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WISCONSIN — Police in Norway found climate journalist Alec Luhn alive on Wednesday, days after the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate went missing. Alec Luhn fell down a cliff, broke his leg and femur and lost his phone. According to his mother, Alec Luhn laid there for nearly a week.

FITCHBURG, Wis. — A man died at the hospital after being involved in a crash in Fitchburg Thursday evening, Fitchburg police said.

The City of Madison said multiple streets in the downtown and surrounding area will be impacted by the Madison Mini Marathon on Saturday. A facility from Tellurian Behavioral Health is preparing to open its doors in downtown Madison, promising expanded services and renewed hope for people facing mental health and...

FITCHBURG, Wis. — Wisconsin's chapter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America is set to host the 2025 Team Hope Walk at McKee Farms Park on Aug. 17.

WAUKESHA, Wis. — The release of Slenderman stabber Morgan Geyser has been delayed due to protests from the community where she was supposed to reside. The city attorney in ​Sun ​Prairie, ​where Geyser was to be released, filed paperwork reflecting an objection to the placement. “​So ​everybody ​saw ​Sun ​Prairie,...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Dozens gathered Wednesday evening at Tenney Park in Madison to mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The annual Lanterns for Peace event, organized by Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin, blends personal remembrance with a broader call for nuclear disarmament....

Dear Editor: The July 30 editorial ("City employing appropriate process for LakeWay project") supports the City Council’s exempting the first phase of the Lakeway project from referendum because it will enhance the causeway. The issue is about democracy, not enhancing the causeway. The Wisconsin constitution declares...

For years, Madison has had two standard-bearers in the ice-cream realm: Chocolate Shoppe, which started on Monona Drive back in 1962, and Babcock Hall ice cream, made by the UW’s dairy science program and sold at the Babcock Hall Dairy Store at 1605 Linden Drive and at the Daily Scoop counters in Memorial Union and...

When Ethan moved from California a couple of years ago, he figured the Madison downtown bar scene would be a good place to meet people. About two to three months in, he started trying to find a serious relationship. He knew he would be working at Epic for a “minimum” of two years and thought it would be good to...

MADISON, Wis. — There is concern growing among some members of the Sun Prairie community about Morgan Geyser's move to the city following her release from a psychiatric hospital. Geyser and Anissa Weier made headlines when they stabbed classmate Payton Leutner 19 times after luring her into the woods...