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Bloomberg News: Iran nuke deal should end threat, not postpone it

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 6:40pm
Judging by public statements, prospects for a new deal to contain Iran’s nuclear program may be improving. A top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has affirmed the regime is willing to dispose of its stockpiles of highly enriched…

UW-Platteville deaths being investigated as murder-suicide

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 5:49pm
Final exams have been cancelled for the remainder of the week, and counseling resources are available to the university community

Local digest for Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 5:45pm
Boy, 12, steals another car, crashes

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Tue, 05/20/2025 - 4:02pm
Higher tax deduction subsidizes other states

Wisconsin had 13 tornados on Thursday, the National Weather Service says (copy)

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 4:00pm
The weather service this week added a pair of Dodge County EF-1 tornados to the total this week.

Nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter set to strike next week

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 3:50pm
Outside nurses and non-union staff will help cover patient needs during the strike, the hospital said.

George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on 'Cheers' and found another home onstage, dies at 76

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 3:32pm
NEW YORK — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray” and…

Expert volunteer group joins Lake Monona search for missing boater

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 3:30pm
Bruce's Legacy, which specializes in underwater searches, has joined efforts to find the man who has been missing since Friday evening.

3 injured, 1 critically, in Highway 12 crash near Elkhorn exit

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 3:25pm
The crash remains under investigation, and charges are pending, authorities reported.

Man charged with intentional homicide in fatal stabbing outside Fitchburg bar

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 3:00pm
The stabbing was the fourth violent incident reported at Monkeyshines in the past few years, following shootings in 2021 and 2023 and a stabbing in 2024.

12-year-old boy crashes stolen car on East Side 2 days after arrest for stealing another car

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 2:45pm
The investigation determined that the vehicle was stolen from an apartment complex in Madison and evidence suggested that the steering column was broken into to steal the vehicle.

No criminal liability found in Dane County inmate death

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 2:08pm
On Feb. 23, inmate Lisa Harding, 38, was found experiencing a medical emergency in her cell with a "plastic-like bindle" full of white powder in her airway.

New salmonella outbreak tied to same Florida grower

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 1:43pm
U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of salmonella illnesses tied to a Florida grower whose tainted cucumbers were linked to more than 550 illnesses last year.

Fire destroys bridge on Great River State Trail in western Wisconsin

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 12:40pm
A fire late Thursday evening destroyed a bridge on Wisconsin’s Great River State Trail, severing the path’s connection between Trempealeau and Onalaska.

East side apartment fire displaces 5

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 12:35pm
Madison firefighters were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 1700 block of Blossom Lane just before 6 a.m. on a resident's report of smoke-filled hallways and alarms sounding.

More tornadoes and fewer meteorologists make for a dangerous mix

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 12:30pm
WASHINGTON — As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode.

Madison School Board votes down staffing amendments for 5 schools

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 12:03pm
The amendments came after Nicki Vander Meulen heard from parents upset about losing positions and staff unhappy that they were being moved to different schools.

White Afrikaner farmers reject any 'genocide'

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 11:19am
BOTHAVILLE, South Africa — Days before South Africa’s president meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Afrikaner farmers at the center of an extraordinary new U.S. refugee policy roamed a memorial to farm attacks in their country’s…

Wisconsin's approach to men's basketball season ticket prices: Most rise, some fall

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 10:17am
A survey found that most Badgers men's basketball season ticket buyers didn't want a complete reseating of the Kohl Center.

Chris Taylor announces run for Wisconsin Supreme Court as liberals look to expand majority

Tue, 05/20/2025 - 8:00am
Wisconsin's 2026 state Supreme Court election will come just one year after the state shattered nationwide records for spending in a judicial race.

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