Communication with the southern states battered by Hurricane Katrina is very difficult. We talk with some people in Madison who have family in those areas.

Consumer Protection is responding to dozens of those fuel frustrations from mad motorists.

Over the next few days, a dozen local Red Cross volunteers will be heading south to aid in the hurricane relief effort.

The 2006 election may be more than a year away, but national figures are already stumping in the Badger State.

While tornado victims have to wait for federal aid, local volunteers continue to show up and help total strangers.

The familiar Metro buses are doing their part in making Madison's air cleaner and keeping the sky blue.

Hurricane Katrina may have hit land hundreds of miles away, but some Wisconsin families have been directly affected.

Cash bond is set for a man charged with sexually assaulting and killing his former girlfriend in southwestern Wisconsin.

A man accused of kidnapping a friend's 12-year-old daughter and sexually assaulting her, enters an insanity plea.

Emergency Management directors say each case is looked at independently.

Charges are handed down to a man accused of a brutal murder in Juneau County in late July.

The man accused of leading Dane County officials on a high speed chase and killing his motorcycle passenger in a crash will go to trial.

The driver of a flatbed semi is dead after a semi-truck versus train crash in Dodge County.

The former boyfriend of a Lafayette County woman found murdered earlier this month has been charged with killing her.

We may be spared from Katrina's brutal winds and heavy rains, but the storm will impact us here in the Badger State. For us, the pinch at the pump will only get worse.

In proposed jury instruction filed last week, attorneys for Chai Vang asked the judge to instruct jurors on the legal definition of self-defense.

A change in the redevelopment of the Fitchburg apartment building that has been plagued by fires and tenant complaints. The developer is pulling out of the project.

New information on a possible cause of the fire at a tire recycling plant in Watertown last month.

Wisconsin may not be hurricane country... But some scientists here in Madison are right in the eye of the storm when it comes to helping meteorologists predict wild weather.

More than 1,000 Wisconsin Army National Guard soldiers have been training in Camp Shelby, MS. They are taking shelter from the storm.

A three-year-old boy is recovering from critical injuries after falling from a fifth floor window in downtown Madison Monday afternoon.

Madison Police are ignoring criticism of previous programs, saying getting any guns off the street is a success.

One analyst says drivers may feel Hurricane Katrina's impact at the pump. He's predicting gas prices nationwide will jump after the storm disrupted oil output.

Relief, Supplies, begin to arrive in New Orleans.

If you were on the UW campus Sunday, you may have noticed an abundance of vehicles loaded down with suitcases and futons.