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NBC15 Investigates
Updated: Jun. 27, 2020 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Gerlach
A motorcycle driver sustained possible life-threatening injuries Thursday after rear ending a stopped truck in the Township of Wellington.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 8:42 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
NBC15 Investigates follows a Madison Police officer on patrol, as law enforcement cracks down on cruising.Police have received an uptick in complaints, leading to further investigation and patrol to find the root of the issue.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
On Thursday, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) confirmed with NBC15 Investigates that its 50-year-old version of COBOL coding software is the reason for issues with unemployment claim processing and payments.
Updated: May. 5, 2020 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is using a software system that’s 50-years-old.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2020 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
NBC15 Investigates dives into information surrounding a dangerous intersection in Sun Prairie, where a car hit a woman last week. The victim later died at the hospital. The city of Sun Prairie plans to make changes to the intersection.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2020 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
State legislator increased wages fro prison employees this past session. Investigative reporter Elise Romas asks Rep. Michael Schraa about the pay increases and about the staffing cuts five years ago to prison tower guards during third shift.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2020 at 7:55 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Voyageurs International Ltd. canceled high school music trips around the country, leaving some parents questioning the amount of money they were refunded.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2020 at 6:54 PM CST
|By Naomi Kowles
Most law enforcement departments in Wisconsin do not have annual programs to measure employee fitness after an officer or deputy is hired, according to the Wisconsin Professional Police Association.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2020 at 11:03 AM CST
|By Elise Romas
Madison-based Murfie Media has been bought by Crossies LLC; the company has made promises to former Murfie customers.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2020 at 12:58 AM CST
|By Brittney Ermon
A newly-married Lake Mills couple believes they were caught in a shady deal with a Florida-based wedding company.
Extended Forecast
Updated: Jan. 10, 2020 at 7:15 PM CST
|By Naomi Kowles
The highly-mobile nature of the crime coupled with a difficulty in gaining the trust of victims—all common hurdles in trafficking investigations—are factors resulting in an absence of arrest data.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2019 at 7:57 PM CST
|By Amy Pflugshaupt
The City of Madison is really trying to position itself to benefit from the new federal tax initiative. Dan Kennelly, the Business Resources Manager for the city believes areas like East Washington Ave. are already starting to see the benefits.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2019 at 9:23 PM CST
|By Amy Pflugshaupt
InvestigateTV looked into where your money goes when it's donated to charities. NBC15's Amy Pflugshaupt did a quick check on some of the most popular charities in our area and which ones have top ratings.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2019 at 5:38 PM CST
|By Leigh Mills
There are 3 Thanksgiving Day runs, but how much does each actually donate to charity? We break down the numbers and look deeper at the mission of the Berbee Derby Technology Education Foundation.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2019 at 6:37 PM CST
|By Emily Davies
The Wausau Police report for the case involving a now former substitute teacher charged with child sexual assault shows what the accused remembers from the incident.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2019 at 9:21 PM CDT
|By NBC15 Staff
"Measure of Hate," a documentary special program through InvestigateTV, will air on NBC15 Sunday night.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2019 at 6:56 PM CDT
|By Naomi Kowles
Babies experience Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) when they go through drug withdrawal “cold turkey” after leaving the womb of a drug-addicted mother, or mother who used addiction-recovery prescription drugs such as methadone.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2019 at 11:19 AM CDT
|By Hannah Flood
The Madison Police Department’s Special Victims Unit and the statewide Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force says they’ve seen in an increase in the number of cases of predators taking advantage of children online.
Updated: May. 16, 2019 at 6:07 AM CDT
|By Meghan Reistad
The shortage in law enforcement is an issue facing our local agencies and across the nation. NBC15 Investigates is taking at look at the reasons for the shortage and what departments are doing now to try to bring in more recruits.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2019 at 1:03 PM CDT
|By Hannah Flood
NBC15 Investigates has learned there’s a test parents can get to see if their teen is using an e-cigarette or any other product with nicotine.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2019 at 11:45 PM CDT
|By Morgan Wolfe
When someone is a harm to themselves or the community, the majority of U.S. states allow EMS crews to transport them to help, not including Wisconsin.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2019 at 4:01 PM CDT
|By KWTX, NBC15 Staff
Border Patrol agents are tracking one of dozens of groups of migrants who will cross illegally in-the-course of a day.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2019 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Hannah Anderson
A Madison police officer in the gang unit said there are at least 20 active gangs in Madison, one, most recently focuses on stealing cars.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2019 at 5:24 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
Since 2008, the number of patients receiving help from a Dane County program has doubled.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2019 at 6:19 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
NBC15 Investigates looks into the growing demand for sex acts in the Madison area, as part of the underground crime of human trafficking.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2019 at 6:24 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke said his two officers cleared in the WTS Paradigm shooting from Sept. 19, 2018, are "well."
