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MADISON, Wis. -- A heavy police presence was reported in an apartment on Madison's East side, early Wednesday morning.

Ald. Isadore Knox Jr.: 'We do have taxpayers we have to answer to, too.'. In what’s becoming an annual tradition, Madison’s city council passed a $453 million operating budget Tuesday evening alongside heated debate on whether to continue funding for the city’s embattled police oversight mechanism. A...

Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is bringing attention to the reality of student homelessness for National Homeless Awareness Month. On Nov. 10, MMSD put up a ribbon display on the front of the Doyle Administrative Building, 545 W. Dayton St., representing students who have and will experience...

How did a federal poverty program become a support system for college students?. AI was utilized for research, writing, citation management, and editing. The author has no affiliation with any companies mentioned.

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police arrested a man early Wednesday who they said fired a gun in an apartment complex, causing a fire sprinkler system to activate.

The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a...

James Krall, Assistant Professor of Entomology UW-Madison, talks about some of his studies on “Bee Health and Behavior Under Anthropogenic Stressors”. So while past agricultural insecticides, like DDT, effects were large and obvious — death of insects with side effects on other species — today’s insecticides are...

As a kid growing up in Madison, Sam Swartz would ask his mom if they could go downtown — specifically, to State Street. He remembers feeling excited about “going to the shops, or walking past the coffee place,” said Swartz, now a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in journalism.

MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials in Wisconsin say that a fatal crash on Saturday morning led to three dead people, a dead dog and an individual who is still in critical condition. According to the Madison Police Department, a single-vehicle rollover crash was reported by multiple individuals around 1:30 a.m. on...

Between 6:00 a.m. on November 7 and 6:00 a.m. on November 10, 2025, local law enforcement responded to 1,090 calls for service across several city districts. This number does not include parking complaints or accidental 911 calls. The calls were distributed as follows: Central (210), East (242), Midtown (174), North...