WORT Local News

Dane County’s 2026 executive budget seeks to bridge $31 million gap
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.