Madison WI

MIDDLETON, Wis. (WMTV) - A Middleton Police Department officer is being hailed a hero after a literal wild goose chase. In a video posted to Middleton Police Department’s Facebook page, Officer Gavin Anderson is seen wrangling a goose who had flown into a passing car. The goose originally did...

In 2022, subtle signs of a new restaurant — neon lights and painted human silhouettes hanging in the upper windows — could be seen from the street level on East Washington Avenue. The historic Fuller and Johnson Manufacturing Co. building, which had long housed the historic Fyfe’s Bistro and had more recently been a...

WISCONSIN — A new combined emergency medical services district is coming to southern Dane and northern Green counties. Community leaders said seven local governments in the region will create the “Sugar River Emergency Medical Services (EMS) District.”. The combined EMS district aims to provide around-the-clock 911...

Wisconsin’s Big Ten Tournament came to an embarrassing end, as the No. 10 Badgers (21-12-2, 14-10-0 Big Ten) were blown out by Ohio State (13-20-2, 8-15-1 Big Ten) 7-1 at home in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on March 11. Aside from sophomore forward Gavin Morrissey, the...

As the year turned, I devoted this column to explaining how the Cap Times’ strategic plan would unfold in 2026. Now we are excited to announce a key moment in that plan’s development. Our new opinion editor will be Natalie Eilbert, most recently the Madison-based reporter covering mental...

Madison is set for a major boost to its affordable housing supply on lands formerly belonging to Oscar Mayer. The six-story Victoria at Huxley Yards — a 250-unit senior living complex with one- and two-bedroom apartments — is fully leased with most of its residents set to move in April 1. The View at Huxley Yards, a...

His work as a visual brand architect has taken him to some of America’s classic golf venues, including a pair of majors in Baltustrol Golf Club in New Jersey and Hazeltine National GC in Minnesota. But Mark Schmitz never sold nickel cups of pink lemonade to golfers there as...

MADISON, Wis. -- A 16-year-old was shot and killed while looking to buy drugs in December 2025, a criminal complaint alleged.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A Madison home was damaged by bullets Sunday on the city’s east side, police said. Officers were sent to the 4500 block of Cottage Grove Road around 11:20 p.m. The Madison Police Department stated officers found several casings in the road. One home was damaged...

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police arrested a suspect in connection to the death of a 61-year-old woman at a downtown parking ramp Sunday.