Updated: Dec. 28, 2018 at 6:39 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
NBC15 Investigates tracked every laser incident recorded in Wisconsin in the Federal Aviation Administration data logs dating back to 2012.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2018 at 5:40 PM CST
|By NBC15 Staff
Three people sued contractors involved in the Sun Prairie explosion from July 10, 2018, according to court records.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2018 at 5:40 PM CST
|By NBC15 Staff
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Ehlke found there was probable cause in the case of a former nurse accused of abusing infants while working in the NICU at UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2018 at 6:56 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
The 1971 murder of an Indiana doctor outside a Madison hotel is one of Madison's oldest cold cases. Now, his family and police are renewing their push for answers.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2018 at 10:39 AM CST
|By NBC15 Staff
A Colorado man who killed his pregnant wife and two children is serving time at the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2018 at 8:20 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
School bus routes are busy, but the number of drivers is low, forcing some companies to depend on substitute drivers to fill in.
With so much pressure to find drivers, NBC15's Hannah Anderson looked into the hiring process to make sure companies and districts aren't cutting corners to fill the seats.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:50 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
It's an unlikely pair: a criminal defense attorney and the chief of police. They're usually on opposite sides of the courtroom. However, something personal has pulled the two men in our community together.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2018 at 12:22 AM CDT
|By Hannah Anderson
NBC15 Investigates spoke with people who's lives were saved by naloxone or Narcan, and requested data from Madison Fire and Police to show how much money went toward saving lives during a heroin epidemic.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2018 at 8:46 PM CDT
Police in the Town of Oakland in Jefferson County need your help locating a man considered missing and endangered.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2018 at 1:46 PM CST
|By NBC15 Staff
Police are investigating after a man was found dead in a church parking lot in Sun Prairie early Sunday morning.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2018 at 12:32 AM CST
Beloit Police say they investigated reports of shots fired early Monday morning.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2017 at 1:58 AM CST
The train that careened off a bridge outside Tacoma, Washington, killing three people was traveling at 80 mph on a 30-mph stretch of track, federal investigators confirmed late Monday.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2017 at 9:39 AM CST
The woman whose body was found has been identified as 34-year-old Reidun Henrickson.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2017 at 12:37 AM CST
Two hunters have been found dead in Marquette County during opening day of the gun-deer season.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2017 at 5:13 AM CST
Madison Police say they are investigating a shooting on the city's north side early Friday.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2017 at 3:59 PM CDT
An investigation has determined that Waukesha County Deputy James Soneberg and a Delafield Police Officer Daniel Bloedow’s use of deadly force was justified in accordance of Wisconsin state laws.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2017 at 10:42 AM CDT
Fennimore Police say juvenile authorities are investigating a complaint of one or more kids killing a cat with a BB gun.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2017 at 8:15 PM CDT
Madison Police say the fourth suspect wanted in connection to the Northport Drive homicide has been arrested in Indiana.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2017 at 9:00 PM CDT
Driver arrested after reversing his vehicle and crashing into a state trooper's vehicle Tuesday.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2017 at 9:09 PM CDT
A third suspect in connection to a homicide on Northport Drive in Madison has been arrested in Chicago.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2017 at 8:15 PM CDT
Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice, The Washington Post reported Wednesday evening.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2017 at 6:46 PM CDT
A 19-year-old man who was shot by a sheriff's deputy on Milwaukee's lakefront has died.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2017 at 1:13 PM CDT
Investigators say the man fatally shot by a police officer in an Appleton bar last month was accidentally struck by gunfire.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2017 at 9:22 PM CDT
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV)--- The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office has released the name of the homicide victim from the May 30th shooting on Northport Drive.