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In Madison these days, it seems property owners who resist surrendering their zoning protections are ridiculed as elitist, selfish, even racist. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and the City Council members loyal to her agenda have been telling homeowners that because they have declared a city housing shortage to now constitute a “crisis,” they should be lock-step in support of a controversial bus rapid transit plan that brings with it — in the cause of greater density — elimination of zoning protections for homeowners along its routes.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A 26-year-old from Madison was arrested on the city’s Southeast side Saturday night after allegedly leading Monona Police on a car chase that ended in a crash, officials announced Sunday. Monona Police said officers initially tried to make a traffic stop after 9 p.m. on...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A man and woman were pistol-whipped and robbed Friday night during a home invasion on Madison’s north side, according to police Monday. Two men armed with guns entered and ransacked the apartment in the 2000 block of Northport Drive while demanding money, an incident report stated. The suspects also struck the victims repeatedly with handguns while a man was tied up during the attack.

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After leading Monona police on a weekend chase onto the Beltline, a Madison man is currently in custody. When the 26-year-old driver took off, authorities say they made their first attempt to stop him on West Broadway around 9:00 p.m. on Saturday. The suspect, according to the authorities, crashed near...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Imagine being a parent worried for your child’s safety and not being able to get more information from staff about what’s going on. That’s the reality one Madison mom says she has lived for more than 11 months. And she’s not alone.

A Woodview Drive homeowner on March 14 received his second citation since Dec. 22 for public nuisances affecting health in connection with a complaint made to the City of Sun Prairie’s Building Inspection Department, according to a report from the department and Sun Prairie Municipal Court records. “Our next door neighbor has a cat urine odor that is unbearable,” the complainant wrote about the house located at 563 Woodview Drive. “We can smell it from our driveway and it makes you sick to your stomach....

Dear Editor: The (Lake Monona design) drawings are beautiful. But I'd like to know why there's money for projects like this while there's no money available to fix the plethora of city streets that are in need of serious repairs. As a longtime Madison resident, I find this disgusting. Our...

OREGON, Wis. -- A tiny line of toy cars has turned into a long line of real ones, as Oregon's new Culver's celebrated its grand opening on Monday. The Village of Oregon announced last August that the nationally recognized burger chain would be coming to 1075 Park St., and construction began a month later. On Monday, staff along with Culver's co-founder Craig Culver cut the blue ribbon on the new location.

More than 2,400 people weighed in on future designs for the Lake Monona waterfront in downtown Madison during a two-month public feedback campaign. An online portal that included the various designs and a survey closed last Thursday. The designs presented a wide range of ideas for redeveloping the waterfront in downtown Madison, including adding boardwalks, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed boathouse, public beaches and restaurants.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested and accused of assaulting a woman in the stairwell of a Downtown apartment Saturday. Madison police responded to a report about 5 p.m. Saturday from a woman who said Michael J. Condron, of Madison, made threatening comments to her and assaulted her while at an off-campus apartment on the 700 block of University Avenue, spokesperson Stephanie Fryer said. The woman was able to break out of his grasp to run and call for help, Fryer said.

MIDDLETON, Wis. (WMTV) – Flags will fly at half-staff Tuesday to honor a Middleton-native who died during WWII and whose body has been returned to Wisconsin to be buried in his hometown later this week. Army Pfc. William L. Simon was reported as killed in action on Nov. 5,...

With more than half of Dane County’s Board of Supervisors calling on County Executive Joe Parisi to immediately fire the executive director of the Henry Vilas Zoo for misconduct, the county has so far responded with a resounding, “No,” according to a report from WKOW ABC-27. Meanwhile,...

Two individuals are facing narcotics charges following two different arrests by Waunakee police officers. Kaitlyn M. Playter, age 26, of Sun Prairie, is accused of attempting to manufacture/deliver heroin in Waunakee, and Devon M. Derke, 24, of Waunakee was arrested for possession with intent to deliver narcotics, specifically, Oxycodone. Both are felony charges. The charges against Playter followed an incident on the afternoon of April 4, 2022, when Waunakee police...

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Verona, just southwest of Madison, has recently become a hub for Mexican food. With this series, we’re introducing the latest restaurants to open there, serving familiar favorites like tacos and tamales as well as regional dishes drawn from family recipes. The first in this series was Taqueria Los Atlantes,...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Monona and Madison police departments are investigating after a car veered off the side of the road and crashed into a ditch Saturday night. Around 9:30 p.m. a car appeared to veer off into a ditch coming off the Beltline Highway near John Nolen Drive, according to NBC15 crews. The driver was seen being handcuffed and put into the back of a police car.

LAS VEGAS – Connor Essegian is heavier – and stronger – than when he arrived at Wisconsin last summer. For example, the 6-foot-4 freshman guard weighs 195 pounds. That is an increase of almost 15 pounds from his reporting weight. ...

In 2015, Mark Wake was in a serious motorcycle crash that put him in the hospital for 10 months with a severe brain injury. “I lost half my head,” he told Wisconsin Watch. He also lost his voting rights when a Dane County judge placed him under a temporary guardianship.

(The Center Square) - In the midst of a complete redesign, Madison's Metro Transit ridership dropped in 2021 to less than half of what it was pre-pandemic. At the same time, the transit agency reported a 25% increase in its spending from 2020 to 2021. Metro Transit stated its redesign, which will include completely new routes and schedules, is expected to debut June 11. Final maps and schedules of the...