Madison WI

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day January 17, 191 Wisconsin signed the 18th amendment into law, banning alcohol and starting what was known as prohibition. The ban went into effect exactly one year later, alcohol was banned on January 17, 1920. This forced some breweries across Wisconsin to turn...

The 30th annual Souper Bowl, a beloved Madison tradition since 1995, will be held Saturday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. at Madison West High School to help build affordable housing throughout Dane County. Hosted by the UW–Madison student chapter of Habitat for Humanity of Dane County, Souper Bowl has...

Editor's note: Below is the Thursday, Jan. 15, edition of The Corner Table, our weekly newsletter about the Madison dining scene. It's produced by Lindsay Christians and Beck Henreckson. If you want to receive it in your email inbox every Thursday (it's free!), subscribe at captimes.com/newsletters. Pour me a Phony...

“Please don’t support our establishment. This is a formal refusal of service.”. A Wisconsin man says he was confronted in person by the co-owner of a Stoughton, Wisconsin, diner, the Kozy Nuk Cafe, while eating breakfast with his wife and kid, after the owner spotted a one-sentence quip he wrote about bringing ICE to...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Milwaukee, Wisconsin – A colder and more active late-January pattern could bring accumulating snow and travel disruptions across Wisconsin as storm systems track through the Upper Midwest. According to the...

Find the cure for what ails your landscape by consulting with experts in a variety of areas at the Garden & Green Living Expo. PBS Wisconsin caught up with nationally known gardening expert, TV/radio host, author, columnist and speaker Melinda Myers to learn about her exhibit booth and seminars. Tickets for Garden &...

VERONA, Wis. -- Criminal charges will not be filed against a Camp Shalom counselor after a child accused the counselor of sexual assault.

Dear Editor: I received a text message from UW Health a while back, and since I had already called to confirm my appointment two days prior, I hastily hit a button as I was walking into the grocery store and put my phone away. Turns out, I cancelled my colonoscopy by a text message.

Alliant Energy hopes to build a new roughly $730 million wind farm in Columbia County that will provide enough electricity to power about 100,000 homes annually. The utility, through a limited liability company, filed an application with the Public Service Commission to build the project in late December. Alliant...

MADISON, Wis. -- Dane County will review how it awards and manages contracts with outside agencies and vendors, County Executive Melissa Agard said Friday. The review will engage with county departments, partners and experts. Agard said the goal is to boost transparency and ensure taxpayer dollars are being properly...