Category Archives: Local News
2,700+ Madison customers without power Monday night
MADISON, Wis. — A couple of thousand Alliant energy customers are without power Wednesday night. According to their outage map, the 2,795 customers are on the west side as of 11:55 p.m. A repres...
Sep 20, 2022
Ad spending shows Dems hinging midterm hopes on abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are pumping an unprecedented amount of money into advertising related to abortion rights, underscoring how central the message is to the party in the final weeks befo...
Sep 19, 2022
Wisconsin nonprofit begins Rail Safety Week urging driver safety near railroads
TOMAH, Wis. (WKBT) — A Wisconsin nonprofit is partnering with local and international law enforcement to put more attention on driver safety near railroads. Monday marked the official start of R...
Sep 19, 2022
Janesville liaison officer’s gun goes off accidentally at Edison Middle School; no one hurt
JANESVILLE, Wis. — No one was hurt when a gun belonging to a school liaison officer at Edison Middle School went off Monday while the officer was taking off their backpack, the School District o...
Sep 19, 2022
Madison city council to take up tear gas ban again
MADISON, Wis. — On Tuesday, the Madison city council will take up for a second time an ordinance banning tear gas in the city — a proposal that the sponsoring alder says likely won’t...
Sep 19, 2022
Midwestern partnership backs hydrogen as clean energy source
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Seven Midwestern states are teaming up to accelerate the development of hydrogen as a clean-energy alternative for automobiles and factories that rely largely on clim...
Sep 19, 2022
SSM Health nurses complete medical mission in Guatemala
MADISON, Wis. — A group of SSM Health staff members returned to Madison this week after completing a medical mission in Guatemala. The nurses, doctors, surgeons and others partnered with a group...
Sep 19, 2022
La Crosse Co. Sheriff’s Dept. captain denies endorsing Barnes for U.S. Senate
MADISON, Wis. — A captain in the La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department who was included in a press release of law enforcement officials endorsing Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mandela B...
Sep 19, 2022
Not guilty plea entered for teen accused of orchestrating Memorial HS bomb threats
MADISON, Wis. — A 17-year-old Madison boy accused of being behind multiple bomb threats at Vel Phillips Memorial High School last school year stood mute as a Dane County court entered not guilty...
Sep 19, 2022
Perion Carreon sentenced to 30 years in prison in Anisa Scott killing, attempted homicide
MADISON, Wis. — Perion Carreon, one of the men charged in connection with a 2020 shooting that killed 11-year-old Anisa Scott, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday. Carreon, 21, was s...
Sep 19, 2022
