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Brothers bound over for trial in three homicides

6 hours 11 min ago
The killings were part of an ongoing dispute between two groups of people or families, according to testimony Thursday and during an initial hearing last month.

Another liberal Supreme Court justice won’t recuse in Michael Gableman’s disciplinary case

6 hours 27 min ago
Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s criticism predates the Office of Lawyer Regulation’s complaint against Michael Gableman by over two years, she wrote in her ruling.

Wisconsin football transfer portal tracker: Who's in and who's out for the Badgers

7 hours 15 min ago
A tracker of the latest transfer portal additions and losses for the Badgers football team.

Who’s behind the ‘Fire Fickell’ boat anchored off John Nolen Drive?

7 hours 30 min ago
The small red sailboat has been floating just off the shore of Lake Monona for weeks now. Its owner plans to keep it there all winter.

Watch as the Wisconsin State Capitol Christmas tree is lighted up for the season

8 hours 43 min ago
The Capitol Christmas tree will be up through the end of the year.

Madison council members press to recoup costs after Monona police chase injured officer

10 hours 11 min ago
The city has tried to be a good neighbor, but Monona’s police pursuits are causing “additional cost and harm,” say the sponsors of the resolution.

Transfer tight end tops Wisconsin's All-Big Ten offense representatives

10 hours 28 min ago
The Badgers' leading receiver and touchdown scorer was honored by the Big Ten on Thursday.

Jury finds Beloit man guilty of sex assaults of girls, 13 and 11

10 hours 36 min ago
Isaiah Washington, 26, faces up to 65 years in prison when he is sentenced on Feb. 20 for first-degree and second-degree sexual assault.

3 arrested in pistol-whipping, robbery of woman on South Side

11 hours 6 min ago
The woman was inside an acquaintance’s car in the 700 block of Diving Hawk Trail when she was attacked and robbed of her phone and money, Madison police said.

Lots of snow, so why are snowmobile trails still closed?

11 hours 23 min ago
Riders are itching to get on the trail. But first things first.

Lengthy chase ends after police push vehicle off road, fire chemical irritant into car

11 hours 43 min ago
The man refused officers' commands to get out of the stolen vehicle until chemical irritants were fired into it through the back window, Monona police reported.

Man said he was hit in face with gun, robbed on State Street

11 hours 46 min ago
The man told police the incident happened around 2 a.m. on Nov. 26 outside a business in the 100 block of State Street and was reported around noon that day.

Sun Prairie moves forward with $3.95 million referendum

12 hours 1 min ago
City leaders say the referendum is needed to fix a structural budget deficit that they blame on state property tax caps that limit the increases in what they can levy.

3 takeaways from Wisconsin football adding 3-star safety

12 hours 24 min ago
The Badgers continued to add to their recruiting class on the second day of the early signing period.

Madison mayor asks court to make her name official

14 hours 46 min ago
If the name change is approved by the court, her legal name would become Satya Vadia Rhodes-Conway.

Bullet fired into vacant apartment unit on North Side

14 hours 51 min ago
No injuries were reported.

Packers address D-line depth with signing of Giants practice squad defensive lineman

14 hours 58 min ago
The Packers, in the wake of Devonte Wyatt's season-ending injury, signed a player off of the Giants' practice squad to help replenish a depleted unit.

A Madison snow plow driver talks about what it's like out there on the street

15 hours 11 min ago
A Madison snow plow driver gives us an inside look at the job and answers the debate: Are they purposely piling snow in your driveway?

‘When will my street be plowed?’ and other questions about snowplowing in Madison

15 hours 16 min ago
The rule of thumb is that citywide plowing operations take about 12 to 14 hours to complete. The deeper and heavier the snow, the slower the progress.

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