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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - As major companies eliminate synthetic dyes from their products by the end of 2027, Wisconsin researchers are positioned at the forefront of the natural alternatives revolution. University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are leading the way with naturally grown alternatives in a process that...

MADISON, Wis. (Gray) - A bag of 80 lollipops sat by the front door of a Chippewa Falls home, ready to be handed out to neighborhood children. Police say the candy was actually a lure. A man in his 70s was using the lollipops in at attempt to groom children. In police interviews, the man confessed he was sexually...

More than two dozen Madison-area businesses plan to close Friday as part of a “national shutdown” in response to recent federal immigration enforcement and people killed by federal agents. Other Dane County businesses said they will donate to organizations that support immigrants and other efforts. The strike...

Dear Editor: When a society is crumbling, who do we need most?. We need a mother with the soul of a poet. A mother who cared enough for her neighbors that she left all of her other mothering duties to tussle with the Minnesota cold and peacefully rebuke ICE. We...

Ian’s Pizza opened on State Street with a mission to master the Mac n’ Cheese Pizza recipe that would eventually become their signature throughout Madison. The locally-owned operation serves affordable craft-quality pizza using the finest local ingredients in hand-tossed NYC-style pies. This downtown location became...

STOUGHTON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Stoughton Police Department arrested three people on active warrants and several other charges from a neighboring agency after pulling a vehicle over Wednesday morning. According to the Stoughton Police’s Facebook page, the individuals were in a vehicle and pulled over by an officer on...

Jim Post knows all too well what it means to be downstream. And he’s taken a mouthful or two of the “Big Muddy” along the way to prove it. Water has always been a big part of life for the Davenport, Iowa transplant, who grew up waterskiing the mighty Mississippi River before moving to the area in 1988. As a leading...

The improbable comeback came after a simple message in the locker room from Coach Greg Gard.

COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. -- A Madison man was arrested for a 10th operating-while-intoxicated offense Wednesday night, the Wisconsin State Patrol said.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Dane County Sheriff’s Office is working to investigate telephone fraud, officials said Wednesday. According to a press release, DCSO said a woman in Windsor was contacted Tuesday morning by someone claiming to be Captain Ronald Towers with the Sheriff’s Office. The caller allegedly...