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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested at the county courthouse in April and indicted on federal charges in May.

Devonte Gafford is charged as a party to the crime of first-degree intentional homicide in the killing of Devon Grant at the Harmony at Grandview Commons apartment complex.

The Friends of San Damiano is a nonprofit dedicated to transforming the 10-acre San Damiano property on Lake Monona into a public space for recreation, programming, and peaceful reflection.

The updated project sets the building farther from the street and an old carriage house and eliminates the balconies and bay windows on earlier versions.

News organizations got a rare look at the Basic Immigration Law Enforcement Training Program that new ICE recruits go through and what they learn.

One of the top scorers in Badgers history, who went on to have a lengthy career as an attorney in Madison, died on Aug. 18. He was 75.

The Diocese of Madison said in a statement that Andrew Showers “will be completely restricted from all exercise of public ministry while the investigation is ongoing.”

WASHINGTON — Melania Trump on Tuesday invited students in grades K-12 to participate in a government-sponsored nationwide contest that is designed to encourage them to work together to use artificial intelligence tools to solve community issues.

The man who threatened the tow truck driver was arrested on a tentative charge of disorderly conduct, Madison police said.

Vice President JD Vance will travel to Wisconsin on Thursday to tour a La Crosse steel fabricating facility and discuss tax cuts in President Donald Trump’s signature package of tax cuts and spending reductions.

Ruben Tirado Tirado, 53, was being monitored by a GPS device after he was released on a cash bond, but the device was removed on Saturday.

The downtown Madison church has cared for the community here and people abroad. Now it needs to take care of its own building.

Athletic competitions mesmerize because, being unscripted, their outcomes are unpredictable. But as college football season lumbers forward, a predictable yet entertaining event is occurring: Government and large, mostly state-run universities are collaborating to reestablish the cartel that for decades enabled…

Three Board members have resigned in less than 10 months, and three now-former District employees have been charged with sexual misconduct involving students since December 2022.

No arrests have been made and the investigation is continuing, police reported.

I heard a word new to me the other day: It was “spliff,” which describes a rolled cigarette that is half tobacco and half marijuana — with the tobacco half being 100% harmful to the health of those who smoke…

Lawyers for Wisconsin and its collective asked a judge to force Miami and Xavier Lucas to provide records as the issue of jurisdiction is weighed.

Nicki Vander Meulen thinks students should get a GPA boost for taking harder classes. Martha Siravo said the administration never answered her questions about the issue.

The downtown Madison church has cared for the community here and people abroad. Now it needs to take care of its own building.

Luke Fickell's first full recruiting class with the Badgers was highly regarded but largely quiet in its first year on campus. It's time for that to change.