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Local digest for Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 6:49pm
Bullet found in apartment window

HALLOWEEN PREVIEW

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 6:38pm
Above: Levi Cooke, 4, left, and his dad, Laron, wear dinosaur costumes during the Downtown Madison Family Halloween event Wednesday on Madison's State Street. Below left: From left, Peggy Gunderson hands out candy outside her business, Strategic Brand Marketing, with…

Return to the field on Sunday 'realistic' for Jordan Love

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 6:38pm
Packers quarterback could make a quick recovery from his groin injury in time to play the Lions, but Green Bay has confidence in the quarterback situation should he not get the all clear.

Western Wisconsin electric cooperative wants back in nuclear power business

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 6:00pm
LA CROSSE — Dairyland Power Cooperative wants back in the nuclear power business.

US economy grew at a solid 2.8% pace last quarter

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 5:15pm
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 2.8% annual rate from July through September, with consumers helping drive growth despite the weight of still-high interest rates.

Three years of probation and jail time for man convicted of running over kitten, drug dealing

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 5:00pm
Lucas S. Smith, 33, of Arena, pleaded guilty in March in two Dane County cases to felony intentionally mistreating animals and dealing cocaine.

Jets' Aaron Rodgers feeling spicy on a short week, maybe thanks to some cayenne pepper

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 4:56pm
LORHAM PARK, N.J. — A little cayenne pepper might have put some pep back in Aaron Rodgers’ step.

18-year-old woman arrested in death of infant left unsupervised in bathtub

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 4:20pm
Police said she was a babysitter.

This ancient tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 4:15pm
NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around more than 160 million years ago.

Wisconsin would pay student teachers $10,000, under state superintendent's proposal

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 3:45pm
To become a licensed teacher, many aspiring educators spend a semester working with students in a cooperating school district while earning little to no pay.

Harris, Trump still deadlocked in Wisconsin in last Marquette poll before election

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 12:36pm
The poll, released Wednesday, comes less than a week before the Democratic vice president and Republican former president compete in Tuesday's election.

Madison's referendum could save the city's ice rinks. Climate change threatens them anyway

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 11:40am
Warming temperatures are making it harder for the city to staff and maintain its network of 13 ice rinks.

Bullet found in window at Far East Side apartment

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 10:50am
The property manager of the building in the 200 block of Swanton Road called police after the bullet was found between two panes of glass in a window.

Thunderstorms, heavy rain, maybe a tornado for southern Wisconsin in advance of a colder Halloween

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 10:35am
The predicted wild weather comes after Madison saw a high of 82 on Tuesday that tied the record for Oct. 29, set in 1937, according to the National Weather Service.

Helping Hands is looking for students who want to help others

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 9:40am
Are you in grades K-12 and have a big heart? Send us your letters about someone in your life who needs $200.

THC was also in sandwiches, garlic bread at Famous Yeti's, health department says

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 9:24am
The health department said it does not plan to issue a citation against the restaurant and that the contamination was inadvertent.

Pedestrian struck in hit-and-run at Downtown intersection

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 8:50am
The crash happened about 8:35 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of John Nolen Drive and North Shore Drive and kept the intersection shut until shortly after 10 p.m.

Police recover shell casings after gunshots reported on Southwest Side

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 8:35am
Multiple 911 callers reported gunshots in the 5800 block of Raymond Road shortly before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Women arrested after death of infant left unattended in bathtub, Madison police say

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 8:10am
Life-saving measures were not successful on the infant, which was found to have been left unattended in a bathtub with the water overflowing.

Trump will campaign tonight in Green Bay with Packers legend Brett Favre

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 7:05am
Brett Favre is caught up in a welfare scandal in his home state of Mississippi, where Auditor Shad White says he still owes the state nearly $730,000 in interest.

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