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MADISON – With Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls in Irma slated to close within the next several years, the Wisconsin State Building Commission last month approved the release of funding that is expected to aid in that process. The Commission, on Wednesday, Dec....

MADISON, Wis. — Madison is celebrating the first baby born in 2026 at UnityPoint Health-Meriter.

MADISON, Wis. -- The northbound lanes of Fish Hatchery Road were closed Friday near the UW-Madison Arboretum after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole.

The first fully Nepali restaurant in the country, located in Madison, has shut down after nearly four decades. Himal Chuli closed yesterday after serving the people of Madison on State Street for 39 years. Krishna Pradhan started the business as a food cart in 1981 after coming over to work...

STOUGHTON, Wis. (WFRV) – The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating a crash that occurred early Friday morning after a semi-truck struck a high-voltage power pole, knocking it onto the interstate. Shortly before 3 a.m., authorities said a semi hauling food products left the roadway near County Road N in Stoughton...

Madison Magazine is hosting the 45th annual Best of Madison readers’ poll (find the timeline for the nomination and voting periods and a list of the 2026 categories below). For decades, Best of Madison has helped determine what our readers think are the best businesses, people, places and experiences in the Madison...

Sébastien Philippe, a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, spoke to The Daily Cardinal about designing simulations that evaluate nuclear fallout. When he ran his first simulation mapping nuclear fallout across the United States in the case of a missile attack, the results were so large in scale and disturbed him so greatly that he...

MAGNOLIA, Wis. (WMTV) - The Rock County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the two people who were found dead in a home after a welfare check in the Town of Magnolia. The agency identified the individuals as Tamie Borgwardt, 53, and Jeffrey Borgwardt, 54. Both were from Evansville. The Medical...

We’re looking back at some of our favorite stories from 2025. This story from November is one of Robert Chappell’s favorites. As journalists it is important, I think, to hold our colleagues in media accountable. With trust in journalism at an all-time low, we need to keep our standards high, and correct the record...

MADISON, Wis. -- The northbound lanes of Fish Hatchery Road were closed Friday near the UW-Madison Arboretum after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole.