Madison WI

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The first case of 2026 highly pathogenic avian influenza has been identified in Dane County. Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection announced Monday that the disease was found in a backyard chicken flock. DATCP, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, are...

MADISON, Wis. — Madison has a growing need for affordable housing as population growth is outpacing the supply of housing. To come up with solutions, the city partnered with the Madison Area Community Land Trust (MACLT) to build some twin homes, or duplexes, in the Owl Creek Neighborhood. The...

Occupy Madison — a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the homeless population in Dane County — launched a free store at 201 S. Stoughton Road, 2-5 p.m. on Feb. 28. The organization spent the beginning of the year collecting donations and has the store well-stocked with clothes, personal hygiene products and...

MADISON, Wis. -- Dane County is mourning the loss of former Park Commission Chair Bill Lunney.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department is asking the public to help identify suspects in three separate theft cases that happened on campus. On Monday, UWPD made a Facebook post where it released photos of the suspects. UWPD did not say where the thefts happened, or...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A man accused in a plot to poison women in two Wisconsin counties allegedly used a jail-issued laptop to make nearly 300 secret phone calls to his co-defendant, according to a search warrant obtained by WMTV. Court documents show Paul Van Duyne also used a fake...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A Marshall family is picking up the pieces after a fire damaged their barn and workshop over the weekend. Ash and debris cover Johnathan and Debra Mick’s property more than a day later. “The entire garage and barn are damaged. The first portion of the...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Dane County Dispatch confirmed to WMTV Monday that multiple vehicles are on fire at a salvage yard near Waunakee. Officials said that call came in about multiple cars on fire at Schmidt’s Auto Salvage Yard. WMTV has a crew heading to the scene, and our...

Wisconsin still has a shot at the triple-bye but they will need a few dominos to fall to make it happen.

A group of Madison residents still have questions about a unique redevelopment proposal at the corner of South Park and West Lakeside Streets, a few blocks from SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital. The city’s Urban Design Commission conditionally approved the 4-story, mixed-use development at its Feb. 4 meeting, asking...