Madison WI

The City of Madison is inviting the community to submit nominations for its annual Jeffrey Clay Erlanger Civility in Public Discourse Award. This award honors Jeffrey Clay Erlanger, who was an individual of integrity, passion, intelligence and civility, according to a press release from the City, and who understood...

As part of the Big Ten’s “We Give Blood” campaign, the University of Wisconsin-Madison hosted a Homecoming Blood Drive at the Nicholas Recreation Center Tuesday and Wednesday. Working with Abbott Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company, the 18 universities in the conference aim to address the nation’s blood shortage...

Iowa is on the road against Wisconsin in a pivotal rivalry matchup in the battle for the Heartland Trophy.

Dane County will award $25,279,999 in 2025 to help bring six affordable housing projects to reality, County Executive Melissa Agard announced last week. These projects are being selected now through the Dane County Affordable Housing Development Fund (DCAHDF) so that developers can secure the full financing needed to...

MADISON, Wis. -- The City of Madison Forestry is scheduled to begin grinding tree stumps and planting new trees on the city's north side Wednesday morning.

MADISON, Wis. (WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PRESS RELEASE) - Changes have been made to overnight ramp closures planned along the US 53 freeway. Tonight: Ramp from US 12 (Clairemont) to southbound US 53 and ramp from southbound US 53 to US 12. Saturday: Ramp from WIS 312 (North Crossing) to...

While out conducting routine fire code inspections, a firefighter noticed the odor of natural gas coming from a building on Carling Drive. Using a gas monitor, Engine 7 determined a hose connected to a clothes dryer in the basement was leaking gas. Firefighters shut off the gas, ventilated the room, and the building...

MADISON, Wis. (WEAU) - WEA Member Benefits employees gathered Thursday for one of their favorite annual traditions - the United Way Pie Toss. According to a press release from WEA Member Benefits, this event took place at their main office in Madison where staff members bid on their coworkers to receive a pie in the...

MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – Police in Wisconsin are investigating a 38-year-old man’s death as a homicide/murder after a verbal disturbance led officers to find a man with a gunshot wound. The Madison Police Department reports that officers were sent shortly before 8 p.m. on October 9 to the Dutch Mill Mobile Home Park...

Madison has been in Raygun’s sights for a while. Madison can be a funny place. There’s the pink flamingo that serves as the city’s official bird, lakes with names many people can’t keep straight, rules about tall buildings and that isthmus thing right in the middle of it all.