WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 11, 2024:

• We get the latest information on last night's deadly shooting,
• Hear incoming superintendent Dr. Joe Gothard's priorities for MMSD,
• Look back on Justice Ann Walsh Bradley's career - after her announcement that she's not running for re-election in 2025,
• Talk government transparency,
• Broadcast the most up-to-date fishing report,
• Catch up with the Madison Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 10, 2024:

• We take a look at the new federal standards for PFAS contamination in drinking water,
• Learn how federal funding is advancing clean energy construction in Wisconsin,
• Hear how UW-Madison is reckoning with its history,
• Ask election clerks how last week's approved referendums could impact their jobs,
• Get some insight from a former art curator at MMoCA,
• Travel back in time to 1962,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 9, 2024:

• We share an update on the months-long tug of war over PFAS funding,
• Get the details on Madison's lesser-known draft area plan,
• Take a closer look at the spring election results on UW-Madison's campus,
• Debut our new food feature,
• Look ahead to baby animal season,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, April 8, 2024:

• We join the solar eclipse fervor on UW-Madison's campus,
• Get an update on a controversial oil pipeline in the Great Lakes region,
• Hear what's behind President Biden's new student debt relief plan - which he announced today while visiting Madison,
• Follow up with Wisconsin's "Uninstructed Campaign,"
• Mark the anniversary of the Colfax Massacre,
• Review two movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 4, 2024:

• We get the backstory behind Wisconsin's new "pre-disaster flood resilience" grant program,
• Hear what advocates are saying during this year's Autism Acceptance Month,
• Share some safety tips - ahead of Monday's partial solar eclipse,
• Broadcast a Milwaukee rapper's backstory,
• Explain some house-hunting red flags,
• Interview a director ahead of the Wisconsin Film Festival,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 3, 2024:

• We recap yesterday's spring election - when voters approved referendums, the "uninstructed option" made a showing, Dane County incumbents protected their seats, and a campus polling place hit a snag,
• Investigate a lesser-known immigration policy that deports "documented dreamers" at age 21,
• Hear more about life as a middle school teacher,
• 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, April 2, 2024:

• We get an update on the legal back and forth over ballot drop boxes,
• Speak with the Vice President of the Marquette Neighborhood Association - as Madison prepares for a population boom,
• Preview an event series starting tonight at the Wisconsin Historical Society,
• Share a conservationist's perspective on out of state meddling,
• Meet our wildlife friends: the Eastern Gray Squirrel,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, April 1, 2024:

• We get the details on an ordinance change that would give the Board of Health more options after a dog attack,
• Learn how a new federal program will help feed school kids in need during the summer months,
• Get an expert's perspective on this year's ongoing FAFSA delays,
• Share the government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Mark the anniversary of a "boss-napping,"
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, March 28, 2024:

• We get an update on the lockdown at Waupun - and share our findings from an open records request,
• Analyze campaign spending in the spring election,
• Interview a candidate running to represent Madison's northeast side on the Dane County board,
• Talk government transparency,
• Broadcast the most up-to-date fishing report,
• Check in on Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, March 27, 2024:

• We learn how Wisconsin's unhoused population has shifted over the last decade - and how Dane County is faring,
• Hear why prevention groups are cautioning against online sports betting,
• Interview a candidate running to represent Madison's northeast side on the Dane County board,
• Talk with an art professor at UW-Madison,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1969,
• And much more.