🌱 MMSD Revises Contact Tracing + Ice Rinks, Lagoons Closed

Madison WI

13 January, 2022

3:05 PM

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Morning, people of Madison! It's me again, Sean Peek, your host of the Madison Daily. First, today's weather: Colder; a bit of p.m. snow. High: 24 Low: 14. Here are the top 3 stories in Madison today: The Madison Metropolitan School District announced Wednesday that it is revising the way it conducts contact tracing and will also shorten isolation and quarantine time. The district is shifting from tracing contacts of positive COVID-19 cases to only contacting people who test positive and their high-risk close contacts, such as household members. MMSD will continue to implement mask-wearing in schools and the community after the required quarantine time. (WMTV - NBC15)One person is in police custody following a shooting in a northside Madison neighborhood Thursday morning. Officers say they were called to the 1900 block of Tennyson Lane north of Warner Park just before 10 a.m. after a caller reported hearing three gunshots. Police have not yet identified the person taken into custody but say they do not believe there is any further danger to the public. (Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3)The City of Madison Parks Division announced Wednesday that the city's ice rinks and lagoons have been closed until further notice due to warmer weather. The department shared on social media that it anticipates being able to reopen the ice later this week and asked people to stay off it to reduce the amount of time the ice has to be closed. It was less than a week ago that Tenney Park's lagoon and ice rinks opened for the season. (Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3) From our sponsor: Today's Madison Daily is brought to you in part by our friends at Verizon. They're building the fastest 5G network in the country. To learn how 5G is going to change life for you and your community — and to get access to this amazing technology — click here. And thank you Verizon for sponsoring this community resource in Madison! Today in Madison: CI Pediatric Therapies Storytime At Middleton Public Library (10:00 AM) Second Harvest FoodShare At Madison Public Library (12:00 PM) Groove And Glide At City Of Madison Parks (6:00 PM) From my notebook: Mark your calendars for the Jan. 27 Madison Public Library and City of Madison Engineering Division public information meeting on the proposed Reindahl Park Imagination Center, a transformational space designed and directed by the northeast Madison community. (Facebook) Visit the Museum of Wisconsin Art Jan. 22-23 for the closing weekend of the exhibition "Studio Glass Movement in Wisconsin: The Hyde Collection," and stay the afternoon for the West Bend Winter Warm-Up. (Instagram) The House of Representatives Small Business Committee will be holding a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 9 a.m. entitled, "The Power, Peril, and Promise of the Creative Economy." The hearing will be live streamed. (Facebook) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Taxes In Retirement Webinar (January 24) Add your event Loving the Madison Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers You're all caught up for today. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with another update! — Sean Peek About me: Sean Peek is a writer and entrepreneur with a degree in English Literature from Weber State University. Over the years, he has worked as a copywriter, editor, SEO specialist, and marketing director for various digital media companies. He currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.