Dane News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday designated six Wisconsin counties, for the first time ever, as violating federal standards for fine-particle pollution.

The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership said the help it provided to state companies produced an economic impact of $226 million for the 12 months ended June 30, including $85 million in south central ...

The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families operates a searchable, online database of all licensed child-care centers in the state at dcf.wisconsin.gov/childcare/licensed/search.htm . A limited amount of ...

The Madison area has a lot of heart. Madison ranks third among 75 mid-sized cities nationally for volunteerism, according to a study released this week by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

The parents of the murdered University of Wisconsin student from Marshfield are dropping a lawsuit against Dane County, according to the Wisconsin State Journal's Web site.

Eau Claire County saw the largest jump in property taxes during the past year of all 72 Wisconsin counties, according to a report released last week by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance.

Read the release from the Dane County Sheriff's Department regarding the structure fire in the Town of Vienna.

Companies that want to do business with Dane County would have to offer benefits to their employees ' domestic partners under a proposal being introduced Thursday.

Read the release from the Dane County Sheriff's Department regarding the structure fire in the Town of Vienna.

A Dane County jail inmate failed to return to the Ferris Huber Center Wednesday after attending a 2:30 p.m. appointment with his probation officer, jail officials said today.

Wisconsin crops continue to recover from heavy summer rains, at least in some parts of the state, according to the weekly Crop Progress Report.

The Disaster Recovery Centers in Columbia, Dane and Grant counties will close at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, disaster officials announced today.

A half-century of Madison's love affair with the arts will be celebrated at the 50th annual Art Fair on the Square this weekend.

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are opening three more Disaster Recovery Centers in southern Wisconsin on Monday.

For some who live, work and play in Madison and its immediate suburbs, it may come as a surprise to learn that the capital city still sits smack dab in the middle of one of the most productive agricultural ...

Dane Fest will be held this weekend in the Town of Dane in the northern part of the county, and the Dane County Sheriff's Office wants you to know there is no excuse for driving home drunk from the popular ...

According to a news release from the Dane county Sheriff's Department: Dane County Sheriff's Deputies arrested six people Saturday evening for Operating While Intoxicated .

The chaos that erupted outside Milwaukee County's main welfare office Monday over disaster-related food aid had more to do with a weak economy and crushing poverty in parts of this community than the ...

Residents of Dane County are encouraged to take advantage of a service designed to help protect people against property fraud.

Several recent black bear sightings have prompted Department of Natural Resources' wildlife biologists to point out that their visitations are becoming more common each year in the 'Driftless' area of southwest ...