WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Monday, October 7, 2024:

• We find out why some Wisconsin voters avoid talking politics,
• Learn how a preventative health care program at UW-Madison plans to spend renewed funding from the CDC,
• Share a preview of this budget-heavy week in local government,
• Explore UW-Madison’s updated free speech and protest policies,
• Take a closer look at a popular, cold-weather cocktail,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, October 3, 2024:

• We attend a groundbreaking ceremony for an affordable housing development on Madison's southeast side,
• Reveal when UW-Madison does and doesn't enforce camping laws,
• Get some advice on real estate investment,
• Explain sump pits,
• Talk passion versus practicality in the world of fashion,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for October 2, 2024:

• We get the latest statewide polling on the presidential race,
• Attend a rally for reproductive freedom,
• Learn how much money Wisconsin could save with expanded Medicaid,
• Meet Venezuelan immigrants in our community,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, October 1, 2024:

• We talk to folks waiting in line outside Trump's rally in Waunakee,
• Attend the grand re-opening of the St. Vinny's on Willy Street,
• Consider the impact of avian flu on the World Dairy Expo,
• Discuss UW-Madison students' right to log off,
• Learn how to identify different sparrows during seasonal migration,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 30, 2024:

• We'll find out how much campaign visits cost Wisconsin municipalities,
• Interview the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood,
• Check out the week ahead in city and county government,
• Mark the anniversary of a pivotal moment in French history,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two new movies on the big screen,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 26, 2024:

• We check in on pre-election wrangling across the state,
• Learn how a local program keeping Indigenous languages alive,
• Find out how Wisconsin is handling the latest PFAS standards from the feds,
• Explain what you can and can’t say at government meetings,
• Celebrate the start of fall-weather fishing,
• Get the latest news from Madison’s Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 25, 2024:

• We head to the Bread and Puppet Circus in Mazomanie,
• Speak with a UW-Madison student facing disciplinary action for supporting Palestine,
• Learn how a local program is turning guns into garden tools,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to the '60s,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 24, 2024:

• We get the latest on BRT after its official launch Sunday,
• Find out why a local produce supplier is asking for harvesting help,
• Check in on "The Victory" coffee shop after a recent fire,
• Share the details on milk prices in the Midwest,
• Visit a soul food restaurant on Monroe Street,
• Learn how wildlife rehabilitators handle avian pox,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 23, 2024:

• We share an inside look at the Harris rally on Friday,
• Attend a candidate forum in the race for Dane County executive,
• Celebrate the birthday of an independent filmmaker and review two of his movies,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Learn about the invasive species in Wisconsin's lakes,
• And much more.

It’s a Monday night in downtown Mount Horeb. Inside Brix Cider, a farm-to-table restaurant with a homestyle feel, people are snacking as they wait for a time-honored political tradition in election season: a candidate forum.

At the front of the room are two chairs, but only one candidate is here. Sitting across from Elizabeth Grabe, a Democrat running against five-term incumbent Todd Novak, is an empty chair — save for a beer growler filled with purple flowers and an empty cup. 

Wisconsin has new voting maps this November. In collaboration with Isthmus newspaper, we examine how those new maps have spurred competition and organizing in advance of November. 

Credits: Audio by Abigail Leavins with contributions from Liam Beran. Production by Chali Pittman. In collaboration with Isthmus Community Media — read their related story at isthmus.com.

This reporting is funded in part by Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on September 15 in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. More at usdemocracyday.org.