WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 19, 2024:

• We get the details on a new convenience store coming to Willy Street,
• Learn why researchers are breeding cows that can thrive in extreme heat,
• Speak with a friend of Kevin Price, who Fitchburg police shot and killed last month,
• Talk financial literacy,
• Explain why you should care about zoning,
• Retrieve a memorial brick next to Camp Randall,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 18, 2024:

• We take a closer look at the U.S. SAVE Act,
• Find out why environmental advocates oppose the expansion of natural gas plants in Wisconsin,
• Get the details on Dane County's 2025 executive budget proposal,
• Share a preview of our collaborative project with Isthmus newspaper,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1969,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 17, 2024:

• We check out the city's new, electric garbage trucks,
• Find out why consumer advocates are paying close attention to Congress' funding plans,
• Get the latest on Joe Gow - and the boom in the adult entertainment industry,
• Welcome our UW student reporters back for the fall semester,
• Learn how West Nile Virus impacts corvids,
• Look forward to the debut of Bus Rapid Transit this weekend,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 16, 2024:

• We get the details on an initiative that's battling food insecurity - and climate change - in Wisconsin,
• Hear some possible fixes to persistent basement flooding,
• Discuss the impacts of farm consolidation,
• Mark the anniversary of a political assassination with international ties,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two movies now available for streaming,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 12, 2024:

• We find out how a newly expanded program is looking to protect undocumented workers,
• Get the details on Dane County's 2025 budget requests,
• Talk open records resource guides,
• Broadcast the latest fishing report,
• Check in on Madison’s Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 11, 2024:

• We attend three debate watch parties in the Madison area,
• Interview the Harris-Walz campaign's senior national spokesperson,
• Travel back in time to 1965,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 10, 2024:

• We get the details on the mayor's 2025 capital budget proposal,
• Mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Crime Bill's passage,
• Visit a tortilleria,
• Celebrate shorebird migration,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 9, 2024:

• We find out how Wisconsin voters feel about their local public schools,
• Talk corporate greed in the dairy industry,
• Revisit a historic mutiny in the U.S. Navy,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two new features on the small screen,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 5, 2024:

• We check in with U.S. Dep. Secretary of Education Cindy Marten after her tour of MMSD schools.
• Find out why a conservative radio personality pitched a tent on Library Mall today,
• Explore what it takes to make lasting change in underserved communities,
• Explain the whys and hows of building permits,
• Investigate a mysterious object,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 4, 2024:

• We share the good news and bad news about Wisconsin's workforce economy,
• Head to Lapham Elementary for the first day of the fall semester,
• Find out how partisan politics is impacting the classroom,
• Hear from MMSD's new superintendent,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.