The DNR is leading the investigation alongside the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office, who will forward their findings to the Lafayette County district attorney for possible charges.
- George Wiebe | Wisconsin State Journal
The 56-year-old Madison man was declared dead at the scene after sheriff’s deputies recovered his body.
- George Wiebe | Wisconsin State Journal
The site was in early stages of construction and unoccupied at the time of collapse, fire department officials said.
- Anna Hansen
A Madison man was arrested early Thursday morning after fleeing police who had pulled him over for speeding.
- Anna Hansen
Multiple vehicles and an apartment building were struck by an unidentified shooter Wednesday night near Monona.
- Anna Hansen
Police are still investigating the incident, and more charges could arrive.
- Anna Hansen
Construction workers in the area called 911 to report that a worker driving a lift truck had hit a ground-level gas meter at Qdoba around 12:51 p.m., according to a statement from Madison Fire spokesperson Cynthia Schuster.
The 56-year-old man was found floating near the north shore of Lake Monona Wednesday afternoon.
Surrounded by family and his fellow officers, John Patterson was sworn in as Madison’s 31st chief of police at the site of a once “troubled” gas station.
The man is wanted in connection with the Oct. 10 shooting of a man at the Dutch Mill Mobile Home Park.
A Dane County committee pushed forward three measures that could transfer funds earmarked for unfilled deputy positions in the sheriff’s office to the county’s Human Services department.
The truck driver told sheriff’s deputies he fell asleep at the wheel leading up to the four vehicle crash.
The officer who lost consciousness was treated at a local hospital and released to recover at home.
The man was arrested on a tentative charge of disorderly conduct while armed.
The names of the person killed and four people injured were withheld pending notification of family.
The crash happened about 2:55 p.m. on Oct. 1 in the area of Regent Street and Monroe Street, Madison police said.
The crash happened about 11:40 p.m. at the intersection of Williamson Street and Blount Street, Madison police said.
The driver of the vehicle that was hit was not seriously injured, Madison police said.
The crash happened in heavy traffic, with a rear-end collision starting a chain reaction, and one vehicle rolling over, the Wisconsin State Patrol said.
UW-Madison police report ejection and arrest numbers from Saturday's game between the Badgers and Ohio State.
Christopher P. Brugger Jr., 36, of Madison, was driving a flat-bed pickup truck he’d stolen from his late father’s estate when police were alerted to his reckless driving on Stoughton Road.
The man’s passenger was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, Madison police said.
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In a brief statement, police said they were called to the school at 30 Ash St. at about 11:35 a.m. Wednesday “regarding a battery to a student whose injuries required hospitalization.”
Prosecutors found no jail staff criminally liable in the May 6 death of Jeffrey Endres, 49, according to a statement provided to the Wisconsin State Journal on Thursday.
The fatal crash remains under investigation by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office and the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Authorities said the 46 year-old man died from wounds he sustained from the crash.
The fatal shooting remains under investigation by Madison police and the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The robbery occurred during a Sept. 23 meeting for a transaction arranged through a social media marketplace, Sun Prairie police reported.
Raeven O. Johnson pleaded guilty in August to charges related to the Feb. 25 crash at Milwaukee Street and Dempsey Road that injured two and heavily damaged a Chinese restaurant.
Security video shows Raeven Johnson attacking a Metro Transit bus driver in February 2025, causing the driver to lose control and crash his bus into two East Side Madison businesses. Johnson, 26, pleaded guilty in August to felony second-degree endangering safety and misdemeanor attempted ba…