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

October 02, 2025

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.