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• US Rep. Bryan Steil wants to ‘re-empower Congress’ on spending, immigration

  Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil says President Donald Trump’s moves on immigration and federal spending are steps in the right direction, but Steil sees a bigger role for Congress in making those changes last. 

  January 31, 2025

  

• Ex-employee charged with embezzling more than $600K from Madison nonprofit

  An ex-employee is accused of embezzling more than $640,000 from the Goodman Community Center in Madison.

  January 30, 2025

  

• Study finds deadly disease reduces deer survival, population growth in Wisconsin

  Wisconsin’s largest study on deer and chronic wasting disease shows the deadly disease substantially reduces deer survival and population growth, especially where it’s most widespread.

  January 23, 2025

  

• Lodi School District becomes Wisconsin’s first K-12 Ice Age Trail Campus

  For the past 15 years, trail volunteers in Lodi have collaborated with local students to provide outdoor learning opportunities. Now, the Ice Age Trail Alliance has a formal partnership with the Lodi School District.

  January 22, 2025

  

• Proposed listing aims to keep monarch numbers from fluttering away

  Federal wildlife officials are proposing to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species due to population declines, and researchers in Wisconsin hope it will prompt more conservation of monarch habitat.

  January 21, 2025

  

• Wisconsin Innocence Project to use $1.5M grant to revisit old cases with new technology

  A three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will allow the Wisconsin Innocence Project to look back at its past cases and reinvestigate them using recent advancements in DNA technology.

  January 20, 2025

  

• Enbridge submits final report to federal regulators on oil spill in Jefferson County

  Around 4 gallons of crude oil reached groundwater at the site of an Enbridge spill that leaked around 69,000 gallons at the company’s Line 6 pump station in Jefferson County, according to a final report submitted to federal regulators.

  January 13, 2025

  

• Students return to Madison’s Abundant Life Christian School after shooting

  Students at Abundant Life Christian School returned for classes at the private Madison school for the first time since a shooting there left three people dead.

  January 10, 2025

  

• 3 downtown Madison buildings prepare for sale as state consolidates office space

  State workers are vacating several Madison office buildings as the state prepares to put those downtown properties up for sale. 

  January 10, 2025

  

• More than $200K raised for Abundant Life community after school shooting

  Donations have been pouring in during the weeks since a shooter opened fire at Madison’s Abundant Life Christian School, leaving three people dead.

  January 7, 2025