After an EF-4 tornado devastated Fairdale and Rochelle, Illinois, killing at least two people, four Madison-area Red Cross volunteers and at least four Madison-based insurance adjusters like American Family Insurance Agent Jeff Jagla are helping with the massive response effort.
The owner of Berkley Running Company said hearing the Boston Marathon bombing trial's guilty verdict brings back mixed feelings about the moments after he crossed the finish line, which was 90 minutes before the explosion that hurt hundreds back in 2013.
An African-American former Edgewood High School student claims in a lawsuit filed this week that for 2 1/2 years his old administrators not only knew about systematic school racism but failed to protect him from intense racial bullying.
In the wake of the Tony Robinson officer-involved shooting, Madison's African-American Council of Churches will be holding a series of forums to help community members understand the way the law works.
Madison police describe officers responding to almost 30 shots fired calls since around the beginning of the year part of a "disturbing" crime cluster mostly on the city's west side.
As the current common council met for the last time Tuesday, members unanimously voted to make discriminating against atheism, and others who do not believe in God, illegal.
A sex offender's community placement is sparking outrage for some north side residents, who say a loophole in a law will allow a man convicted of multiple sexual assaults involving minors to live within feet of dozens of children.
Calling affordable child care a top campaign priority, Madison mayoral candidate Scott Resnick pledged using both capital and operating budget dollars to reform the problem.
After contentious testimony about the Tony Robinson officer-involved shooting at a public hearing, Police Chief Mike Koval sounded off in a strongly-worded letter to alders Wednesday.
Chris Borland's former Badgers teammate, who served as his backup inside linebacker for three seasons, said based on the person he knew off the field, he understands Borland's concussion-based decision to retire from the NFL at age 24.
The most emotional moments during a Friday night forum African-American church leaders hosted to help mourners prepare for Tony Robinson's funeral came as Madison Police Chief Mike Koval talked about what his department's officer-involved shooting death has meant for him.
Two network journalists said there are distinct differences between covering the police shooting deaths of Tony Robinson and Michael Brown, most noticeably how leaders initially responded to the police shootings.
As the public television and radio shows one million Wisconsinites watch and listen to every year face an uncertain budget future, Wisconsin Public Television has started seeking door-to-door donations from "viewers like you."
As Madison police still search for answers after three gang related weekend shootings, MPD's Dane County partners are working in tandem to prevent revenge crimes.
As quickly as questions during Monday's Madison mayoral forum turned to the city's growing gang violence, Alderman Scott Resnick was taking issue with Mayor Paul Soglin's gang record.
Wisconsin Dells leaders hope a $40 million redevelopment plan will drastically improve their city's downtown area.
Amidst the protests and debate surrounding the right-to-work bill four people were arrested, but the emotions behind the protests paint a picture of those so concerned a right-to-work bill could harm the future.
A UW-Platteville professor helping plan an educational summer trip to Cuba is excited about the potential future learning opportunities a federal travel rule changes could hold.
Aiming to decrease the number of crimes on their property, 24 hotels and motels on East Washington Avenue have partnered with police to share information about individuals they will not rent to, and assist in the arrest and prosecution of violators.
Sun Prairie mayoral candidates give their take on the groundhog ear chomp and how it could affect the spring election.
As Wisconsin's heroin epidemic took hold of Dane County, and made it one of the most problematic areas in the state, the number of overdose deaths increased dramatically.
Leaders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's teaching assistance union say there is a possibility they would walk off the job in response to Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to cut the UW System's budget by $300 million.
A large, standing room-only UW-Madison faculty and staff audience heard Chancellor Rebecca Blank apologize late Wednesday night as she warned layoffs under Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal were unavoidable and could come as early as April.
The Mazomanie shooting deaths that Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said came at the hands of an ex-boyfriend angry over a breakup, are an example of teen dating violence the executive director of Dane County's Domestic Abuse Intervention Service calls common.
