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Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Michelle Baik
Two Dane County police departments report startling statistics on gun violence so far this year, with a “spike” last week in Madison.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Brittney Ermon
Local health officials are working on a fix after increased demands meant longer lines to get a COVID-19 test at the Madison area’s largest test site – the Alliant Energy Center.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Caroline Peterson
Owner of Salvatore’s Tomato Pies, Patrick DePula, said those who choose to not wear a mask simply because they do not want to will not be able to dine at the restaurant.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A Wisconsin police officer says he did what any dog lover would do when a pet is in a burning home. He rescued the pup.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Elise Romas
The Baraboo Police Department is still investigating the official cause of death for 10-year-old Kodie Dutcher after she was found in a field near her home after she was missing for 19 hours. Police report that Kodie left a not threatening to harm herself and her family believes she may have taken pills. Her death opens up a discussion about talking to kids and teens about mental health and suicide.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Sanika Bhargaw
The new tool helps remove algae and weeds from area lakes.
Updated: 9 hours ago
A non-theistic religious organization called the Satanic Temple is threatening to sue Mississippi if the state moves forward with its plan to include the words “In God We Trust” on the new state flag.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Gabriella Rusk
The DWD announced the staff working to answer calls, process claims, and distribute funds has grown from 500 people to over 1,700 as of Tuesday.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Vanessa Reza
A orange Hyundai Santa Fe, three rifles and a handgun were stolen from a Carberry Street home on the east side of Madison early Wednesday morning.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Vanessa Reza
Madison police are investigating several reports of gunshots fired on the city’s east side late Tuesday night.
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Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Vanessa Reza
A 57-year-old Madison man kicked in the door of a 21-year-old woman’s apartment and repeatedly yelled “Where is he?” to her Tuesday night, police say.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Jackson Danbeck
The City of Sun Prairie will be dedicating a statue and memorial to fallen firefighter Cory Barr and all the fire personal who responded to the explosion in 2018.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Nick Viviani
The upcoming order to wear a mask in Dane Co. should not affect gun owners with concealed carry permits ability to still pack their firearms, the City of Madison’s deputy attorney tells NBC15 News.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Brian Doogs
Some areas could see heat indexes over 100 degrees, before a front moves in triggering thunderstorms Thursday.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Jackson Danbeck
Starting next Monday, all Wisconsin state employees will be required to wear face masks at all times while indoors in state facilities.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Associated Press and WMTV Staff
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he plans to seek federal approval to restart a long-stalled project to expand a 3.5-mile stretch of Interstate 94 around Milwaukee.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Jackson Danbeck
A semi driver was injured after his tractor trailer rolled onto its side and pushed a median barrier into opposing traffic along I-94 in Saint Crois County Wednesday morning.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Nick Viviani
More than a hundred new, confirmed COVID-19 cases Wednesday, coupled with an decrease in total tests reported, sent the daily percentage of tests that came back positive back up over five percent.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Nick Viviani
The Town of Madison Police Department is investigating a homicide after a body was found early Wednesday morning on the side of a road.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Jackson Danbeck
Goodman Pool is set to reopen on July 15 with some new rules.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Nick Viviani
The National Weather Services has issued a heat advisory for Dane County, spurring Public Health Madison Dane County to offer several tips for staying cool.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Nick Viviani
A 37-year-old Madison man is accused of going into an apartment building on the near west side of the city Tuesday evening and attacking three people in its common areas.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Nick Viviani
A day after a 10-year-old girl was found dead in a rural part of Baraboo, the city’s police chief is urging his community to “care for each other.”
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The president of Wisconsin’s chamber of commerce is renewing his call for the state Department of Health Services not to publish the names of businesses traced to two or more positive cases of COVID-19.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By WBAY news staff
“Anyone moving through a public area of an Outagamie County facility, must wear a face covering,” reads a statement from the county.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Charlie Shortino
Some areas could see heat indexes over 100 degrees, before a front moves in triggering thunderstorms Thursday.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Jackson Danbeck
A 33-year-old Madison man is behind bars after police say he drew what appeared to be a handgun and pointed it at people at Warner Park Boat Launch late Sunday night.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 8:26 PM CDT
|By Michelle Baik
Nearly 100 people attended a vigil for 10-year-old Kodi Dutcher Tuesday evening after her body was found late Tuesday morning in a rural farm area not far from her home.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 8:11 PM CDT
|By Jackson Danbeck
The Columbus Common Council has voted 4-1 to remove a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus, the explorer the city is named after.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 7:51 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Gerlach
Local governments will receive quarterly payments this week totaling $160,249,246 from WisDOT for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By Jackson Danbeck
Sen. Ron Johnson (R - WI) says that the United States has “overacted” in its response to the COVID-10 pandemic, the D.C.-based news website Axios reports.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 6:14 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Gerlach
Madison Gas and Electric report 392 customers are still experiencing power outages, many of whom live in Middleton.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
One of the two men wanted in connection with the shooting last month at a Janesville gentleman’s club that left four people injured has turned himself in.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 4:45 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Gerlach
According to a release issued by the Governor’s office, Wisconsin Emergency Management will begin shipping more than 2 million cloth face masks and more than 4,200 infrared thermometers to K-12 public, charter and private schools throughout the state.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 4:41 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Fifteen times in the past seven days, Madison police officers responded to reports of gunfire somewhere in the city. Only once last year were there more shots fired calls - in a month.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By Jackson Danbeck
Madison police is calling for the public’s help after a 46-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run on Madison’s east side last month.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 4:13 PM CDT
The Mackinac Bridge saw 61,827 cars cross the bridge between Friday, July 3 and Sunday, July 5.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 4:03 PM CDT
|By Jackson Danbeck
A car fire has blocked the two left lanes on the Beltline at Park Street in Madison Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 3:50 PM CDT
|By Jackson Danbeck
Religious leaders in Wisconsin are calling for a stronger statewide response to help protect residents amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 3:42 PM CDT
Food and other items were left scattered across the floor of a Madison convenience store Monday night after a woman allegedly came in threatening customers and trying to rob the store.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 3:26 PM CDT
|By Jackson Danbeck
A person of interest is behind bars after a bullet crashed through a Sun Prairie resident's window Monday night.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 3:26 PM CDT
Two Madison men were hanging out inside their SUV in a downtown Madison parking lot of Brittingham Park Monday afternoon when a man allegedly got out of his vehicle and pointed a handgun at them.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 3:01 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said he was considering at a statewide mask mandate, but after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down his “safer at home” order in May, a new one requiring masks to be worn is “unlikely.”
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 2:52 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Officials say a man armed with a shotgun was killed by police as he tried to enter a Milwaukee veterans hospital.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 2:27 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
After a three-day stretch that during which approximately ten percent of all coronavirus tests in Wisconsin come back positive, a massive spike in total tests reported Tuesday sent that number back down to levels more in line with recent trends.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 12:02 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
A new Public Health Madison and Dane County order will require nearly everyone in the county to wear a mask while indoors when people other than other household members are present.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 10:57 AM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Volunteers flocked to the Baraboo Civic Center on Tuesday morning to help search for Kodie Dutcher, the missing 10-year-old girl who is the subject of an on-going AMBER Alert.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 9:04 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Wildlife officials have relocated a black bear that had wandered into a St. Louis suburb and drew a crowd of hundreds curious to see the out-of-place animal.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 8:18 AM CDT
Using existing research, scientists have found that silent transmission could be responsible for half of the COVID-19 cases.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2020 at 6:51 AM CDT
|By Allie Purser
Officers found evidence of one gunshot early Tuesday morning on the east side.