‘Love Island USA’ seeks Madison-area singles to compete on dating show
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Could you be the next bombshell to enter the “Love Island USA” villa?. The casting team for the hit Peacock dating show is looking for Madison singles who are ready to shoot their shot and find love. The casting team said it wants to...
MFD: Seven people, one dog forced to leave home after fire
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Seven people and their dog have been displaced after a fire on Madison’s east side, the Madison Fire Department said Wednesday. A call came in around 1:55 a.m. Wednesday from the 1900 block of Beld Street reporting a fire in the back of a house.
3 DOC employees on leave as agency probes response to Morgan Geyser’s escape
MADISON – The state Department of Corrections is investigating the agency's response to Morgan Geyser's escape from a Madison group home last month and has implemented changes to the notification process when an offender on GPS monitoring triggers an alert, according to a letter sent by DOC Secretary Jared Hoy in...
December 10, 1967- Soul legend Otis Redding dies in plane crash
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day, Dec. 10, 1967, soul legend Otis Redding died along with six others in a plane crash on Lake Monona. Redding was on his way to a concert in Madison, when the plane went down because of bad weather in the area. He was 26 at the time of the plane crash.
Luke Fickell fires 1st Wisconsin coach in offseason move that needed to be done
Wisconsin has made the first major coaching change this offseason and it's an expected one as the unit underperformed and was underdeveloped.
Nebraska’s viral post after beating Wisconsin may have hit a little too on the...
Nebraska beat Wisconsin by 30 points and posted on their official account after that may have hit a little too close to home.
Abundant Life shooting victim seeks more aid from $621K in donations
After a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School last December left three dead, including the shooter, and six more injured, United Way of Dane County set up a recovery fund and raised $621,000 for impacted families at the school. But one former student gravely injured in the shooting, Samy Garduno-Martinez,...
New Housing Options Approved for Madison Residents Along Transit Corridors
On December 9, 2025, the Madison Common Council passed its third Housing Forward package of the year. The new ordinances aim to address housing needs in the city. The measures focus on increasing housing options along Madison’s busiest transit corridors.
Progress Center for Black Women hosts annual “Photos with Santa”
The Progress Center for Black Women hosted its annual “Photos with Santa” at a new location this year, as the event has continued to grow and more Madisonians incorporate it into their holiday traditions. On Dec. 6, the annual “Photos with Santa, now in its seventh year, brought...
Report on strained federal data agencies hits home in Wisconsin
Federal agencies that count jobs, measure incomes, track health information and provide countless other forms of data are under unprecedented strain, according to a new report — compounding years of neglect by Congress and the federal government. The report, released Wednesday by the American Statistical Association,...

















