WKOW-TV (Madison, WI)

WKOW (channel 27) is a TV station based in Madison, Wisconsin, that is connected to ABC and is owned by Allen Media Broadcasting. The station's studios can be found on Tokay Boulevard in the western part of Madison, while its transmitter is situated in the Middleton Junction area of Middleton.

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NFL releases full 2025 schedule for Green Bay Packers

13 hours ago | wkow.com | Evan Bolin

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WKOW) -- We now know the full schedule the Green Bay Packers will play during the 2025 season. The Packers had already announced they would be hosting the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football on November 10 and will be traveling to Chicago to face the Bears on Saturday, December 20. And now we know the details about the other teams the Packers will face, with the NFL's release of the full schedule Wednesday night. Here it is:
Section of Cheese Country Trail in Lafayette County closed due to "imminent" bridge failure

15 hours ago | wkow.com | Evan Bolin

LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Wis. (WKOW) -- A section of the Cheese Country Trail has been closed due to an imminent bridge failure, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office. The trail is closed from its intersection with Larse Road to the intersection with Sargent Road, between Gratiot and South Wayne. The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office says closure is necessary to ensure the public's safety.
Man dies from injuries after tree collapses in Iowa County

15 hours ago | wkow.com | Piersen Maass |Evan Bolin

TOWN OF WYOMING, Wis. (WKOW) -- Investigators say a 79-year-old man who went out to cut logs on a property in Iowa County has been found dead. Deputies from the Iowa County Sheriff's Office were called for a welfare check at a home on Weaver Road in the Town of Wyoming just after 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14. The caller reported Keith Symon went out the previous day to cut logs but had not returned. Authorities then searched the 75-80-acre property.
Fitchburg city council votes to adopt Vision Zero policy

1 day ago | wkow.com | Evan Bolin

FITCHBURG, Wis. (WKOW) -- Fitchburg's city council voted to adopt Vision Zero, which is a strategy to eliminate traffic deaths and injuries on the roads. The idea is to improve safety for everyone in the city -- whether you're driving, biking, walking or taking public transit.
Argument over social media leads to gunshot being fired outside Sun Prairie home

1 day ago | wkow.com | Evan Bolin

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (WKOW) -- One person was arrested after police say an argument via social media escalated into a physical confrontation and a gun was fired outside a home in Sun Prairie. Lt. Ray Thomson with the Sun Prairie Police Department says around noon on Tuesday, the agency received multiple 911 calls reporting a gunshot in the 300 block of Sweet Grass Drive. Thomson says it stemmed from an argument between two people via social media.
Zelensky insists he will only join Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey this week if Putin is present

1 day ago | wkow.com | Jessie Yeung |Ivana Kottasova |Svitlana Vlasova |Nick Paton Walsh

(CNN) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the stakes ahead of a potential meeting with Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday by saying he wouldn't hold talks with any Russian representative other than the president himself. Asked by CNN about the goals of the possible meeting - a summit Putin has not yet agreed to attend despite proposing it himself, Zelensky said anything other than a ceasefire agreement would be a failure.
Federal charges filed against man accused of abducting Beaver Dam teenager

2 days ago | wkow.com | Evan Bolin

ARKANSAS (WKOW) -- A federal grand jury returned an indictment against the man accused of abducting a pregnant teenager from her home in Wisconsin. The indictment against Gary Day was filed May 6 in federal court in the Eastern District of Arkansas. Day had been living in Arkansas at the time of the alleged crimes. Day is charged with six counts, which include having sex with a minor and traveling for the purpose of an unlawful sex act with a minor.
80-acre wildfire in Juneau County contained; homeowners allowed to return

2 days ago | wkow.com | Evan Bolin

JUNEAU COUNTY, Wis. (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says an 80-acre wildfire burning in Juneau County is under control and it is safe for evacuated homeowners to return. The agency says the fire started in the Town of Cutler and was burning in the area of the Town of Kingston and near the community of Mather. An estimated 40 homes had been evacuated in Kingston and Mather. The DNR says the fire was burning in pine and marsh grass.
Sunny and mild Mother's Day

3 days ago | wkow.com | Dana Fulton

Download the 27 StormTrack Weather app to receive mobile weather alerts Another sunny day is on tap under high pressure, with afternoon highs in the middle to upper 70s. Temperatures will reach the 80s on Monday, with temperatures trending a bit warmer to the west. A few pop-up showers and thunderstorms will be possible later in the week, fueled by afternoon heat and humidity. A stronger cold front Thursday evening brings the best chance for widespread rain and storms.
Clear skies across Wisconsin

5 days ago | wkow.com | Dana Fulton

Download the 27 StormTrack Weather app to receive mobile weather alerts A weak cold front passed through southern Wisconsin this morning, ushering in a light northeast breeze for the day. High temperatures will land in the lower 70s this afternoon. Mother's Day will also be clear and sunny, though it will be a little milder. High temperatures will reach the middle 70s. The forecast becomes more active by the middle of next week as rain chances return.