WORT Local News

This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, January 17.

• The Dane County Sheriff is calling on the county board to put the question of funding a new jail before voters…
• We continue our coverage of the primary election for District 4 alder…
• And in the second half, we explore the potential health benefits to psychedelics, juncos receive some winter care, and Radio Astro takes its final trip into space.

This is your WORT local news for Thursday, January 12.

• The state’s joint rules committee allows conversion therapy to continue in Wisconsin,
• The city wins a lawsuit against an outdoor advertising company over the size of billboards in Madison,
• We begin our coverage of the spring primary election for District 4,
• And in the second half, a conversation with DJ Spade; ice fishing picks up in Madison; and how to unpack the effects of cultural appropriation.

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, January 11.

• City officials are looking for ways to make accessible cabs available to everyone who needs them,
• We finish our coverage of the spring primary election for District Two alder,
• And in the second half, we try to ice skate in local parks, university officials try to turn Bascom Hill into a parking garage in 1968 Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.

This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, January 10.

• Madison residents fight to name the onetime home of the American credit union movement as a historic landmark…
• We continue our coverage of Madison alder candidates running in the spring primary election for District 2…
• And in the second half, Republican legislators are looking to pass a slew of amendments to the state constitution, we get to know a special goose, and researchers investigate the gasses that comprise the atmospheres of other planets.

This is your WORT local news for Monday, January 9.

• DNR officials are still on the lookout after a Bald Eagle was shot and killed last month
• We kick off our interviews with the candidates in this spring's primary, 
• A community leader with Voit Farm explains where they'd like the direction of the project to go. 
• And two new movie reviews.

This is your WORT local news for Thursday, January 5.

• Anti-F-35 activists file one of their final legal arguments in their fight to keep the jets out of Dane County,
• A local skater fights for his right to skate in the winter months,
• Emergency mental health systems in Wisconsin are failing rural residents,
• And in the second half, the last year in government transparency, ice fishing survives the warm weather, and a new Netflix documentary briefly features some Chazen art.

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, January 4.

• The Common Council approves a plan to both make roads safer for pedestrians, but promote tree growth next to roadways,
• Drones could deliver life-saving equipment to rural areas quickly,
• And in the second half, police officers watch a movie in 1960s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.

This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, January 3.

• Tony Evers is sworn in for his second term as Wisconsin's governor…
• The great Bird-a-thon sees birders helping to raise money for conservation efforts…
• Plus, homemade candy can now be legally sold in Wisconsin, and we consider political predictions for 2023.

This is your WORT local news for Thursday, December 29.

• Dane County sucked around 25,000 tons of muck clogging waterways in 20-22
• Drunk driving is on the rise in Wisconsin,
• And in the second half, the importance of mediation in prison, the beginning of ice fishing season, and clearing the clutter in the new year.

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, December 28.

• The new Dane County Jail Project sees a tumultuous year of fighting inflation,
• UW Madison joins a national coalition to prevent opioid overdoses,
• Parks and Landmarks returns to Apple River Canyon.
• And Madison in the 60s sees a city fighting for civil rights in 1962.