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Renovations begin to historic park, 40 years after Barneveld tornado
VILLAGE OF BARNEVELD, Wis. (WMTV) - 40 years after a devastating tornado destroyed a small town in Wisconsin, community members are excited to bring new life to a local park dedicated to those lost. The Village of Barneveld broke ground Saturday at Memorial Park to start a new renovation project...
Where you live in Wisconsin shouldn't determine your odds to survive school shootings | Opinion
Most people don’t realize that the voters of Mount Horeb played a key role in protecting students when a classmate brought a gun to school. Sadly, across Wisconsin children are not equally protected from harm. For those who may not have followed the story closely, on May 1, a student brought a weapon...
Officials searching for motorcyclist that fled police on US 151
RIDGEWAY, Wis. (WMTV) - The Ridgeway Marshal’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a motorcyclist that fled from authorities Friday. At 4:20 p.m., Iowa County Communications Center received a traffic complaint from the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office that a subject in dark clothing riding a black motorcycle was traveling north on U.S. Highway 151 and passed law enforcement at 100 mph, officials said.
Camp Invention returns to Mount Horeb
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (WMTV) - Camp Invention is a nationally recognized non-profit summer camp program that is coming to Mount Horeb Primary Center the week of June, 10th 2024. This camp challenges grades K-6 to tap into their creative and curious side. Through hands-on activities kids will experience STEM learning, leadership skills, resourcefulness, confidence, entrepreneurship skills and so much more.
Barneveld Tornado - 40 Years Later
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - It was a night not far off from every other night in the small town of Barneveld. Many heading to bed unsuspecting of the tragedy that would unfold in just a few hours. Between 12:40 a.m. and 1:40 a.m., a violent tornado developed across eastern Iowa...
The science behind the 1984 Barneveld F5 tornado
BARNEVELD, Wis. -- If 2024 has proven anything, it's that southern Wisconsin is no stranger to severe weather. That was especially true in June 1984, when an F-5 tornado wreaked havoc on Barneveld, killing nine people.
Craft Breweries Find Success in the Madison, WI, Region
Breweries are big business in these quaint communities in the Madison Region. More than 200 craft breweries are enjoying success these days in Wisconsin, according to TravelWisconsin.com. While many breweries operate in larger cities like Madison, several others are flourishing in the Madison, WI, Region’s smaller communities. New Glarus...
'It's good to remember': Survivor reflects on 40th anniversary of Barneveld tornado
BARNEVELD, Wis. — Saturday marks 40 years since a massive F-5 tornado decimated the small town of Barneveld, about 35 miles southwest of Madison. Images of the destruction from June 8, 1984, fill Leland Pollock’s photo album. They’re also etched in his mind. “That’s quite a feeling,...
An Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Theater Reopens Following a $1.1 Million Restoration Project
A lively crowd of midcentury-modern architecture lovers gathered at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin in the early afternoon on June 8, the architect’s 157th birthday. The celebrations weren’t just to blow candles and eat cake in honor of the legendary designer, but rather to commemorate the reopening of Wright’s Hillside Theater at Taliesin following a five-year, $1.1 million restoration project. “We’re very happy to present this space to you today,” Ryan Hewson, director of preservation at Taliesin for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, said in a speech at the theater’s reopening. “The need for this project has been steadily more urgent as the space continued to physically deteriorate.”
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