Cold weather challenges fire crews in Fort Atkinson
FORT ATKINSON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Fort Atkinson Fire Department had request additional assistance for a house fire due to weather conditions, officials said Tuesday. A call came in around 10 p.m. Monday from the 400 block of North Main Street reporting a possible structure fire. Crews arrived to find...
Passenger arrested for grabbing wheel, crashing car into garage
MADISON, Wis. -- A woman was arrested Sunday night who they said grabbed the steering wheel of a vehicle she was a passenger in and caused a crash.
Texas man sentenced to 9 years for cocaine trafficking in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. -- A Texas man was sentenced to nine years in prison for trafficking cocaine in Wisconsin
Security video helps lead to arrest in Madison robbery
MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police said security video helped identify a suspect in a robbery on the city's north east side, leading to an arrest.
Municipalities declare winter weather, snow emergencies for Tuesday night
BELOIT, Wis. -- With snow and bitter cold in the forecast, municipalities around southern Wisconsin declared a winter weather emergency for Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Police: Fitchburg man who crashed car at gas station, tried to fight people arrested...
FITCHBURG, Wis. -- Fitchburg police arrested a man for a sixth OWI offense early Monday who they said tried to fight people at a gas station after crashing his car.
Ag Briefs: Wisconsin residents sickened by Salmonella linked to dietary powder
Lawsuit: St. Paul Fish Co. allowed managers to take workers' tips. A federal lawsuit alleges a Milwaukee seafood restaurant illegally allowed managers to take tips from other workers. The U.S. Department of Labor filed the complaint against St. Paul Fish Company and its owners. The suit claims the restaurant violated...
Madison Puts Temporary Freeze on New Data Centers
A Foxconn data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. | Chad Davis from Minneapolis, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons / Wikimedia Commons. Madison, Wisconsin approved a temporary moratorium on new data centers as the city council debates how to regulate the industry. As George Wiebe explains in an...
Columbia County Braces For $730M Wind Farm Fight
Alliant Energy wants to plant a roughly $730 million, 277-megawatt wind farm in the Columbia County countryside, a project the company says could power about 100,000 homes. Branded the Columbia Wind project, it would scatter more than 40 large, modern turbines across private farmland and has already entered formal...
Ian’s sets opening time frame for Verona location, details new space
Ian’s Pizza is aiming to open its new Verona location at 303 W. Verona Ave. before midsummer in the Mill District, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. It will be the seventh Ian’s location in Wisconsin, with three in Madison, three in Milwaukee, and one in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

















