Home

Madison is seeing a record-breaking amount of snow.  The Dane County Regional Airport on Saturday received over 12 inches of snow in a nine-hour period.  That breaks the daily snowfall record for March set in 1971.  It’s also rare for Madison to receive over a foot of snow in a 24-hour period, which hasn’t happened since 2012. 

A longtime member of the Badgers football staff is retiring.  Henry Mason started coaching Wisconsin’s wide receivers in 1995, and was moved to the front office in 2009 after suffering an injury.   Since then Mason’s been working with NFL scouts to high school coaches to help develop new talent.  On Thursday, 21 NFL scouts met at a Madison coffee shop to have coffee and donuts with Mason, and to wish him a happy retirement.  One tweet from an NFL scout called

Hello. We’re happy you are here. As we slip into the last full weekend of March (Um…how did that happen already?!) we know that life can sometimes feel stressful, busy, and plain overwhelming. That’s why we like to slow things down on Saturday morning with a simpler approach. We call it our “scroll down memory lane.” It’s just a way to get into a new day by peeking back at moments that have happened on this day in history. So,

Snow emergencies are in effect for communities across southern Wisconsin as the latest winter storm moves in.  Madison Streets Division crews were out Friday night, plowing and salting streets but officials are warning drivers to expect slushy, slippery streets this morning.  Weather advisories will be in effect into the afternoon when this latest late winter storm is expected to move out.

A Wisconsin soldier’s remains are finally home, nearly 80 years after he gave his life for his country.  Army Pfc. William “Sonny” Simon’s remains were brought home to Middleton Friday night, four months after the remains were accounted for overseas.  Simon, born and raised in Middleton, was killed in action in November, 1944.  He was only 20 years old.  Police escorted the convoy carrying his remains past his childhood home.  Funeral services are set for next week.

Six people are facing drug charges, accused of having fentanyl shipped to Madison from Arizona.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice says the suspects helped ship over five kilograms of the drug through the U.S. Postal Service.  They were arrested Monday on drug trafficking charges.  The DOJ says it’s still looking for two other people in connection with the case.

PHOTO CREDIT: Amber Kersting, Menomonie People all across Wisconsin are sharing pictures of the night sky last night where the northern lights put on quite a show.  From northern Wisconsin all the way down to Madison shades of green and purple lights danced across the sky.  Experts say the lights were enhanced by a geomagnetic storm.

Day to day life can sometimes feel like a challenge at every turn and when you are differently abled, it can seem even harder.  For this week’s Friday Feel Good we bring a story that builds much more than a housing project, it builds faith in humanity as well. An Ohio contractor is getting praise for quickly building a wheelchair ramp for a man in need, and for free.   The daughter and son-in-law of the recipient, Jamie and James Wirick, share

Nilssen’s Market in Clear Lake, Wis., is issuing a voluntary Class I recall for a packaged pork product sold at local retailers. The recall includes: The product was sold at Nilssen’s Foods locations in Cumberland, Baldwin and Glenwood City. The Nilssen’s Market label on the product does not bear an inspection legend. This is a Class I recall, initiated based on evidence collected during routine inspection activities. Evidence shows that the product was not produced under a Hazard Analysis Critical

The state of Wisconsin is now in charge of the oil spill clean-up in New Berlin. The Department of Natural Resources took over yesterday. No one is saying just how much oil spilled out of a 350 gallon oil storage drum at the Moorland Auto Repair shop last week. The company yesterday released a statement saying it is working to ‘remediate the impact of the accidental oil spill as quickly as possible.’ DNR crews say it could take weeks to clean all