Due to the coronavirus spike, from Nov. 18 to Dec. 16 indoor gatherings of any size are prohibited in our county. The details can be seen at https://publichealthmdc.com/coronavirus/forward-dane/current-order.

The following announcement is currently airing 3 times a week on WIDE-LP:
On August 3, 2020, Madison Mainstream Radio (formerly HEALTH WRITERS, INC.), licensee of WIDE-LP, 99.1 FM, MADISON, WI, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for renewal of license. Members of the public wishing to view this application or obtain information on how to file comments and petitions can visit www.fcc.gov/stationsearch and search in the list of WIDE-LP's filed applications.

UW-Madison is now offering free COVID-19 testing to area residents, ages five years and older, at the fully accessible Nielsen Tennis Stadium. This testing is for members of the public and participants do not need to be UW–Madison students or employees. The rapid antigen testing from Abbott BinaxNOW delivers results in as little as 15 minutes.

District 10 alder, Zachary Henak, and three other West Side alders have scheduled a Westside Community Conversation for October 21 at 6:30 PM via Zoom. The topic of this meeting is "Are We Defunding the Police?" Guests are Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Laura Larsen, the City's Budget and Program Evaluation Manager, and Acting Chief of Police Victor Wahl and his West Police District Staff.

For face mask requirements in Dane County, see https://publichealthmdc.com/coronavirus/masks .

Public Health Madison & Dane County is posting updates to the current order for our county on their web page at https://publichealthmdc.com/coronavirus/forward-dane/current-order.

The current COVID-19 emergency order, which took effect Aug. 24, requires all schools in Dane County to "begin the school year virtually for students in grades 3-12." Details and FAQ are available at https://publichealthmdc.com/coronavirus/forward-dane/current-order .

The City of Madison has created a Community Resources page for COVID-19 at https://www.cityofmadison.com/health-safety/coronavirus/community-resour.... Public Health Updates from the city are available at https://www.cityofmadison.com/health-safety/coronavirus.
UW Health continues to maintain a COVID-19 Information page at https://coronavirus.uwhealth.org/.
Current national and international pandemic statistics are available at https://ncov2019.live/.

Sunday June 21 is Make Music Madison day. Due to COVID-19 there will be no live broadcast or gathering at the WIDE-LP transmitter garage this year. Instead we will feature recorded music by Madison area artists all day, between talk shows, from 7 am to midnight. The schedule as currently planned is shown at http://madisonwi.us/WIDE-LP/photos/MakeMusicMadison/2020/index.htm. If you have a favorite Madison artist you would like to see on the schedule, email the station at radio -at- widelp -dot- org.

The Friends of WIDE-LP, 5 station supporters who live in the Midvale Heights neighborhood where our station is located, submitted an application to Madison's Neighborhood Grants Program to fund a neighborhood outreach project. The project is described in an article on page 3 of the current issue of the Midvale Messenger newsletter online at http://mhcaorgnl.s3.amazonaws.com/2005_May_MM.pdf. Yesterday the $825 grant was approved by the Common Council. More news will appear here as the project gets underway.