Episodes
Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 14, 2024:* We find out how city leaders hope to improve Breese Stevens Field,* Get the details on a new mural at UW-Madison's School of Nursing,* Discuss the absentee ballot drop box lawsuit before the state Supreme Court,* Examine different diseases that afflict snakes and turtles,* And much more.
Published 05/15/24
Here's your local news for Monday, May 13, 2024:* We share a big update in one of Madison's most infamous cold cases,* Hear the details on the agreement between student demonstrators and UW-Madison leadership,* Get ACLU Wisconsin's take on student protest and a possible TikTok ban,* Mark the anniversary of the Coldbath Fields "riot,"* Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,* Review two movies,* And much more.
Published 05/14/24
Here's your local news for Thursday, May 9, 2024:* We find out why Meriter workers picketed outside their workplace this afternoon,* Hear an acclaimed journalist's advice for the next generation,* Take a closer look at open records law,* Broadcast the latest fishing report,* Check in with Madison's Flamingos,* And much more.
Published 05/10/24
Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 8, 2024:* We take a closer look at the ethics of protest coverage,* Check in with the Mount Horeb Area School District - one week after a tragic shooting incident,* Learn how art venues can build community,* Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,* Travel back in time to 1969,* And much more
Published 05/09/24
Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 7, 2024:* We attend a community meeting on Madison's budget woes,* Hear from an organizer at today's "Wrap the Capitol in Red" event,* Visit the Mediterranean Joint,* Explain how "nuisance animals" are handled,* Take a closer look at the city's money troubles,* And much more.
Published 05/08/24
Here's your local news for Monday, May 6,2024:* We hear from the faculty and staff supporting the student encampment on Library Mall,* Learn why consumer advocates are objecting to grocery prices,* Find out how city planners have amended their blueprint for Madison's west side,* Get the details on a net zero home in Wisconsin,* Learn how lawmakers are working to enshrine contraception rights on the state level,* Mark the anniversary of the National Student Strike in 1970,* Take a closer look...
Published 05/07/24
Here's your local news for Thursday, May 2, 2024:* We share an update on the "liberated zone" at UW-Madison,* Hear from some high schoolers who participated in today's May Day protest,* Check in with the UW faculty members speaking out in support of student demonstrators,* Discover the power of storytelling and solidarity,* Peruse the wide world of countertops,* Investigate the science of bowling,* And much more.
Published 05/03/24
Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 1, 2024:* We check in on the Gaza solidarity encampment at UW-Madison - after today's violent clash with law enforcement,* Hear from a professor who was on the front lines and detained by police,* Get the latest on today's active shooter threat in Mt. Horeb,* Share more insight into life as a music therapist,* Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,* Tell the true story of the first Mifflin Street Block Party,* And much more.
Published 05/02/24
Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 30, 2024:* We get the latest on the UW students demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza,* Learn why one third of Americans have considered cutting down their meat consumption,* Hear how city officials plan to communicate Madison's budget woes to residents,* Share the latest from UW-Madison's student government, * Get the details on a lawsuit seeking more accessible voting,* Take a look at a rare type of warbler,* And much more.
Published 05/01/24
Here's your local news for Monday, April 29, 2024:* We visit the student encampment on UW-Madison's Library Mall,* Attend this weekend's Great Midwest Alpaca Fest,* Hear how a local project is advocating for incarcerated women,* Mark the anniversary of the Bunker Hill bombing,* Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,* Review two movies now streaming on the small screen,* And much more.
Published 04/30/24
Here's your local news for Thursday, April 25, 2024:* We attend the 8th Annual Construction Workers' Memorial procession,* Find out if the city is prepared for the Mifflin Street Block Party,* Flock to State Street - with 600 volunteer painters,* Learn how the EPA's new pollution safeguards could improve public health,* Take a closer look at open records law,* Broadcast the latest fishing report,* Share an update from Madison's Flamingos,* And much more.
Published 04/26/24
Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 24, 2024:* We learn why 25 elected officials and community leaders are calling for a Madison alder's resignation,* Find out who's paying the price when state lawmakers cut higher education funding,* Get more insight from the former curator at MMoCA,* Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,* Travel back in time to 1967,* And much more.
Published 04/25/24
Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 23, 2024:* We hear from activists at the Capitol calling for the abolition of solitary confinement,* Get the details on the Children's Museum's new, climate-focused exhibit,* Learn what horse girl memes, volleyball nets, and orange silicon all have in common,* Examine the deal between the state legislature and the UW system on DEI initiatives,* Chat with the manager of the Turn Key Supper Club,* Describe all the ways that ducklings can get into...
Published 04/24/24
Here's your local news for Monday, April 22, 2024:* We get an update on the Hands Up Act,* Get the details on the latest environmental protection efforts in Dane County,* Learn what individuals can do to fight for the natural world,* Hear from volunteers cleaning up Madison's parks,* Check in with some local activists after this weekend's Labor Notes conference,* Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,* And much more.
Published 04/23/24
Here's your local news for Thursday, April 18, 2024:* We get the scoop on yesterday's oral arguments before the state Supreme Court,* Check in with a local taproom owner - after false reports that there's a warrant out for his arrest,* Get the county clerk's take on election conspiracy post-2020,* Review "ready to assemble" cabinets,* Learn the backstory behind America's first Hip Hop Week,* Take a closer look at works by "the Goddess of Willy Street,"* And much more.
Published 04/19/24
Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 17, 2024:* We get the details on last night's tense Common Council meeting,* Hear how Wisconsin's finances are looking,* Check in on child labor laws - after a recent attempt to thwart them,* Learn about life as a Music Therapist,* Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,* Travel back in time to 1964,* And much more.
Published 04/18/24
Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 16, 2024:* We talk to educators at yesterday's rally,* Learn how Madison parks are getting cleaned up ahead of Earth Day,* Ask a local nonprofit how they used a city grant to support undocumented immigrants during the pandemic,* Take a closer look at Indigenous Law studies at UW-Madison,* Preview the Wisconsin Birdathon,* Continue to celebrate baby animal season,* And much more.
Published 04/17/24
Here's your local news for Monday, April 15, 2024:* We get the latest on MMSD's budget struggles, * Learn the story behind a new statue headed for the state Capitol's grounds,* Hear from a Madison-based zine editor who's up for a prestigious award,* Commemorate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,* Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,* Review two apocalyptic movies,* And much more.
Published 04/16/24
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.
Published 04/12/24
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.
Published 04/11/24
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.
Published 04/10/24
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.
Published 04/09/24
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.
Published 04/05/24
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...
Published 04/04/24
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.
Published 04/03/24