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Chabris Link was to stand trial next week for a 2021 shooting death on Madison's East Side

Jerome Wheeler was part of a crew that tried to rob the home of a large-scale marijuana dealer in 2022.

Madison's longest block-and-a-half commute continued for a second day Friday, as moving crews worked to relocate a four-story apartment building from West Dayton Street to West Mifflin Street.

The trek will ultimately place the building on an empty lot on nearby West Mifflin Street.

The assaults in September 2021 were part of a 12-day crime spree carried out by Rondino Fleming just after his release on bail from jail.

The Lake Wingra Dam has been overwhelmed with water while deteriorating water quality has closed some beaches.

Engberg, who also played football and hockey for the Badgers, died at his home along the Wisconsin River. He spent a lifetime pursuing and chronicling fishing and hunting.

Julius Jones is one of three charged with the homicide last year on Madison's Near East Side.

People will be allowed to carry guns within blocks of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month and protesters will be given two stages, one within sight of the convention arena, under a security plan local and federal law…

Amateur and professional musicians of all genres are flooding Madison with sound as part of this annual celebration of music.

Coach USA operates Van Galder and Megabus buses that take passengers between Madison and Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Green Bay, La Crosse and Oshkosh several times per week.

The three people from Thursday night's incident are believed to be responsible for multiple acts of vandalism.

From Make Music Madison to Burgers on the Bay, the Madison area is capitalizing on summer big-time this week.

The gadgets on display Thursday came from Axon, an Arizona company that develops weapons and technology for law enforcement, military and civilians.

Lightning strikes some 37 million times each year in the United States — especially during summer. It kills 21 people a year in the U.S. on average.

Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell is warning fellow election administrators of what he's calling intimidation tactics that claim clerks who send out new absentee ballot envelopes are committing voter fraud.

BadgerExtra columnist Jim Polzin answers a question from a reader in his mailbag.

June 14 was Tamarack Trails’ 50th anniversary as a homeowners’ association in Madison. For six months, a committee had worked hard on the celebration. They invited dignitaries, planned a program, designed a logo and ordered hats, shirts and cupcakes. All…

Milwaukee evened things up with a pair of runs in the top of the ninth, but San Diego provided more fireworks with a game-winning home run with two outs.

History wasn't on the side of the 'underdog' Badgers as Kelly Sheffield tried to lure one of the premier players in the 2026 class to a state she’s never visited.