Madison WI

Between 6:00 a.m. on November 26 and 6:00 a.m. on November 27, 2025, local police responded to 381 calls for service. This number does not include parking complaints or accidental 911 calls. Calls were distributed across city districts. The East district had 78 calls, Midtown had 65, Central had 62, West had 63,...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Madison Police Department is reviewing digital evidence after a man allegedly pointed a gun at a group of women in a rideshare vehicle last week, police reported on Wednesday. On November 21, MPD stated the group flagged down an officer who was in the area...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -Hundreds of union Starbucks baristas joined an ongoing strike Friday, expanding what organizers call the longest unfair labor practice strike in the company’s history. The strike now includes 2,500 baristas from more than 120 stores across 85 cities, including Madison. The action began Nov. 13...

MADISON, Wis. -- A man who was pulled from Lake Monona Thursday afternoon died, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said.

A story in the State Journal this week reminded me how lucky we are that Scott Walker is no longer the governor of Wisconsin. There he was, once again, trying to justify his half-witted decision to scuttle the all-set-to-go expansion of passenger rail service in his state, just one of the outright dumb moves he made...

Madison, WI – A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for much of south central and southeast Wisconsin, where 6 to 10 inches of snow are expected from 3 a.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Sunday. The storm will impact communities including Madison, Janesville, Kenosha, Racine, Beloit, Portage, Lake Geneva, Reedsburg, and...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday that the conviction of a Dane County man who killed his parents holds up. Chandler Halderson was found guilty in 2022 for the killings of his parents, Bart and Krista Halderson. A judge sentenced Halderson to life in prison...

RACINE, Wis. — Foxconn is planning a $569 million expansion in Racine County, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) announced on Tuesday. The manufacturing expansion would create 1,374 jobs over the next four years. WEDC, the state’s leading economic development organization, said this comes as...

Dear Editor: Dave Zweifel was right on point with his opinion about single payer, be it extending Medicare or Medicaid ("The solution to the health care crisis we refuse to see," Nov. 26). To build on this, I would propose that the government pay the cost of educating anyone who...

About five years ago, faculty members in the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison started offering classes to undergraduate students. Soon, more students were interested in taking public policy classes than there were courses. “Public policy across the country is really growing...