Elizabeth Wadas
Investigations Reporter and Anchor at WMTV-TV (Madison, WI)
Sideline Reporter at Big Ten Network
Multimedia Journalist at WREX-TV (Rockford, IL)
(she/her/hers) On a search for ordinary people doing extraordinary things. WMTV investigative reporter/anchor.
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Aug 13, 2024 |
wmtv15news.com | Elizabeth Wadas
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Two University of Wisconsin Madison deans are reappointed after their five-year reviews. Dean Vallabh Sambamurthy of the University of Wisconsin Business School will return along with the Dean of the School of Pharmacy Steve Swanson. The reviews for each started last fall, and the University says both have received feedback based on their review results. A group of staff, faculty, alumni, donors and more than a dozen individuals conducted the interviews.
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Jul 5, 2024 |
weau.com | Drew Best |Elizabeth Wadas
NECEDAH, Wis. (WMTV/WBAY) - The rental property that caught fire Sunday in Juneau County, leaving half a dozen people killed, was not legally licensed to rent out, according to the Wood County Health Department. The property off Morro’s Mile Road near Necedah was being rented by a family when it caught fire overnight. Six people died including three children. Neighbors say the home was regularly rented out through Airbnb.
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Jul 3, 2024 |
wbay.com | Drew Best |Elizabeth Wadas
NECEDAH, Wis. (WMTV/WBAY) - The rental property that caught fire Sunday in Juneau County, leaving half a dozen people killed, was not legally licensed to rent out, according to the Wood County Health Department. The property off Morro’s Mile Road near Necedah was being rented by a family when it caught fire overnight. Six people died including three children. Neighbors say the home was regularly rented out through Airbnb.
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Jul 3, 2024 |
weau.com | Elizabeth Wadas
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The rental property that caught fire Sunday in Juneau County, leaving half a dozen people dead was not legally licensed to rent out according to the Wood County Health Department. The property off Morro’s Mile Road near Necedah was being rented by a family when it caught fire overnight. Six people died including three children. Neighbors say the home was regularly rented out through Airbnb.
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Jun 13, 2024 |
fox5vegas.com | Elizabeth Wadas
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A school superintendent in Wisconsin is speaking out for the first time after a parent pushed him off the graduation stage nearly two weeks ago. Superintendent Dr. Rainey Briggs spoke with WMTV this week after what happened garnered national attention with many calling the incident racially motivated. Briggs says a lot has happened since the push, and he finally found himself ready to talk about it.
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Senator Tammy Baldwin is holding a watch party tonight at the Orpheum Theater starting at 8pm. I will be covering the Senator’s campaign all evening. @CamberynKelley will be covering her opponent, Eric Hovde. @wmtv15news https://t.co/B8mmrqFz0s
BREAKING: We confirmed with a UW plant expert this is cannabis in a flower bed outside the Wisconsin State Capitol. The expert does not know if it is hemp or the drug type. Testing would have to happen to determine that. https://t.co/qlq9IZi0MX
Just found out I received a Murrow in the investigative category for my open records fight with @MMSDschools which ultimately lead to an investigation into the former head of the communications department, Tim Lemonds. https://t.co/HBH9Y3RnEx