Madison WI

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department is investigating red paint on multiple landmarks across Library Mall found in the early morning hours Friday. Facility crews discovered red paint on the Hagenah Fountain, the front doors and steps of Bascom Hall and around the Abraham Lincoln statue. Flyers were...

Firefighters responded to a residence on W. Badger Road for reports of alarms sounding and visible smoke coming from underneath an apartment door. Medic 6 and Engine 6 entered the unit to find smoke banked from the ceiling to the floor and a pot of burned baked beans on the stove top. Firefighters removed the pot of...

MADISON, Wis. — Slow down and phones down — that's the message Dane County law enforcement agencies are sending after a rise in school-related traffic injuries.

Dear Editor: I was just out walking on the UW campus and I witnessed a girl just about get killed on at the Johnson Street crossing outside Gordon Commons. She had her attention focused on her cellphone and marched right past the people standing on the curb waiting for the walk sign and right in front of a Metro bus....

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A Madison nonprofit organization hosted a back-to-school giveaway this afternoon. Families gathered at Urban Triage at 2312 South Park Street for the school supplies giveaway. Urban Triage’s mission is to foster Black families self-sufficiency, community leadership, and advocacy. Event...

Dane County’s budget process is well underway, and with a projected $31 million structural deficit for 2026, this go-around promises to be especially challenging. In a May press release, County Executive Melissa Agard cited rising operational costs and capital project expenses, insufficient funding from the state,...

Lauren Fields was less than four months into a research project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) when she got an email message from her program officer at the federal agency. A doctoral candidate in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fields has been studying the biochemistry involved...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The pedestrian who was hit and killed by a car in the town of Springfield on Saturday has been identified. The crash happened around 8 p.m. on Saturday night near US Highway 12 and Kickaboo Road in the town of Springfield. The victim has been identified...

Dane County held a virtual committee meeting discussing homelessness issues in Dane County on Monday focusing on the building of a new homeless shelter in Madison and the future of the Dairy Drive homeless encampment. In 2025, nearly 800 people in Madison were reported as being homeless, which is a...

NORTHBROOK, IL — A Wisconsin man has been charged with public indecency in connection with a 2021 incident at a Northbrook shopping center, according to the latest police blotter released by the Northbrook Police Department. Public Indecency Case. Police identified the suspect as Edgar Javier Rivera-Irizarry of...