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"Maybe to give a visual extension to a curb or sort of different clues like that:" The City of Madison plans to test the safety impacts of asphalt art

Here's your local news for Monday, January 8, 2024:

• We learn how street art could make Madison roadways safer for pedestrians and...

"[It] was one of the darkest days in this country's history:" Just days before the insurrection's third anniversary, several pro-democracy organizations held a commemorative press conference

Here's your local news for Thursday, January 4, 2024:

• We attend a press conference commemorating the January 6th insurrection, just days...

“You should be able to count that ballot:" Yesterday, a Dane County judge ruled that election clerks can "cure" absentee ballots - under specific circumstances

Here's your local news for Wednesday, January 3, 2024:

• We learn how yesterday's court ruling allows election clerks to "cure" incomplete...

"I think people are just wanting to wait and see what the results of the investigation shows:" Last night, three people were killed in a car chase through Monona

Here's your local news for Tuesday, January 2, 2024:

• We get the latest information on last night's deadly police chance in Monona,
• Hear...

WORT News Presents Water Stories: Flooding, Five Years Later

In 2018, historic floods hit southern Wisconsin. The effect was devastating.

Roads were overtopped with water making them impassable....