson lost his voting right...
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Oct 18, 2022

Madison man charged with trafficking, sexually assaulting children
MADISON, Wis. — The Madison Police Department Special Victims Unit arrested a man Saturday who they say trafficked and sexually assaulted multiple children. Zachariah Singletary Sr., 36, of Madi...
Kyle Jones Oct 18, 2022

Homecoming Blood Drive underway at UW-Madison
MADISON, Wis. — The Homecoming Blood Drive at the University of Wisconsin-Madison kicked off Tuesday and runs through Thursday. The event is being hosted at the Nick recreation facility on West ...
Logan Reigstad Oct 18, 2022

VOTERS: Tell us what matters to you in the midterm elections
What issues or concerns are going to drive your vote this November? Let us know to help us shape our election coverage to ensure it matches the needs of our community. Note: Your name and contact info...
Site staff Oct 18, 2022

Truck Crashes In Richland County, One Person Injured
Authorities in Richland County responded to a one-vehicle crash in which a truck went off the road and the driver was injured. The crash happened Sunday around 5:45am on County Highway V near Cazenovi...
Mark Evenstad Oct 18, 2022

Woman From Boscobel Injured In Richland County Accident
Officials in Richland County say one person was injured in a single vehicle crash Saturday. Richland County Dispatch received a report of a vehicle in the ditch on Highway 60 just East of Highway 193 ...
Mark Evenstad Oct 18, 2022

Woman From Boscobel Injured In Richland County Accident
Officials in Richland County say one person was injured in a sigle vehicle crash Saturday. Richland County Dispatch received a report of a vehicle in the ditch on State Highway 60 just East of State H...
Mark Evenstad Oct 18, 2022