WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, March 7, 2024:

• We attend the unveiling of a new mural honoring Tony Robinson's memory,
• Check in on Wisconsin's Department of Corrections - after Secretary Carr announces his retirement,
• Hear from an acclaimed youth mentor,
• Discuss the pros and cons of solar power,
• Explore the power of fiber arts,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, March 6, 2024:

• We attend Vice President Kamala Harris' press event in Madison - and hear the community's response,
• Learn more about life as a Wisconsin truck driver,
• 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, March 5, 2024:

• We check in on the Common Council as they continue to look for solutions to the city's looming budgetary shortfall,
• Investigate the giant rat on Lake Street,
• Get into Greenbush Neighborhood's past, present, and future,
• Take a closer look at a lesser-known goose,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, March 4, 2024:

• We hear from some folks at a Madison vigil honoring Nex Benedict,
• Attend the kickoff of "Leopold Week" at the Arboretum,
• Share the government's calendar for the coming week,
• Look back on the 1918 "Spanish Flu" pandemic,
• Learn the how-to and history of a popular cocktail - the Screwdriver,
• Review a new spy comedy,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, February 29, 2024:

• We share an update on the Lake Monona waterfront redesign,
• Take a closer look at student athletes' rights and compensation,
• Broadcast a spring-weather fishing report,
• Check in on Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, February 28, 2024:

• Governor Evers is poised to veto a bill that would release funding to clean up PFAS... but would also impose restrictions on the state DNR,
• Efforts are expanding to add electric buses to municipal fleets,
• Temperatures dropped by 59 degrees in the span of 15 hours last night,
• And Madison plays its part in the historic civil rights march in Selma, circa March 1965.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, February 27, 2024:

• We have the details on MMSD's contract with the new superintendent - and the community's reaction to his hiring,
• Visit a glassblowing exhibit,
• Learn more about UW's new online degree program,
• Share some local wildlife patient status updates,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, February 26, 2024:

• We attend a Middleton vigil organized to mourn the loss of two young lives,
• Get the details on a bill that would put the state in charge of local campaign finance filings,
• Discuss the government's calendar for this week,
• Look back on the life of a revolutionary mayor,
• Learn how to make a Seven-and-Seven,
• Review a 2005 movie that's been reimagined on the small screen,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, February 22, 2024:

• Both those for and against abortion in Wisconsin want to take the issue straight to the state Supreme Court, 
• School districts are getting new options for early literacy curriculums after a law passed last year mandated science-based learning, 
• Our home improvement experts talk about how to pick a water heater,
• And our features talk the impact you can have as a Big Brother or Big Sister.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, February 21, 2024:

• We share the results of yesterday's spring primary - which saw a modest voter turnout in Dane County,
• Learn more about a new sustainability initiative at UW-Madison,
• Get an inside look at life as a truck driver,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1969,
• And much more.