WORT Local News

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 16th, 2020: The Madison common council is considering sweeping changes to its structure, we preview Madison’s two school funding referenda ahead of the November election, WORT speaks with U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin on changes to the postal service and in the second half we get the latest in local government, the most comprehensive weather broadcast on the air, and the headlines from September, 1969.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 16th, 2020: The Madison common council is considering sweeping changes to its structure, we preview Madison’s two school funding referenda ahead of the November election, WORT speaks with U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin on changes to the postal service and in the second half we get the latest in local government, the most comprehensive weather broadcast on the air, and the headlines from September, 1969.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, September 15th, 2020: Local elections officials are once again mailing absentee ballots after a hold-up at the state Supreme Court, Organizations around Madison are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, Governor Tony Evers issued nine pardons today and WORT explores bat behavior, life on Venus, and the Allegheny cotton mill strike of 1845.

Here's your WORT Local News for Tuesday, September 15th, 2020: Local elections officials are once again mailing absentee ballots after a hold-up at the state Supreme Court, Organizations around Madison are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, Governor Tony Evers issued nine pardons today and WORT explores bat behavior, life on Venus, and the Allegheny cotton mill strike of 1845.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, September 14th, 2020: We get an update on UW-Madison campus coronavirus outbreaks, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects an appeal from the Green Party, sounds and scenes from yesterday’s youth-led march for Black Livesa and in the second half of the show, we learn about environmental racism, wildfires, the week ahead in local meetings, and review two movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, September 14th, 2020: We get an update on UW-Madison campus coronavirus outbreaks, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects an appeal from the Green Party, sounds and scenes from yesterday’s youth-led march for Black Livesa and in the second half of the show, we learn about environmental racism, wildfires, the week ahead in local meetings, and review two movies.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, September 10th, 2020: Two UW-Madison dorms are on quarantine after COVID-19 outbreaks, Nearly three quarters of Wisconsin’s firefighting departments are using PFAS-based firefighting foam, a new statewide wastewater testing effort seeks to detect COVID-19 outbreaks and in the second half, Radio Chipstone remembers the life and work of Historic Preservationist James Babcock.

Here's your WORT Local News for Thursday, September 10th, 2020: Two UW-Madison dorms are on quarantine after COVID-19 outbreaks, Nearly three quarters of Wisconsin’s firefighting departments are using PFAS-based firefighting foam, a new statewide wastewater testing effort seeks to detect COVID-19 outbreaks and in the second half, Radio Chipstone remembers the life and work of Historic Preservationist James Babcock.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 9th, 2020: We crunch the numbers on the city’s 2021 capital budget, the city of Monona is purchasing an abandoned Franciscan Friary, a potential county resolution could halve funding for a new Dane County jail, Dane County asks UW-Madison to send students home or provide more personnel to combat COVID-19 and in the second half, we get the latest in local government and hear the headlines from September 1967.

Here's your WORT Local News for Wednesday, September 9th, 2020: We crunch the numbers on the city’s 2021 capital budget, the city of Monona is purchasing an abandoned Franciscan Friary, a potential county resolution could halve funding for a new Dane County jail, Dane County asks UW-Madison to send students home or provide more personnel to combat COVID-19 and in the second half, we get the latest in local government and hear the headlines from September 1967.