In late March, a team of federal immigration agents detained Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian immigrant and president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. He’s spent the last two months at an ICE-contracting facility in Indiana.

Led by a coalition of Jewish midwesterners, over 150 people gathered outside the Clay County Jail this weekend for an interfaith vigil demanding his freedom. Rachel Ida Buff, an immigration historian and a member of Jews for Salah, joined our News Producer Faye Parks this afternoon to explain why she got involved.

Image courtesy: Jews for Salah via Facebook.

June is National Dairy Month – a particularly special time of year for Wisconsin cheeseheads.

Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer explain how our state earned its reputation as America’s Dairyland, in this edition of “The Milkweed.”

Last night Russia killed 11 civilians and attacked a historic cathedral in Kiev. On today’s show, guest host Yuri Rashkin is in conversation with journalists Zarina Zabrisky and Jason Jay Smart, as well as politician Lev Parnas to talk about Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine and the status of support for Ukraine in the US.

Featured image of a street in Kherson destroyed in a Russian attack in 2024 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Forecast from Monday, 6-15-26 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

Neta Elkayam interview by WORT 89.9FM Madison

Ethics training continues for many of Dane County’s committees and commissions, while a State Street nightclub could have its entertainment license revoked over noise complaints.

Brenda Konkel and Rebecca Kemble detail the week of meetings ahead, in this edition of “Forward Lookout.”

This week on Stuff Yer Face, feature contributor Emily Tucker visits It's Good For You Pizza—the wood-fired pizzeria on Sherman Avenue, run by Allesandro Monachello and Chris Guglielmo. Their story began with what sounds like the set up to a joke—"A cook and a radiologist walk into a bar"—and has evolved into a cozy pizzeria where neighbors gather over wood-fired classics and inventive specials.

Every kid has engaged in make-believe on a playground. This weekend, the grownups get their chance, when Madison Shakespeare Company performs the Elizabethan melodrama Edward IV on the Madison Children’s Museum wonderground. MSC’s Sarah Z. Johnson and MCM’s Kia Karlen join us with more.

Big tech is watching you, and getting the likes of Google, Apple and Meta out of your business gets harder every year. Tech writer Kyle Bradley will join us with some tips.

If you’re trying to find something for your kid to do this summer, you may find many slots are closed. There’s simply not enough programs to go around, especially in Wisconsin. We’ll talk with Randy Neve and Jennifer Smith of the Wisconsin Out of School Time Alliance.