WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Monday, June 24, 2024:

• We get the latest on a redevelopment project on Madison's south side,
• Find out why demonstrators aren't happy with Milwaukee's official RNC protest routes,
• Learn how Wisconsin became the dairy state,
• Mark an important anniversary in climate change history,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, June 20, 2024:

• We witness a real spectacle in downtown Madison,
• Ask a U.S. congressman how he'll respond to PM Netanyahu's address next month,
• Get the details on Tuesday's marathon Common Council meeting,
• Take a closer look at open records law,
• Air the latest fishing report,
• Check in on Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 19, 2024:

• We attend the groundbreaking ceremony for a new cultural center on the south side,
• Tour a Frank Lloyd Wright house,
• 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, June 18, 2024:

• We check in with a local record shop - ahead of next month's change in ownership,
• Attend the Juneteenth flag raising at the Capitol,
• Revisit the controversial Foxconn deal,
• Sit down with Madison's own Mango Man,
• Explain how birds of prey try to stay cool in summer,
• Examine the psychological effects of incarceration,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, June 17, 2024:

• We get the details on a proposed change to the city's trash collection policy,
• Attend the Harry Whitehorse International Wood Sculpture Festival,
• Get a state lawmaker's take on security at the RNC,
• Debut a brand-new feature on Wisconsin's dairy industry,
• Mark a big anniversary in labor history,
• Take a closer look at Wisconsin's favorite cocktail,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, June 13, 2024:

• We get the details on the second recall attempt against Speaker Vos,
• Find out why tax revenue from utility companies is plummeting in Wisconsin,
• Learn more about asylum seeking - following last week's controversial executive order,
• Share some deck-building advice,
• Discover the power of lists,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 12, 2024:

• We get the details on a county program looking to spotlight the histories of underrepresented communities,
• Visit a new bookstore on Madison's east side,
• Check in on Madison's World Naked Bike Ride ahead of this weekend's event,
• Hear about life as a solar panel installer,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 11, 2024:

• We check in with residents at the Lux after this weekend's shooting,
• Get the details on a collaborative art project honoring victims of gun violence,
• Take a closer look at professional cornhole,
• Learn how UW-Madison accommodates students with depression,
• Examine the state's latest water quality report,
• Recap a busy spring at Dane County's Wildlife Rehab Center,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, June 10, 2024:

• We share the latest on this weekend's trifecta of shootings,
• Recap the state Dems' convention in Milwaukee,
• Commemorate the Battle for Century City,
• Take a closer look at Hemingway's favorite cocktail,
• Review a new World War II documentary,
• Learn about a lesser-known kind of "storm-chaser,"
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, June 6, 2024:

• We get the details on a lawsuit against the city of Milwaukee that claims free speech violations,
• Find out how a local baseball association is introducing the next generation to America's favorite pastime,
• Take a closer look at open records law,
• Broadcast the latest fishing report,
• Mark the anniversary of the Forward Art prize,
• Check in with Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.