Category Archives: Local News
Some cities could be left behind on lead pipe replacements
ST. LOUIS (AP) — In many cities, no one knows where the lead pipes lie underground. That’s important because lead pipes contaminate drinking water. After the lead crisis in Flint, official...
Aug 26, 2022
Masked intruder shot and killed inside northside apartment overnight, police say
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police say they are investigating after a masked intruder was shot and killed inside an apartment on the city’s north side overnight. Speaking Friday morning, Polic...
Aug 26, 2022
Police arrest man for Thursday night armed carjacking
MADISON, Wis. — Officers say they arrested a suspect who held a gun up to a man Thursday night and demanded his car keys, wallet and cell phone. The incident happened on Madison’s south si...
Aug 26, 2022
SW Madison residents concerned about adult toy, retail store in neighborhood
MADISON, Wis.- It’s a new business in Madison that’s polarized the surrounding community – Romantix. After opening at the busy intersection Friday some said it should be somewhere el...
Aug 25, 2022
‘Work has not stopped for us’: Madison Engineering shares progress since 2018 major flooding
MADISON, Wis. – Leaders from the Madison’s engineering division are launching a new blog to the showcase changes they’ve made to city infrastructure since severe flooding devastated ...
Aug 25, 2022
Woman battered on Upper Yahara River Trail; teen taken into custody, DeForest police say
DEFOREST, Wis. — A DeForest teenager who police say attacked a woman on the Upper Yahara River Trail was taken into custody Wednesday. In a news release Thursday, the DeForest Police Department ...
Aug 25, 2022
Report: Wisconsin state employees leave at high rates
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s public employees left their jobs last year at the highest rate seen in the last two decades, according to an analysis from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. It even e...
Aug 25, 2022
Marshfield police: More than $28K of furniture stolen with fraudulent use of credit card
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WKBT/WISC) — Police alerted the public to a scam involving two people making fraudulent use of a credit card to steal tens of thousands worth of furniture. According to Marshfi...
Aug 25, 2022
First responders sound the alarm: rural communities in Wisconsin face EMS shortage
TOMAH, Wis. (WKBT) — During an emergency situation, most of us can expect help to arrive in minutes, but in rural areas, you may be left waiting for an ambulance for up to 45 minutes. Those wait...
Aug 25, 2022
‘We’re asking for recognition’: UW Health nurses explain why they plan to strike
MADISON, Wis. — Justin Giebel saw the impacts of Act 10’s union busting in 2011: his father was a teacher. So when he joined UW Health as a nurse shortly before the pandemic, just as re-un...
Aug 25, 2022
