Here's your local news for Thursday, October 2, 2025:

• We'll outline some of the cost-saving measures in County Executive Agard's spending plan for next year,
• Mark the end of a Biden-era climate initiative,
• Find out how PFAS chemicals from Truax Field end up in nearby waterways like Starkweather Creek,
• Learn what it takes to achieve fluency in Russian,
• Talk songwriting with a Milwaukee-based musician,
• Dissect the scholarly lessons in Scooby Doo,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 1, 2025:

• We head to Madison's Rennebohm Park for a press conference opposing the Line 5 reroute,
• Get the details on a new antibody treatment that aims to provide seasonal protection from Lyme disease,
• Find out how state Democrats are working to fill the gap as Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin pauses abortion services,
• Learn the history behind a trailblazing department at UW-Madison,
• 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, September 30, 2025:

• We hear Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway's latest preview of her 2026 operating budget proposal,
• Outline some budget amendments Madison's Board of Education took up yesterday,
• Check in with the owner of Rutabaga Paddlesports after the announcement that he's closing up shop at the end of this year,
• Look forward to this week's packed schedule of dairy trade shows,
• Consider strategies to make our electoral system more inclusive,
• Explain why Wisconsin law bans rehabilitation of skunks,
• And much more.

In this show:

• Madison Metro Area tries to go carless
• A small-town police station partners with ICE
• A UW professor reviews where we stand vis-a-vis free speech
• And we review two bookends to Robert Redford's career.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 25, 2025:

• We find out how Dairy Drive residents and members of the community are preparing for the campground's imminent closure,
• Meet a performer in Madison's burlesque scene,
• Talk open records fees,
• Break down where the fish are biting,
• Check in on the Flamingos' playoff push,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 24, 2025:

• We check in on the race for Wisconsin governor...and the ever-expanding field of candidates,
• Find out why a UW-Madison professor is urging Congress to support fusion energy research,
• Consider the declining health of American children,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 23, 2025:

• We hear Wisconsin Republicans' pitch to make homeownership more affordable,
• Consider the cost of nitrate contamination in drinking water,
• Take on the shocking topic of stray voltage and how it affects the health of dairy cattle,
• Meet the manager of FEED Kitchens,
• Untangle a "squirrel king" at the Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 22, 2025:

• We hear Mayor Rhodes-Conway's early pitch to expand Madison's investment in homeless services,
• Consider the next steps for a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's new vape law after a federal judge denied the plaintiffs' request to delay enforcement,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Mark the anniversary of the Chicago garment workers strike,
• Teach you how to make a popular cocktail,
• Review a new film and a '90s-era cult classic,
• And much more.