WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, January 27th, 2021: Madison and Deforest area schools approve an attendance area swap, a Wisconsin environmental stewardship programs is set to expire unless lawmakers act, Wisconsin’s mink farmers are one of the next groups in line to be vaccinated against COVID-19 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 January 1963.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 26th, 2021: The state Legislature takes a step toward overturning Wisconsin’s COVID mask mandate, a west side elementary school is renamed in honor of a pioneering Black Madisonian, we examine underlying factors in Wisconsin’s partisan divide and in the second half, we learn the latest news from the UW-Madison campus, diagnose wildlife lead poisoning and examine something called gravitational lensing

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 26th, 2021: The state Legislature takes a step toward overturning Wisconsin’s COVID mask mandate, a west side elementary school is renamed in honor of a pioneering Black Madisonian, we examine underlying factors in Wisconsin’s partisan divide and in the second half, we learn the latest news from the UW-Madison campus, diagnose wildlife lead poisoning and examine something called gravitational lensing

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 25th, 2021: Protesters gathered on Olin Lake to protest far-right fascism, Wisconsin lawmakers consider a bipartisan police reform package and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, limit our salt usage, and review two new movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 25th, 2021: Protesters gathered on Olin Lake to protest far-right fascism, Wisconsin lawmakers consider a bipartisan police reform package and in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, limit our salt usage, and review two new movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 21st, 2021: New data from the state unveils Madison’s schools use of forced restraint on students, the Wisconsin DNR has discovered elevated levels of PFAS in every Madison area lake and in the second half we get a masterclass in public records and discuss the plights of Wisconsin’s working women in the 19th century.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 21st, 2021: New data from the state unveils Madison’s schools use of forced restraint on students, the Wisconsin DNR has discovered elevated levels of PFAS in every Madison area lake and in the second half we get a masterclass in public records and discuss the plights of Wisconsin’s working women in the 19th century.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 19th, 2021: Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney announces his retirement, older Wisconsinites will soon be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, WORT speaks with the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus chair about her goals in this statehouse session and in the second half, we share the latest from the U-W campus, talk salmonella poisoning and check in on an expedition to Jupiter.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 19th, 2021: Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney announces his retirement, older Wisconsinites will soon be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, WORT speaks with the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus chair about her goals in this statehouse session and in the second half, we share the latest from the U-W campus, talk salmonella poisoning and check in on an expedition to Jupiter.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 14th, 2021: The Wisconsin State Capitol prepares for a potentially tumultuous weekend, Wisconsin health officials ID a new coronavirus strain, WORT examines the Madison Police Department’s use of tear gas over the past thirty years and in the second half, Isthmus solves the case of mysterious billboards, and Radio Chipstone invites us to unwind with some weaving.