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Local digest for Saturday, July 19, 2025

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 5:11pm
Shooter ID’d in murder-suicide

SUMMER PLAYTIME

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 4:13pm
Above: Samara Holmes, 2, left, and Journi Gilchrist, 3, try out a balance beam Friday during the cousins' visit with their grandma to Madison School and Community Recreation’s Play on the Move program at Elver Park.

Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not DOJ files

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 2:45pm
WASHINGTON — Under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s own supporters, his administration said it will push a court to unseal secret documents Friday related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case to put to rest a political crisis largely of its own…

Obituary index for Sat., July 19

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 1:55pm
BARRETT, LeRoy C. “Spud,” 80

'Wicked' ticketholders from canceled performance being offered added matinee

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 1:00pm
Tickets from the July 15 performance were automatically transferred to the new date and time.

Madison police seeking to identify women who attacked woman for taking too long in bathroom

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 11:10am
Both the woman and a person who intervened were attacked and later taken to the hospital for their injuries.

9 arrested, $3,200 in merchandise recovered in retail theft operation in Rock County

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 10:40am
The retailers that participated were Target, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Kohls, Sephora, Home Depot, Menards, Hy-Vee, Ulta, Blain’s Farm and Fleet, Walgreens, Finish Line, TJX, Old Navy and Kwik Trip.

Civil War-era isthmus home, 'the filet of the neighborhood', is for sale

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 9:40am
The house was built in 1866, has entrances on Jenifer and Spaight streets, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wisconsin budget is done, so what's left for the Legislature to do this year?

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 9:00am
Gender-affirming care for kids, control of power lines, more autonomy for advanced practice nurses ... lawmakers have their eyes on a host of changes.

Authorities identify shooter in Janesville murder-suicide that resulted in 4 deaths

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 8:40am
One of the people shot was someone the shooter had a prior domestic relationship with and was at the apartment to retrieve personal belongings when the shootings happened.

RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 8:30am
WASHINGTON — For decades, proponents of psychedelic drugs have come to Washington with a provocative message: Illegal, mind-altering substances like LSD and ecstasy should be approved for Americans grappling with depression, trauma and other hard-to-treat conditions.

Man arrested after Dodgeville woman’s body found in car he crashed in Nebraska faces homicide charge

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 7:40am
The man arrested after crashing the car in Nebraska, Gavin Thompson, 23, of Dodgeville, was still in custody in Nebraska on Thursday.

A locomotive's epic journey to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 7:00am
With a more than 11-year restoration nearly complete on the Chicago & North Western 1385, the Sauk County museum is ready for its next 100 years.

National Weather Service so far confirms 2 tornadoes touched down in Wisconsin Wednesday

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 6:50am
Some crews were still working later in the day Thursday and the tornado count could grow.

Mendota Marsh: Lewis Crane prefers concerts from the good old days

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 6:40am
Oscar Fox is excited about concerts at Camp Randall in this week's Mendota Marsh. Lewis Crane isn't so sure.

How and why the Big Ten men's hockey tournament could be changing

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 6:07am
Big Ten coaches had the NCAA Tournament in mind while they were considering changes to the league playoff format, sources said. Here's what's on the table.

The NRA loaded its questions 50 years ago

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 6:00am
This State Journal editorial ran on July 18, 1975:

4 superlatives for Wisconsin football's summer recruiting

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 5:37am
We're handing out some awards for the summer of Badgers football recruiting. Which coach made the biggest mark, biggest surprise and more.

Madison development increases risk of flooding for Old Sauk Road neighbors | Diane Sorensen

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 5:00am
The July 6 Wisconsin State Journal editorial on the development of the Old Sauk Road parcels in Madison presents the city’s (and the developer’s) decisions as gospel truth. It equates the city’s approval of the developer’s storm drainage system with…

Bridge in Lansing, Iowa, should acknowledge tragic indigenous history | Alice Bram

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 5:00am
Dedication ceremonies of the original Black Hawk Bridge, completed in 1931, included a four-day celebration.

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