Madison WI

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.

Look, I’m not saying Wisconsin should challenge Texas to a barbecue duel, but if we did, Beef Butter BBQ in Madison would be our champion. This place is smoking meat so perfectly that even the most devoted Lone Star State loyalists might need to sit down and reconsider their life choices.

A new $300 million Amazon warehouse and distribution center is coming to Cottage Grove, bringing major road work to County Trunk Highways N and TT. Construction is expected to begin in late March or early April and continue through mid-September in four stages.

Abbott has officially sealed its roughly $21 billion acquisition of Exact Sciences, closing the deal Monday and paying $105 per share to turn the Madison‑based cancer diagnostics heavyweight into a wholly owned Abbott subsidiary. The buyout immediately bulks up Abbott's diagnostics footprint, pulling Exact's...

STOUGHTON, Wis. — Teamsters Local 120 members at B&G Foods voted to authorize a strike, the labor union said on Monday.