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.