WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 26, 2024:

• We check in on pre-election wrangling across the state,
• Learn how a local program keeping Indigenous languages alive,
• Find out how Wisconsin is handling the latest PFAS standards from the feds,
• Explain what you can and can’t say at government meetings,
• Celebrate the start of fall-weather fishing,
• Get the latest news from Madison’s Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 25, 2024:

• We head to the Bread and Puppet Circus in Mazomanie,
• Speak with a UW-Madison student facing disciplinary action for supporting Palestine,
• Learn how a local program is turning guns into garden tools,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to the '60s,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 24, 2024:

• We get the latest on BRT after its official launch Sunday,
• Find out why a local produce supplier is asking for harvesting help,
• Check in on "The Victory" coffee shop after a recent fire,
• Share the details on milk prices in the Midwest,
• Visit a soul food restaurant on Monroe Street,
• Learn how wildlife rehabilitators handle avian pox,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 23, 2024:

• We share an inside look at the Harris rally on Friday,
• Attend a candidate forum in the race for Dane County executive,
• Celebrate the birthday of an independent filmmaker and review two of his movies,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Learn about the invasive species in Wisconsin's lakes,
• And much more.

It’s a Monday night in downtown Mount Horeb. Inside Brix Cider, a farm-to-table restaurant with a homestyle feel, people are snacking as they wait for a time-honored political tradition in election season: a candidate forum.

At the front of the room are two chairs, but only one candidate is here. Sitting across from Elizabeth Grabe, a Democrat running against five-term incumbent Todd Novak, is an empty chair — save for a beer growler filled with purple flowers and an empty cup. 

Wisconsin has new voting maps this November. In collaboration with Isthmus newspaper, we examine how those new maps have spurred competition and organizing in advance of November. 

Credits: Audio by Abigail Leavins with contributions from Liam Beran. Production by Chali Pittman. In collaboration with Isthmus Community Media — read their related story at isthmus.com.

This reporting is funded in part by Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on September 15 in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. More at usdemocracyday.org.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 19, 2024:

• We get the details on a new convenience store coming to Willy Street,
• Learn why researchers are breeding cows that can thrive in extreme heat,
• Speak with a friend of Kevin Price, who Fitchburg police shot and killed last month,
• Talk financial literacy,
• Explain why you should care about zoning,
• Retrieve a memorial brick next to Camp Randall,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 18, 2024:

• We take a closer look at the U.S. SAVE Act,
• Find out why environmental advocates oppose the expansion of natural gas plants in Wisconsin,
• Get the details on Dane County's 2025 executive budget proposal,
• Share a preview of our collaborative project with Isthmus newspaper,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1969,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 17, 2024:

• We check out the city's new, electric garbage trucks,
• Find out why consumer advocates are paying close attention to Congress' funding plans,
• Get the latest on Joe Gow - and the boom in the adult entertainment industry,
• Welcome our UW student reporters back for the fall semester,
• Learn how West Nile Virus impacts corvids,
• Look forward to the debut of Bus Rapid Transit this weekend,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 16, 2024:

• We get the details on an initiative that's battling food insecurity - and climate change - in Wisconsin,
• Hear some possible fixes to persistent basement flooding,
• Discuss the impacts of farm consolidation,
• Mark the anniversary of a political assassination with international ties,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two movies now available for streaming,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 12, 2024:

• We find out how a newly expanded program is looking to protect undocumented workers,
• Get the details on Dane County's 2025 budget requests,
• Talk open records resource guides,
• Broadcast the latest fishing report,
• Check in on Madison’s Flamingos,
• And much more.