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3 in custody after Downtown search connected to East Side shooting
Three men were arrested in a SWAT operation in the 700 block of West Washington Avenue, in connection with a shooting on Madison's North Side in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, July 22, 2025. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Alleged drunken driver from Portage charged with vehicular homicide in DeForest crash
Noelia A. Martinez, 30, was allegedly drunk again when she hit the Volkswagen Tiguan while driving south in the northbound lanes of I-39/90/94 near DeForest at around midnight Sunday.
Local digest for Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Man, 44, dies on Lake Mendota
11-game win streak helps Brewers become the top team in baseball
The Milwaukee Brewers are on a surging run, winning 11 games in a row to become the first team in the National League to win 60 games this season.
Here's your best chance at getting your stolen bike back
Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 for the last six years, Madison Police have received an average of 286 bike theft reports.
Two-thirds of Madison's streets now limited to 20 mph
Officials credit the "20 is Plenty" speed-reduction initiative with reducing injuries and deaths on residential streets.
Wall Street ticks up to another record as GM and others show how tariffs are impacting them
NEW YORK — Wall Street inched to another record on Tuesday after some mixed profit reports, as General Motors and other big U.S. companies gave updates on how much President Donald Trump’s tariffs hurt or help them.
House ends session early as Republicans clash over Epstein
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson rebuffed pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a monthlong break from Washington after the week’s legislative agenda was upended by Republican members clamoring for a…
Suit filed against landlords of Madison apartments where 15-year-old was shot to death
Kyesha Miller was killed and three 14-year-olds were injured when at least four men opened fire in the parking lot of the Harmony at Grandview Commons on Oct. 10, 2023.
Former Wisconsin men's basketball guard lands professional opportunity in Bosnia
The dynamic bench threat had a career season in 2024-25, averaging 6.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists while shooting 45.9% from 3.
The Brewers get hot, just like the weather, in the latest cartoon from Phil Hands
The Milwaukee Brewers have won 11 straight games and own the best record in baseball. After a lackluster start, the crew has been dominant with lights-out pitching and a consistent offense.
Trump rehashes years-old grievances on Russia investigation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump rehashed longstanding grievances over the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his first term, lashing out Tuesday after a new report from his intelligence director aimed at casting doubt on long-established findings about Moscow’s interference…
Complaint about smoke from Canadian wildfires reads like satire from The Onion | Rochester Post-Bulletin
Complaint about smoke by Tom Tiffany, Glenn Grothman offers no solutions
Obituary index for Wed., July 23
DILLMAN, Ross Davis, 35 McFarland
If Brewers extend winning streak to 12, it's free burgers for all at George Webb
A win Tuesday would mark the third 12-game winning streak in franchise history and the third time the Milwaukee-based restaurant chain would need to make good on its free-burger promotion.
Gen Xers mourn death of Warner from 'Cosby' show
DETROIT — For Black youth and teens growing up in the mid-1980s, “The Cosby Show” offered something rarely seen on television up until that time: a sitcom that placed characters who looked like them in a positive light.
Police investigating after shirtless man shows up at Wisconsin lawmaker's door
The man arrived at the Milwaukee home at about 10:20 p.m. Monday and attempted to open the door but was unable to gain access to the building.
Wisconsin football blanked by Big Ten preseason honors
Here's a look at the 15 players who were named preseason honorees by a panel of conference reporters.
Heat will be on for southern Wisconsin Wednesday and Thursday
The heat will be on for southern Wisconsin Wednesday and Thursday, with heat indices pushing 105, according to forecasters.
Hunter Biden lashes out at George Clooney, other Democrats
WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, seen by some as the problem child of the Democratic Party for legal and drug-related woes that brought negative attention to his father, lashed out against Democratic “elites” and others over the…






