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Vintage Brewing Company set to open Cross Plains location
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Vintage Brewing Company is set to open a new brewpub in Cross Plains. The brewery, known for its craft brews and American-style food, will open on 1200 Main Street. The historic location has served as the site for multiple businesses, starting in the early 1900s as...
Storm chances for the Fourth
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - If this is the end of your work week, then you were treated to a sunny, dry, and warm day to get outside, hit the roads, or prepare for tomorrow’s festivities. Weak pressure has kept us under this sunnier weather today, but unfortunately, this will start edging east, and our next weather maker will be moving in tomorrow.
Essen Haus bar and restaurant to close for redevelopment
MADISON, Wis. — The historic Essen Haus restaurant and bar and its neighbor the Come Back In will shut down. Both are making way for a new housing and hotel development at Wilson and Blair Streets in downtown Madison. Step into Essen Haus, and you can’t help but feel...
FACT CHECK: Instagram Post Makes False Claim About Gates Foundation, H5N1 Bird Flu
A post shared on Facebook claims the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation purportedly awarded $9.5 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to make the H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans. Verdict: False. The claim is false and originally stems from a June 17 article published on “Natural News,” a website...
Report: Wisconsin basketball great Sam Dekker tries out for three NBA teams
Former Wisconsin Badgers great Sam Dekker has recently tried for three NBA teams: the Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks. This news is courtesy of the CapTimes’ Mike Lucas, who recently caught up with Dekker as he looks to make his return to the NBA. Dekker has...
La Crosse committee hears from unsheltered as it debates homeless camping on city land
A remedy for reducing homeless camping in La Crosse will be up for a city council vote next week. A plan, however, to limit the camping time in any single spot to just 12 hours was defeated by a 3-2 vote in committee Tuesday. The Judiciary and Administration Committee heard...
77-year-old woman dies after crash on Madison Beltline, officials report
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A 77-year-old woman died after a three-vehicle crash Monday morning on the Madison Beltline, the police department reports. Officers responded around 9:20 a.m. to the westbound Beltline at Seminole Highway, according to MPD Public Information Officer Stephanie Fryer. A 16-year-old driver allegedly rear-ended a vehicle, causing it to hit another vehicle.
After a ceasefire resolution, the City of Madison played host to some of Israel’s largest weapons suppliers
A recent defense-industry conference at Monona Terrace highlights the gap between local declarations and local action. On June 24, the National Space & Missile Materials Symposium (NSMMS) and Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange (CRASTE) kicked off a joint conference on missile and space technology at Madison’s Monona Terrace. While the event’s branding cloaked it in images of astronauts and NASA spacecraft, it was very much a conference for defense contractors. Its sponsors included companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman—each of which provide Israel’s military with missiles, bombs, and fighter jets.
Gabriel Savage’s mom thankful for sentence, details decade-long struggle navigating mental health system
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - When most people think of Gabriel Savage, they picture his mug shot. For Gabriel’s mother Lisa, she pictures her little curly haired boy who loves ice cream. “The Gabriel I know, he can be funny. He can be analytical. For the most part, he was...
Two strangers and Wisconsin natives become lifelong friends after life-saving organ donation
MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – Shelley Hawbecker, originally from Stevens Point, who now lives in Portland, Oregon, decided to become an organ donor after coming across a billboard about kidney donations. “It’s an honor, really; I was like so excited that I was healthy enough to do it,” said Hawbecker....
Sandbags available for Middleton residents to build temporary levees
MIDDLETON, Wis. (WMTV) - Sand, sandbags and plastic sheeting has been approved for residents in Middleton to protect their homes against potential flooding, officials announced on Tuesday. The Middleton Public Works department explained that the water level in Lake Mendota is currently at 851.6 feet above sea level and could...
Man hurt when home in rural Wisconsin explodes has died, authorities say
A Wisconsin man who was pulled out of his home after it exploded has died, authorities said Wednesday. The Walworth County sheriff's office identified the victim as Leland Holden in a post on its Facebook page. Holden, 68, was found Tuesday afternoon by first responders in the basement of the home in Lafayette, a rural community about 45 miles southwest of Milwaukee. He was flown by medical helicopter to a local hospital trauma center where he later died, the sheriff's office said.Calls to 911 reported the explosion at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. Sheriff's deputies arrived about 15 minutes later and saw that the house was completely destroyed, the sheriff's office said.It took first responders more than 30 minutes to reach Holden, who was trapped under rubble, Elkhorn Area Fire Chief Trent Eichmann said."It looked like when the house exploded, most of it laid down into one side of the basement and that's where the gentleman was found," Eichmann said.The cause of the explosion is under investigation. Propane gas is used in the area, Eichmann said.
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