Here's your local news for Thursday, February 5, 2026:

• We explain why a unanimous vote yesterday has sent local harm reduction efforts back to the drawing board,
• Meet a county board candidate who's calling for more workforce housing,
• Hear a journalist's firsthand account of the ICE invasion in Minneapolis,
• Learn what it takes to achieve fluency in Russian,
• Visit an open art space on the UW-Madison campus,
• And much more.