WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, October 28th, 2020: The UW Badgers cancel this Saturday’s game due to COVID infections, two months after its creation, a state task force on racial justice met for the first time today, a new report finds Wisconsin’s air quality continues to improve and in the second half, we get the week in local government, the most comprehensive weather broadcast on the air and the headlines from 1960.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, October 27th, 2020: The US Supreme Court says no deadline extension for receiving absentee ballots, The Madison school board has prepared two potential 2020-2021 budgets, WORT revisits court packing and in the second half, we get the latest in UW-Madison news, follow a day in the life of a wildlife rehabilitator, and dance with an asteroid.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, October 27th, 2020: The US Supreme Court says no deadline extension for receiving absentee ballots, The Madison school board has prepared two potential 2020-2021 budgets, WORT revisits court packing and in the second half, we get the latest in UW-Madison news, follow a day in the life of a wildlife rehabilitator, and dance with an asteroid.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, October 26th, 2020: The German Candy Company Haribo is coming to Wisconsin, a new law firm is looking to counter conservative-led lawsuits, we get an update on the 2020 election, one week out from the November third general and in the second half, we get the week in local government, the story of feminist icon Luisa Capatillo (LOU-ee-za Cap-AH-tea-OH), and unpack the myths surrounding the nation’s swing states.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, October 26th, 2020: The German Candy Company Haribo is coming to Wisconsin, a new law firm is looking to counter conservative-led lawsuits, we get an update on the 2020 election, one week out from the November third general and in the second half, we get the week in local government, the story of feminist icon Luisa Capatillo (LOU-ee-za Cap-AH-tea-OH), and unpack the myths surrounding the nation’s swing states.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, October 22nd, 2020: We talk with voters at the polls, Dane County is switching to a Crisis Model of Contact Tracing, COVID-19 cases are spiking amongst Wisconsin’s native and indigenous peoples and in the second half, we look at the President’s rally in Janesville last Saturday and Staying Artful heads to the farm.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, October 22nd, 2020: We talk with voters at the polls, Dane County is switching to a Crisis Model of Contact Tracing, COVID-19 cases are spiking amongst Wisconsin’s native and indigenous peoples and in the second half, we look at the President’s rally in Janesville last Saturday and Staying Artful heads to the farm.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, October 21st, 2020: Tailgating is discouraged at Badger football games this season, one of Wisconsin’s top Republicans is looking to move to the national arena, we get a detailed analysis on the city’s proposed 2021 budget and in the second half, we get the latest in local government, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from 1966.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, October 21st, 2020: Tailgating is discouraged at Badger football games this season, one of Wisconsin’s top Republicans is looking to move to the national arena, we get a detailed analysis on the city’s proposed 2021 budget and in the second half, we get the latest in local government, the most comprehensive weather forecast on the air and the headlines from 1966.

Here's your WORT Local News, October 20th, 2020: Mark Pocan once again faces a challenger this November, Madison and Dane County partner to address homelesness ahead of winter, we speak with a nurse who’s been working on the front lines throughout the pandemic and in the second half, we learn the latest in U-W happenings, why birds keep running into windows, and more.