WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, February 15th, 2021: The DNR pushes ahead with wolf hunting, we take a look at Wisconsin’s superintendent race, a new report reveals stark racial disparities in court sentences and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government and look back at the Act 10 protests.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 11th, 2021: Wisconsin’s tribal casino revenues dove sharply last year, A state task force pushes ahead with its goals - despite recent controversies, downtown redevelopment is pushing out local businesses and in the second half, WORT talks wolves, creativity and Valentine’s Day.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 11th, 2021: Wisconsin’s tribal casino revenues dove sharply last year, A state task force pushes ahead with its goals - despite recent controversies, downtown redevelopment is pushing out local businesses and in the second half, WORT talks wolves, creativity and Valentine’s Day.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednseday, February 10th, 2021: MMSD announces plans to return to in-person education, love is in the air this Valentine’s Day...but so is the coronavirus, we take a closer look at Wisconsin’s vaccine distribution and in the second half, we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from 1969.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednseday, February 10th, 2021: MMSD announces plans to return to in-person education, love is in the air this Valentine’s Day...but so is the coronavirus, we take a closer look at Wisconsin’s vaccine distribution and in the second half, we get the latest in local government news, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from 1969.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 9th, 2021: Governor Tony Evers announces new relief efforts for Wisconsin’s farmers, Wisconsin vaccine rates are currently among the highest in the nation, U.S. lawmakers introduce legislation to address racial disparities among mothers and infants and in the second half we learn the latest from the UW-Madison campus, take to the skies with crossbills and travel back in time to the Cretaceous Period.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 9th, 2021: Governor Tony Evers announces new relief efforts for Wisconsin’s farmers, Wisconsin vaccine rates are currently among the highest in the nation, U.S. lawmakers introduce legislation to address racial disparities among mothers and infants and in the second half we learn the latest from the UW-Madison campus, take to the skies with crossbills and travel back in time to the Cretaceous Period.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, February 8th, 2021: City homeless shelters adapt amidst a dangerous cold front, Governor Tony Evers makes a second bid to legalize weed, the Biden administration renews efforts to get Harriet Tubman on the twenty dollar bill and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government with Forward Lookout’s Brenda Konkel.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, February 8th, 2021: City homeless shelters adapt amidst a dangerous cold front, Governor Tony Evers makes a second bid to legalize weed, the Biden administration renews efforts to get Harriet Tubman on the twenty dollar bill and in the second half we get the week ahead in local government with Forward Lookout’s Brenda Konkel.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 4th, 2021: The Wisconsin state assembly ended the governor’s mask mandate...which was then promptly replaced by a NEW mask mandate, Dane County braces for a protracted cold front, chicken wings are in short supply across the country and in the second half, Isthmus on WORT discusses Madison’s new chief of police and Radio Chipstone explores the history of Madison’s Lady Liberty.