Category Archives: Local News

Mount Horeb Killer Not Fit To Stand Trial
The Mount Horeb man accused of killing a man on the side of a Dane County road has been found not fit for trial and will undergo treatment. According to reports, 21-year-old Riley Berg, former UW-Plat...
Apr 07, 2020

Food Distribution Events In Platteville
There will be a pair of food distribution events in Platteville - with the first happening Wednesday, April 8. The Southwest Community Action Program Food Van will be set up in front of Platteville's ...
Apr 07, 2020

Lancaster Theatre Asks For Waiver of Rent Payments
The Lancaster Common Council has decided to defer for two months the collection of rent payments from State Theatres LLC, the tenant that rents the city's Grantland Theater to show movies. In a letter...
Apr 07, 2020

Coronavirus Predictions Earlier Peak Date, Fewer Deaths
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation now says Wisconsin's peak date for its battle with COVID-19 will be April 17th instead of the 27th. They are also predicting fewer deaths from the virus...
Apr 07, 2020

Vote On Five Flags Civic Center Expansion Won't Be in September
The vote for an expansion proposal for Dubuque's Five Flags Civic Center will not take place this fall. When it will be has not been established. City Council members voted, 7-0, on Monday night to po...
Apr 07, 2020

Wisconsin DHS Has 12 Labs Running COVID-19 Tests
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says it now has 12 labs running COVID-19 tests. D-H-S Secretary Andrea Palm says the labs are capable of completing near 36 hundred tests each day. At least...
Apr 07, 2020

Minnesota Company Said To Be Working With Foxconn To Make Ventilators
The C-E-O of a Minnesota-based biomedical engineering company says a deal is being discussed with Foxconn to make ventilators in Wisconsin. Chairman and C-E-O Omar Ishrak of Medtronic was interviewed ...
Apr 07, 2020

US Supreme Court Blocks Extension Of Absentee Voting In Today’s Election
Absentee voters won't get any extra time to submit their ballots. The U-S Supreme Court has blocked a plan to extend the deadline for turning those ballots in. It had been tentatively extended to Apri...
Apr 07, 2020

Lands End Announces Furloughs
Lands' End announced it has furloughed workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A furlough of roughly 70% of the company's corporate employees and nearly all of its retail workers went into effec...
Apr 06, 2020

State Supreme Court Blocks Evers Attempt To Delay Election
Wisconsin's presidential primary election will proceed Tuesday under an order from the state Supreme Court that came just hours after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers tried to postpone voting as part of a l...
Apr 06, 2020

