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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ernie “Big Cat” Stevens Jr., a driving force behind the expansion of Native American gaming over the last two decades, has died. He was 66. The Indian Gaming Association, a Washington, D.C.-based group that works to protect tribes and promote tribal gaming, announced Monday that Stevens died...

This bonus material would not fit into our regular half-hour broadcast. But by special arrangement with the author, we present it to our web and APP users as a “bonus episode”. Enjoy!. Odie has asked Albert to help Mr. Schofield fix his car so that the family can...

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police said Tuesday that they were looking for a man last seen Aug. 29.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced a funding decision on Tuesday for her 2026 executive operating budget. Mayor Rhodes-Conway announced an additional $320,000 that will go towards library operations for the Imagination Center at Reindahl Park so it will open with a full staff. The...

Unjust Deeds, an exhibition sharing the history of racial covenants in Dane County and beyond, is coming to Sequoya Library in October. For most of the 20th Century, racial covenants were an insidious tool used nationwide to segregate whites from Blacks and other minorities in America’s burgeoning suburbs and...

MADISON, Wis. — Hailey Johnson is a senior at Horizon High School, the Midwest’s only recovery school. Johnson said she has struggled with a marijuana addiction since the eighth grade. “I was smoking weed every day in school, out of school, like no matter where I went, I...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A suspect was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after crashing into another car on the city’s southwest side Saturday night, the Madison Police Department reported Monday. At around 11:45 p.m., MPD said a vehicle was initially reported for a traffic complaint. MPD said that same...

One City Schools unveiled new vans dedicated to community leaders central to the school’s history in a special celebration Sept. 26. A total of eight vans — seven passenger sprinters and one utility van — adorned with the names of prominent Madison-area educational leaders will be used by One City Schools to...

NEW GLARUS, Wis. (WMTV) - Police arrested a 46-year-old man on Saturday after he allegedly hit someone in the head multiple times during the New Glarus Oktoberfest event, police reported on Tuesday. According to a Facebook post from the police department, a call came in just after 10 p.m. on...

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police arrested a teen in connection to a shooting in downtown Madison earlier this month.