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Digest 10-23

Thu, 10/23/2025 - 12:00am
COLLEGE SPORTS

UW-Madison chancellor orders review of Badgers' athlete welfare, mental health policies (copy)

Thu, 10/23/2025 - 12:00am
Athletic director Chris McIntosh says many allegations by former Badgers women's basketball players in a lawsuit "lack full context or are simply false."

Bucks' opening-day starting point guard to undergo MRI after early exit

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:53pm
Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers provided an update on the injured guard after opening the season with a strong showing at home. Here's the latest.

Giannis Antetokounmpo starts Bucks' season strong with impressive closing effort

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:07pm
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points, including 10 straight in the fourth, as former Bucks star Khris Middleton returned to Milwaukee, where he was greeted with a warm reception.

Packers' current quarterback not obsessing over matchup with team's former signal-caller

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 7:57pm
While the outside focus will be on Jordan Love versus Aaron Rodgers, those two aren't actually squaring off Sunday night. Here's how both sides are approaching the unique matchup.

Madison man found dead in Lake Monona

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 6:55pm
The 56-year-old man was found floating near the north shore of Lake Monona Wednesday afternoon.

Madison’s new chief of police officially sworn in

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 6:30pm
Surrounded by family and his fellow officers, John Patterson was sworn in as Madison’s 31st chief of police at the site of a once “troubled” gas station.

Madison police identify man wanted for homicide on Southeast Side

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 6:01pm
The man is wanted in connection with the Oct. 10 shooting of a man at the Dutch Mill Mobile Home Park.

UW-Madison chancellor orders review of Badgers' athlete welfare, mental health policies

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 5:53pm
Athletic director Chris McIntosh says many allegations by former Badgers women's basketball players in a lawsuit "lack full context or are simply false."

UW system's 8% drop in international students offset by freshman enrollment gains

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 4:50pm
Enrollment across the Universities of Wisconsin reached 164,626 students this fall, a slight increase of 190 students, or 0.12%, from last year.

INTERACTING WITH SCIENCE

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 4:09pm
Above: Jade Sanders, left, and Avery Snow, second-graders from Creekside Elementary School in Sun Prairie, receive a lesson Wednesday on refraction indexing of liquids by UW-Madison nuclear engineering student George Walker while attending the Wisconsin Science Festival Field Trip Day…

Dozens of costumed canines get their chance to trick-or-treating at Howloween event in Michigan

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 3:52pm
LANSING, Mich. — Dogs dressed up as everything from Elvis Presley to Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine went trick-or-treating in Michigan’s capital Friday as part of the annual Howloween event organized by a local pet store.

County committee passes measures that could transfer funds from the sheriff’s office to human services

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 3:39pm
A Dane County committee pushed forward three measures that could transfer funds earmarked for unfilled deputy positions in the sheriff’s office to the county’s Human Services department.

Madison advances built-for-rent North Side subdivision it rejected in March

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 2:51pm
Advenir Azora Development wants to build 210 “cottage and duplex-like units” east of Portage Road and south of Hoepker Road.

Young whooping crane doing well in Green Lake County

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 2:26pm
The bird was released early this month after being raised at the International Crane Foundation near Baraboo.

Two hospitalized after four vehicle crash in Sun Prairie

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 12:11pm
The truck driver told sheriff’s deputies he fell asleep at the wheel leading up to the four vehicle crash.

Prince Harry, Meghan join call for ban on development of AI 'superintelligence' (copy)

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 12:07pm
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” that threatens humanity.

Madison hip-hop artists land on Billboard chart — in a surprising place

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 11:40am
"Stay (Go)," released three years ago, found new life after going viral on Spotify and TikTok.

Man arrested after knocking Madison officer unconscious at Near East Side store

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 11:10am
The officer who lost consciousness was treated at a local hospital and released to recover at home.

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