Wisconsin State Journal Local News

The closure just north of Oxford Place will begin at 5 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, as Wisconsin and Southern Railroad replaces the railroad crossing.

Officers were sent to the facility in the 8300 block of Old Sauk Road at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday after staff called to report that a patient had bruises on their body, Madison police said.

In the early morning hours on Wednesday, just after police cleared the Williamson Street encampment in place since July 22 when Corey Ruiz was shot by police, photos popped up on social media of fires set in the street.

"This is a race I just am not that familiar with," Sanders said. "We have not gotten involved in many governor's races."

State regulators have delivered a setback to the billion-dollar power line project that would serve the Vantage data center campus for OpenAI and Oracle in Port Washington.

Wisconsin's summer count of domestic cyclosporiasis cases has nearly doubled in the past week, according to new state data.

The proposal, unveiled by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, serves as the Senate's opening roadmap in negotiations to replace the long-expired 2018 Farm Bill.

Sporkies are the new fair food deemed to be the best of the bunch. There are eight finalists this year, and local celebrity judges ranked their top three.

Dane Dances are held on the rooftop of the Monona Terrace Convention Center every Friday in August.

Music Theatre of Madison is celebrating its 20th anniversary with its first performance in the Overture Center.

The developer and owner of Foxboro Golf Course in Oregon has proposed two options for the future of the course. Area homeowners are opposed to both.

The Badgers were historically awful both in the passing game and running game last season. Why is there optimism a year later? Start at QB and the line.

Oscar Fox and Lewis Crane talk about Wisconsin's upcoming Democratic primary election for governor in this week’s Mendota Marsh.

I have not been able to stop thinking about the State Journal editorial Aug. 29, “Slam brakes on kids taking e-bikes to ER.”

Wisconsin's Good Samaritan laws lay out exactly when a bystander can force their way into a vehicle to rescue a person or animal inside.

Learn how this McFarland boys basketball standout selected his collegiate home after a stellar AAU season that earned him 11 Division offers since April.

A well-trained dog should be able to beat U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, for governor. Any candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump shouldn’t come close to governing our state.

After viewing the Wisconsin governor debate, I was most drawn to state Sen. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, with her adroit, pragmatic yet eloquent response. I also appreciated Joel Brennan's pragmatic approach. Both have many years of experience in state government, and…

Lake Placid is erecting a permanent monument to the 1980 winter Olympians, including three from Madison.