WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, October 9, 2025:

• We outline what to expect when construction begins next week on one of Madison's busiest thoroughfares,
• Consider the gray areas in Wisconsin's regulation of THC,
• Explain when and how public bodies can enter closed session,
• Tell you the best spots to cast your fishing line,
• Celebrate Forward Madison FC's recent back-to-back wins,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 8, 2025:

• We hear what's at stake if Congress fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits,
• Outline city leaders' debate over a proposed drive-thru coffee shop at West Towne Mall,
• Find out why MMSD is pitching its recent 4K expansion as a win-win,
• Discuss the risks of private equity in 401(k) retirement plans,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, October 7, 2025:

• We outline some of the funding priorities in Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway's $452.5 million operating budget proposal,
• Find out why state Democrats want to require health insurers to include fertility services in their coverage,
• Consider what’s at stake if a loophole in Wisconsin’s campaign finance law is replicated on the federal level,
• Share some bad butter pricing news,
• Visit a beloved State Street eatery,
• Follow the migrating blackpoll warbler,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, October 6, 2025:

• We head to Monona Terrace for a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, where local leaders emphasized the importance of community,
• Get the latest data on alcohol-induced deaths in Wisconsin,
• Consider what's at stake after a Georgia-based journalist was deported on Friday,
• Celebrate the birthday of a renowned peace activist and journalist,
• Teach you how to make a Lynchburg Lemonade,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, October 2, 2025:

• We'll outline some of the cost-saving measures in County Executive Agard's spending plan for next year,
• Mark the end of a Biden-era climate initiative,
• Find out how PFAS chemicals from Truax Field end up in nearby waterways like Starkweather Creek,
• Learn what it takes to achieve fluency in Russian,
• Talk songwriting with a Milwaukee-based musician,
• Dissect the scholarly lessons in Scooby Doo,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 1, 2025:

• We head to Madison's Rennebohm Park for a press conference opposing the Line 5 reroute,
• Get the details on a new antibody treatment that aims to provide seasonal protection from Lyme disease,
• Find out how state Democrats are working to fill the gap as Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin pauses abortion services,
• Learn the history behind a trailblazing department at UW-Madison,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1962,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 30, 2025:

• We hear Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway's latest preview of her 2026 operating budget proposal,
• Outline some budget amendments Madison's Board of Education took up yesterday,
• Check in with the owner of Rutabaga Paddlesports after the announcement that he's closing up shop at the end of this year,
• Look forward to this week's packed schedule of dairy trade shows,
• Consider strategies to make our electoral system more inclusive,
• Explain why Wisconsin law bans rehabilitation of skunks,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 29, 2025:

• We find out why some local leaders are practicing a car-free life this week,
• Get the scoop on a small Wisconsin police department's proposal to partner with ICE,
• Consider Trump's latest comments on free speech with a UW-Madison professor,
• Review two bookends to Robert Redford's film career,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 25, 2025:

• We find out how Dairy Drive residents and members of the community are preparing for the campground's imminent closure,
• Meet a performer in Madison's burlesque scene,
• Talk open records fees,
• Break down where the fish are biting,
• Check in on the Flamingos' playoff push,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 24, 2025:

• We check in on the race for Wisconsin governor...and the ever-expanding field of candidates,
• Find out why a UW-Madison professor is urging Congress to support fusion energy research,
• Consider the declining health of American children,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.