Madison WI

The City of Madison has declared a snow emergency to support snowplowing efforts. Alternate side parking rules are now in effect citywide, including the Snow Emergency Zone. These rules apply nightly from 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. Residents should check which side of the street they park on to avoid fines and towing.

The State Street Snow Couple, captured on the 29th of November, 2025, has become a sensation on social media. The photograph, taken with a Sony A7iii camera and an adapted Nikon 105mm f/2.5 Pre AI lens, showcases a stunning black and white composition that has captivated viewers. The image, which was shared on...

From slow and cautious drives to delayed flights, plans were turned upside down for many hoping to travel home after the Thanksgiving holiday.

The first canoe, found on the lakebed under 24 feet of water, was 1,200 years old. The next summer archaeologists found the remains of a 3,000-year-old canoe. Both of them were recovered from the water and in 2024 began treatment with Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) to stabilize the wood. When the PEG treatment is finished...

The Elver Park Neighborhood Center on the far southwest side of Madison has long been a familiar and welcome source of help for Joeniece Jackson and her four children. Her oldest, now 14, attended the center’s after-school programs from an early age, as have her other three kids. And Joeniece says she’s enjoyed...

MADISON, Wis. -- Several churches in Wisconsin are not holding services on Sunday due to a winter storm that rolled through the area on Saturday.

GURNEE, Ill. - A Wisconsin woman was charged in connection with a shooting at a north suburban hotel on Thanksgiving. The shooting, which police said was a targeted domestic incident, took place outside the hotel near Grand Avenue and Interstate 94 in Gurnee, according to the Gurnee Police Department. Police...

Chris Fernandez could have continued to grow his t-shirt company, which had more than $50,000 of sales in its first year. But he sold it, got a graduate degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and in 2015 co-founded a completely different type of company. EnsoData pioneered the use of...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On November 29, 1972, the video game “Pong” was released by Atari and revolutionized the gaming industry. “Pong” was not the first video game ever, but it was the first one to be a huge success. In June 1972, Nolan Bushnell and Ted...

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) -All lanes of Highway 51 near Poynette are back open after a crash Saturday, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation reported. According to WisDOT, the crash happened at around 12:15p.m. The crash closed the highway for about an hour.