Dane County News

Three people were taken to University of Wisconsin Hospital and one of them died after a two-vehicle crash in the Town of Deerfield Sunday afternoon, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.

The Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation has taken over the investigation of the shooting death in Madison of a man who allegedly charged police officers with a sword.

MADISON Three Madison officers are on administrative leave Saturday morning after a man is shot multiple times on the city's east side and dies.

Dane County Sheriff's Lt. Charles Immel says Madison police were called to the man's condo building after sheriff's deputies were unsuccessful in serving the man with an eviction notice Friday morning.

Three Madison officers are on administrative leave Saturday morning after a man is shot multiple times on the city's east side and dies.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee must give a job applicant veteran's preference even though the Navy discharged him for bad conduct after a court martial, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

Geneva McKinley, 49, was sentenced Thursday to five days in jail as a condition of 18 months of probation.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is calling on the Wisconsin Southern Railroad to make significant changes to its policies at railroad crossings after an incident last month he labeled "horrendous." About 6 minutes after after this surveillance image was taken April 9, the 131-car Wisconsin Southern train shown stalled traffic at East Washington Avenue.

A Middleton woman was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide after a stabbing Thursday morning, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.

A Dane County jury delivered the verdict for, 19-year-old Demitrius Matticx, who was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment in a parking lot shooting that killed 20-year-old Jonathan Wilson.

A fire engulfed a barn and two sheds containing farm equipment worth more than half a million dollars in the Town of York in Dane County Wednesday afternoon.

Meteorologists called Tuesday night's windy conditions from Dane County east to Milwaukee County a "heat burst." The water in the air evaporated before it hit the ground, causing the air to warm and whoosh to the ground in a sudden, hot burst.

A Dane County couple is just back from a 2,900 mile cross-country trip they completed on their bicycles.

The man killed in a two-vehicle fatality crash in the town of Westport last week is identified as Mark B. Greimel, 59, of Spring Green, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.

The state Assembly is expected to take up a Republican bill that would allow attorneys to nullify court rulings blocking state laws by filing quick appeals.

Volunteers lined the bike path and other parts of Madison this morning to kick start Bike to Work Week.

Evansville is planning to celebrate its 150th anniversary of rail service with events July 19 and July 20 at Creekside Place, 102 Maple St.

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UNDATED Kristin Olson will begin her one-year term as Wisconsin's Alice-in-Dairyland on June third.

Emergency responders plan to assess response skills and train in a multi-agency drill Monday afternoon, organizers said.