WORT Local News

Breaking news and feature stories straight from the WORT News team’s underground lair in Madison, Wisconsin. New episodes every Monday through Thursday at 7:30 PM. Also available live on 89.9 FM from 6:00-7:00 PM and online anytime at WORTFM.org.

Recent Episodes

Madison finance leaders green-light ice arena deal

Posted January 8, 2025 • 00:52:29

Here's your local news for Wednesday, January 8, 2025:

We share the latest on a resolution that would save two Madison ice arenas,
Find...

Outgoing Police Chief Shon Barnes recommends interim successor

Posted January 7, 2025 • 00:42:51

Here's your local news for Tuesday, January 7, 2025:

We have the latest details as Police Chief Shon Barnes prepares to leave the city for...

Parties clash on top issues as budget season kicks off

Posted January 6, 2025 • 00:48:55

Here's your local news for Monday, January 6, 2025:

We hear party leaders' priorities for the state's next biennial budget,
Discuss...

Radio Chipstone Presents: 1,000 Hearts

Posted January 2, 2025 • 00:58:07

Just because we're in a new year, leaving the stuff we don't want to carry anymore in the old year might not be so easy. It could take weeks, months,...

Stu Levitan Presents: Madison in the Seventies

Posted December 31, 2024 • 00:58:00

Stu Levitan presents a special New Year's Eve history lesson on Madison's greatest decade... the 1970s, when the highest hopes and worst fears of the...