
Grace Houdek
Reporter and Weekend Evening Anchor at WKOW-TV (Madison, WI)
Reporter & Weekend Evening Anchor @WKOW / @uw_sjmc alumni
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1 month ago |
wkow.com | Grace Houdek
MADISON (WKOW) — Staff at Public Health Madison & Dane County will start testing water quality at area beaches after Memorial Day weekend. Jennifer Braun, an environmental health scientist with PHMDC, said they test the water quality at each beach they are assigned to once a week. She said the way they test for bacteria is very similar to an at-home COVID test.
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1 month ago |
wkow.com | Grace Houdek
FITCHBURG, Wis. (WKOW) — The Fitchburg Police Department has responded to Monkeyshines Bar & Grill more than 200 times over the last four years. The owner of the establishment said they've taken safety and security recommendations from police seriously. In November of 2021, Captain Edward Hartwick with the Fitchburg Police Department said more than 30 rounds were fired in a gun battle at Monkeyshines between four people.
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1 month ago |
waow.com | Grace Houdek
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (WKOW) — Students at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville are frustrated and scared after police and university leaders shared little information about an incident at a campus dorm Monday night. UW-Platteville freshman CJ Martinez and senior Sami Draeger attended Monday night's press conference. They were just two of many students who filled every seat in the room, hoping for more answers about what exactly happened at Wilgus Hall. "Word spreads like fire.
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1 month ago |
wkow.com | Grace Houdek
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (WKOW) — Students at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville are frustrated and scared after police and university leaders shared little information about an incident at a campus dorm Monday night. UW-Platteville freshman CJ Martinez and senior Sami Draeger attended Monday night's press conference. They were just two of many students who filled every seat in the room, hoping for more answers about what exactly happened at Wilgus Hall. "Word spreads like fire.
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1 month ago |
wkow.com | Grace Houdek
PARDEEVILLE, Wis. (WKOW) - Pardeeville is moving forward with its own EMS. The village is taking over all the debt from the old EMS district in return for all its assets, including the building, ambulances and equipment. Village of Pardeeville's Angie Engelmann said it was not an easy decision to take over nearly $1 million dollars of debt. She said it will, however, make things easier moving forward. "Instead of haggling five communities over the debt, the assets, what it's worth, what to sell.
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