Category Archives: Local News
City Bar faces 93 counts of allowing underage patrons to drink alcohol, records show
MADISON, Wis. — A downtown Madison bar faces nearly 100 charges of allowing underage patrons to consume alcohol following an incident earlier this year. Police made contact with 143 people at Ci...
Dec 15, 2022
Man arrested in north Madison shooting
MADISON, Wis. — Police have arrested a 51-year-old man who they said shot a 36-year-old man inside an apartment building on Madison’s north side last week. Officers arrested the man Wednes...
Dec 15, 2022
Madison, state leaders break ground on city’s bus rapid transit system
MADISON, Wis. — City and state leaders on Thursday broke ground on Madison’s first bus rapid transit line set to connect the east and west sides, one of Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s k...
Dec 15, 2022
Police looking for person who vandalized UW Hillel Foundation, city property
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police are releasing surveillance images of a person they say was caught on camera spray-painting several locations across the city. The Madison Police Department says it...
Dec 15, 2022
Wisconsin GOP leader wants to change military voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate said Thursday that he is considering legislation that would change the state’s military absentee voting laws, reversing h...
Dec 15, 2022
MPD Chief looking forward to new approach to policing in 2023
MADISON, Wis. — After summer success with fewer shots fired and stolen cars in Madison, police chief Shon Barnes says his department is moving forward with a new way of policing next year. Stati...
Dec 15, 2022
Worker strike coinciding with Red Cross holiday blood drive called off; both sides reach new agreement
MADISON, Wis. — A planned strike involving employees of the American Red Cross’ six Wisconsin facilities has been called off after unions representing them ratified new three-year agreemen...
Dec 15, 2022
Man Found Dead in Creek in Richland County
A man was found dead in a creek by Richland County authorities early Thursday. 75 year old Werner Hudak of Richland Center was pronounced dead at the scene by the Richland County Coroner's Office. The...
Dec 15, 2022
Wisconsin Republican leaders unified in opposition to train
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate said Thursday that he opposes spending any state money to help Madison bring a passenger rail line that would connect the capit...
Dec 15, 2022
Man who drove into creek near Richland Center dies, sheriff’s office says
RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. — A 75-year-old man died early Thursday morning after the Richland County Sheriff’s Office said he drove into a creek west of Richland Center. The sheriff’s off...
Dec 15, 2022
