Category Archives: Local News
DNR urges game-hunters take precautions with bird flu in the air this fall
WISCONSIN — This fall, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials want game-hunters to be cautious of bird flu in the air by remembering some simple tips. The highly pathogenic a...
Sep 23, 2022
Event aims to raise money, awareness for Ukrainian refugee resettlement effort in Stoughton
STOUGHTON, Wis. — An event in Stoughton this weekend aims to raise money and support to help resettle Ukrainian refugees in the community. “The Ukrainian Weekend” started Friday at C...
Sep 23, 2022
UW System overall enrollment down but number of new students up
MADISON, Wis. – More new people signed up for college in the UW System this fall than in the past three years, but overall enrollment is down. New preliminary data released this week by the UW S...
Sep 23, 2022
All lanes of EB I-39/90/90 near Poynette reopened following vehicle fire
POYNETTE, Wis. — All lanes of eastbound Interstate 39/90/94 have reopened near County Highway CS in Columbia County Friday night following a vehicle fire, according to the Wisconsin Department o...
Sep 23, 2022
BBB, Summit Credit Union hosting ‘Shredfest’ in Cottage Grove Saturday morning
COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. — People looking to safely get rid of some old documents containing personal information will have a chance to do so Saturday thanks to the Better Business Bureau. The BBB an...
Sep 23, 2022
Ballot error misprints Wisconsin independent’s information
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Election Commission notified clerks Friday that an independent candidate’s identifying information was printed incorrectly on general election ballots in...
Sep 23, 2022
What does the identity of ‘The 608’ look like with an additional area code?
JANESVILLE, Wis. – Residents of south-central and southwestern Wisconsin will soon have another area code available to them: 353. This addition comes after available phone numbers tied to ...
Sep 23, 2022
Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin holds grand opening event for new location
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin showed its new home to the public Friday afternoon as part of a two-day grand opening ceremony. The humane society’s new locatio...
Sep 23, 2022
Operation Ruck 22 aims to raise awareness about veteran suicides
MADISON, Wis. — An event aiming to raise awareness about veteran suicides is taking place in Madison this weekend. The seventh-annual Operation Ruck 22 will see participants march 18 kilometers ...
Sep 23, 2022
Wisconsin man gets 25 years in prison for arson, child porn
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced a North Fond du Lac man accused of setting multiple fires and storing child pornography on his phone to 25 years in prison. Fond du Lac Count...
Sep 23, 2022
