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Silver Alert issued for missing Sun Prairie man

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. -- A Silver Alert was issued for a missing Sun Prairie man last seen on Friday evening.
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Man hospitalized after being struck by vehicle in Madison

MADISON, Wis. — A 24-year-old man was taken to the hospital after Madison police reported that a 62-year-old driver hit him near Fish Hatchery Road on Wednesday.
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Snowy owl spotted Friday in Madison

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A snowy owl was spotted Friday morning in Madison. WMTV viewer Keean Paltz said the owl was seen near Luds Lane, on Madison’s far east side. If you have photos or video you would like to send in to WMTV 15 News, you can upload them here.
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Local Police Respond to 433 Calls in 24 Hours, Including Armed Robbery and Traffic...

Between 6:00 a.m. on November 19 and 6:00 a.m. on November 20, 2025, local police responded to 433 calls for service. This number does not include parking complaints or accidental 911 calls. The East district had the most calls at 112. Central had 80, West had 70, Midtown had 56, North had 58, South had 47, and 10...
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New general education policy will make transferring between UW campuses easier

Universities of Wisconsin students will have an easier time transferring general education credits from one campus to another after the Board of Regents approved a new core general education policy this week. Beginning in September, up to 12 courses and 36 credit hours will be standardized across UW’s 13 campuses....
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Letter | State Street is a crime-ridden mess

Dear Editor: Amy Rodriguez must have willfully blinded herself to the real reason for State Street's rapid decline ("What's up with State Street?" Nov. 12). Yes, COVID is partly to blame, as are the riots — yes, riots — in May 2020, in which every window in every business on State Street was broken and many stores...
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Two women hospitalized after parking lot crash on Madison’s north side

MADISON, Wis. — Two women, one of whom allegedly struck another while getting into a parked vehicle, were hospitalized Thursday night, the Madison Police Department said.
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Beltline could see big changes after Wisconsin Department of Transportation study

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) study decades in the making is almost complete, but officials need public input to finalize their long-term vision for the Beltline. The DOT has created a roadmap for the future of the Beltline, but before any projects take shape, they’re...
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‘My rock’: Resident shares emotional move into new Porchlight apartments

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - After decades of cycling through homelessness, temporary housing and starting over, one Porchlight resident says moving into the nonprofit’s new East Washington Avenue facility feels like something he’s spent a lifetime hoping for: stability. Porchlight officially opened its new eight-story...
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Abandoned houses become training sites for Wis. firefighters

MADISON, Wis. — An abandoned home on the former Voit Farm was burned to the ground Wednesday afternoon as part of series of controlled blazes set by the Madison Fire Department for training. Two homes along Milwaukee Street, at the site of the former farm on Madison’s East Side,...

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