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The old labor contract with the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 39, which represents 450 TruStage employees, expired in February 2022.

The Ice Age Trail travels through Dane and 29 other counties, connecting dozens of communities and serving as a reminder of the Ice Age period 15,000 years ago.

A criminal complaint states the man was one of two sitting on a State Street roof while a group of women walked by, some wearing Israeli flags.

The move comes after a Republican member of the committee questioned the nominees about abortion policy.

A former 3-star recruit from Pennsylvania's time in Madison is over after one season. The outside linebacker has entered the transfer portal.

"It’s not surprising that it’s gone up. What’s surprising is the rate that it’s gone up and the rate since Oct. 7."

The motorcyclist was cited for speeding after the crash at the intersection of Nelson Road and High Crossing Boulevard shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Madison police said.

The car carrier train came off the track around 9:30 a.m. in the area of Sycamore Avenue and Walsh Road, the Dane County 911 center reported.

At about 7:35 p.m. Tuesday, officers were sent to the 200 block of Swanton Road on the reports of gunshots and located a shell casing, Madison police said.

Evers also vetoed five bills, including one that reduced cost of buying the state’s official voter registration list and a bill to ban local governments' guaranteed income programs.

Aric L. Way, 51, of Glendale, and Philip G. Schmidt-Way, 28, of Loveland, Colorado, were found guilty of killing Diana K. Way, 74, of the town of Dodgeville on July 19, 2021.

A proposed Milwaukee to Madison to Minneapolis Amtrak route is one of five in Wisconsin getting $500,000 planning grants. The routes have been selected as priorities for passenger rail expansion.

Autopsies performed on Camp Lejeune lance corporals Tanner Kaltenberg of Verona, Merax Dockery and Ivan Garcia determined that they died of carbon monoxide poisoning, which can happen from car exhaust.

A co-defendant is set to stand trial next week, also for attempted homicide of an unborn baby, for the same attack.

As part of the settlement the Republicans issued a statement acknowledging the paperwork they signed was "used as part of an attempt to improperly overturn the 2020 presidential election results."

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra.

Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said lawmakers could vote to fire Evers' elections commission appointee Carrie Riepl if the agency refuses to appoint an administrator.

A full-service event center proposed for Verona could fill a hospitality gap in the city, where only a handful of event spaces exist and those often lack the space or services to host larger events.

BadgerExtra columnist Jim Polzin answers questions from readers in his weekly mailbag.

The governor has repeatedly signaled plans to strike down the measure, which he said in a statement would prevent "patients from receiving that basic, lifesaving care."