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A search warrant executed Wednesday at a South Side residence resulted in a man getting arrested on drug charges, with police finding a loaded handgun on the floor in a bedroom where a child was sleeping.

A street fight between three men and a single fighter, who witnesses said could have been a trained fighter, ended when two men were knocked unconscious and the lone fighter fleeing before police arrived.

The reconstruction of a short but very busy stretch of West Washington Avenue will start Tuesday, now that the underground utility work has finished.

A Madison woman was arrested on drug charges Thursday after a search warrant was executed at her North Side home.

A Madison man needed staples to close a head wound Thursday after getting hit by a small baseball bat during a money dispute at a gas station.

A four-block stretch of North Blair Street will be closing for about three months starting Tuesday so the street can be rebuilt.

Two Mexican citizens were sentenced to federal prison Thursday for illegally reentering the United States.

Runners taking part in three events this weekend could cause delays at times on streets Downtown and on the UW-Madison campus.

Events and closings scheduled for Mermorial Day.

Bees and butterflies could be heading to two Dane County landfill sites, thanks to almost 100 acres of land at the sites getting planted with prairie grasses friendly to pollinators.