| | | | | | | BELOIT, Wis. — The cities of Beloit and South Beloit have agreed to a new partnership between their fire departments that local leaders say will both cut department expenses and lead to better service for both communities. The intergovernmental agreement — which went into effect Wednesday — will see one of the Beloit Fire Department’s deputy fire chiefs serve as... | | | | | | | MADISON, Wis. — For the first time in 2 years, the Dane County Board of Supervisors plans to host its meeting in person. The County Board switched to virtual meetings in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thursday night’s meeting will take place in Mendota Rooms 1-4 at the Alliant Energy Center, located at 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way. While... | | | | | | Wisconsin Democrats are announcing a joint effort with national party leaders they are calling the largest midterm coordinated campaign in state history with the goal of reelecting Gov. Tony Evers and defeating Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. The effort announced Thursday is dubbed Forward for Wisconsin. It is a partnership between the state and national Democratic parties, Evers' campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Democrats promised to target rural parts of the state, which have been trending toward Republicans in recent elections. The effort will also target communities of color, college students and tribal members. | | | | | | | ROXBURY, Wis. — Authorities arrested three people early Thursday morning after Dane County Sheriff’s Office deputies reportedly caught them in the middle of an attempted burglary. Deputies with the sheriff’s office responded to a burglary in progress call at a home in the 7500 block of Highway 12 around 3:35 a.m. When they arrived, deputies reportedly found an open door... | | | | | | Police say a man who blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain after a recent back surgery bought an AR-style rifle hours before opening fire at a Tulsa medical office, killing the surgeon and three other people before fatally shooting himself. Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin says the gunman had recently undergone back surgery and had called a clinic repeatedly complaining of pain. Franklin says the doctor who performed the surgery, Dr. Preston Phillips, was killed Wednesday, along with another doctor, a receptionist and a patient. | | | | | | President Joe Biden grieved with the shattered community of Uvalde on Sunday. He mourned privately for three hours with anguished families left behind when a gunman killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers. The president was met with chants of "do something" as he departed a church service and responded, "we will." Biden and his wife, Jill, visited a memorial to those who were slain at Robb Elementary School and attended Mass at a Catholic church. Biden met privately with first responders before flying back to his home in Delaware. | | | | | | | MADISON, Wis. — A new study published Thursday and led by researchers with UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health found that the longer patients use medication to treat an opioid disorder, the less likely they are to overdose. The study analyzed treatment and overdose data between 2016 and 2017 from Wisconsin and 10 other states that rank high for... | | | | | | | Construction is set to start this summer, and they aim to start distributing beer throughout Japan in early 2023. | | | | | | |
