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At about 11 a.m., officers were sent to the intersection of Brookwood Road and Hammersley Road after multiple callers reported hearing gunshots, Madison police reported.

No enforcement action was provided and the crash remains under investigation.

Chourio and Bauers hit home runs and Quinn Priester struck out seven in six strong innings as Milwaukee avoided a three-game skid.

Waunakee's Peyton Albers battled for a state title, while DeForest's Lincoln Hottmann competed for his own medal on Day 2 of the WIAA state boys golf tournament.

Sun Prairie East baseball built an early lead and never let up en route to a second straight state tournament berth.

Monona Grove couldn't overcome an early deficit as it fell in the baseball sectional finals for the second year in a row. Here's how the Silver Eagles' season ended.

The bitter feud that broke out recently between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump is more than bravado gone bad. It highlighted the ugly, juvenile tendencies of both as they aired a personal grudge on a global scale.

Former Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers confirmed Tuesday that he's been married "a couple months."

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday “to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting.”

Demonstrators will march and rally at the Capitol in Downtown Madison on Saturday afternoon to protest the Trump administration.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday as he defended deploying the military on demonstrators opposed to his immigration enforcement raids.

A search of the man's second-floor Williamson Street apartment turned up large quantities of marijuana packaged in bulk and for individual sale.

Los Angeles has seen massive protests in recent days in response to the Trump administration's deportation raids in the city. Some of the protesters have become violent, looting local stores and setting driverless taxis on fire.

Portage School District administrators are revealing more details about the changes coming to the middle and high schools after voters approved a $53.1 million capital referendum last fall.

"We spent a lot of time on the front end really building towards this and making sure we had community input all the way through," Portage Superintendent Josh Sween said.

No other significant injuries were reported in the crash, which remains under investigation.

The state's tourism industry had an economic impact of nearly $26 billion, with a record 114 million visitors.

A pedestrian bridge that dates to the 1960s will be removed as part of a multi-phase housing redevelopment.