Three Madison officers are on administrative leave Saturday morning after a man is shot multiple times on the city’s east side and dies. It started as a standoff between the 43-year-old and police when the man barricaded himself into a house in the 900 block of Rockefeller Lane, as an eviction notice was being served [...]

There’s a record Powerball jackpot up for grabs. Andrew Bohage with the Wisconsin Lottery says the jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing, driven by brisk ticket sales, will be somewhere north of $600 million, up from around $475 million on Wednesday night. “I would not be at all surprised that by the time we get through [...]

A Marine from Wisconsin who promised to adopt the bomb sniffing dog he served with in Afghanistan received a surprise Friday, during a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol. Sergeant Ross Gundlach traveled to Des Moines to appear at a hearing, where the 25-year-old planned to make his case for being allowed to adopt Casey. [...]

Winter may finally be over, but its effects are lingering for a key agricultural sector in Wisconsin. “This is probably the worst year for winterkill we have had in over 20 years.” That’s how University of Wisconsin Extension forage agronomist Dan Undersander describes the alfalfa crop, not only in Wisconsin but across the upper Midwest. Undersander [...]

There’s still no evidence of a deadly bat disease in Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources reports that a recent survey of 73 hibernating locations found no evidence of white-nose syndrome. The fungal disease has killed close to six-million bats in the eastern U.S. since 2006. Wisconsin wildlife and agriculture officials are particularly concerned, because [...]