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NBC15 Investigates
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 10:45 PM CDT
|By Tajma Hall
Trained election observers are often sent to the polls by political parties although anyone can serve as an observer.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 6:24 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
The court filed charges on Oct. 15, but the activity took place between July of 2019 and Feb. of 2020 in Potosi, Wis. All of them have been charged with illegally hunting deer and some smaller animals.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:47 PM CDT
|By Michelle Baik
The victim of a gruesome murder investigation near Eau Claire may be a Reedsburg woman, reported missing for months.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 6:57 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday night that Polewczynski posted on Facebook about, “making up information” during news interviews.
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Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 10:43 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
For nearly a decade, Campos searched for her children on her own, and with help from multiple agencies, including the Madison Police Department.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 6:40 PM CDT
|By Juliana Tornabene
The National Guard assisted the City of Janesville this week with its COVID-19 drive-thru testing site, which is currently the only site in Rock County.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2020 at 11:26 AM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
A Mauston police officer faces multiple charges after allegedly shooting another person while showing off his gun collection, while off-duty, after a night of drinking.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Tajma Hall and Juliana Tornabene
Scammers are using social media to lure consumers to fake websites.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 6:11 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
Since homecoming was cancelled, Supt. Runez explained that DeForest’s Assistant Principal, Matt Bauer, wanted to hold a gathering for his son and some friends with masks and physical distancing at their rural Sauk County home.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 10:28 PM CDT
NBC15 dug through the numbers reported on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website so far this campaign cycle. Since July, candidate spending on Madison TV totals about $3.4 million dollars through Oct. 5. Biden’s spending accounts for a little more than 76 percent of that.
Extended Forecast
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
The PSC will meet Thursday and award this money to some programs who were not chosen for the 2020 grants earlier this year.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 10:46 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
But weeks before an outbreak, one long-term care facility employee was concerned about what might happen without more coronavirus testing in her workplace.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 10:30 PM CDT
|By Isabel Lawrence
NBC15 took a deep dive into the events of Aug. 23, 2020, to learn more about issues of self-defense, gun laws, and race pertaining to the case of Kyle Rittenhouse
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 6:29 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
NBC15 Investigates obtained records from the MPD and found between July 1 and Sept. 24 officers responded to 19 motorcycle crashes in the city.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 6:42 PM CDT
|By Caroline Peterson
NBC15′s national investigative team, InvestigateTV, poured over more than 100 COVID-19 dashboard websites from large universities across the country to see what information is shared and how.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 10:01 AM CDT
|By Elise Romas
In an interview with NBC15 Investigates, The State Supt. of Public Instruction Carolyn Stanford Taylor said there are other educators willing and able to step in.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2020 at 5:51 AM CDT
|By Elise Romas
NBC15 Investigates learned that if a teacher or student tests positive for COVID-19, educators are expected to call state and local health departments right away.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 5:46 AM CDT
|By Elise Romas
NBC15 Investigates checked in with Principal Liz Goldman, who said there was a spike in the number of transfer applications after many public schools announced they were going virtual to start the fall semester.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 6:33 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
NBC15 Investigates checked in with officials around our viewing area and found most municipalities pay roughly a $1.25 for each absentee ballot. That low estimate factors in printing, envelopes and postage.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 6:43 AM CDT
|By Elise Romas
Teacher retirement applications in Wisconsin have increased in 2020. NBC15 Investigates sat down with one of those educators to learn more.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 5:51 AM CDT
|By Elise Romas
Bi-weekly COVID-19 testing, other changes in store for UW-Madison students. NBC15 Investigates breaks down the changes as UW System schools return for the fall semester.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 6:32 AM CDT
|By Elise Romas
NBC15 Investigates the changes local bus companies and school districts are making to keep kids safe on their way to and from school.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 5:48 AM CDT
|By Elise Romas
The Dodgeville School District has made some changes to its virtual learning method for the fall semester, NBC15 Investigates learned.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 9:59 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
Educators and state officials look for solutions to connect struggling families to the internet before the school year begins.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2020 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Gerlach
A motorcycle driver sustained possible life-threatening injuries Thursday after rear ending a stopped truck in the Township of Wellington.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 8:42 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
NBC15 Investigates follows a Madison Police officer on patrol, as law enforcement cracks down on cruising.Police have received an uptick in complaints, leading to further investigation and patrol to find the root of the issue.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
On Thursday, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) confirmed with NBC15 Investigates that its 50-year-old version of COBOL coding software is the reason for issues with unemployment claim processing and payments.
Updated: May. 5, 2020 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is using a software system that’s 50-years-old.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2020 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
NBC15 Investigates dives into information surrounding a dangerous intersection in Sun Prairie, where a car hit a woman last week. The victim later died at the hospital. The city of Sun Prairie plans to make changes to the intersection.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2020 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
State legislator increased wages fro prison employees this past session. Investigative reporter Elise Romas asks Rep. Michael Schraa about the pay increases and about the staffing cuts five years ago to prison tower guards during third shift.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2020 at 7:55 PM CDT
|By Elise Romas
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Voyageurs International Ltd. canceled high school music trips around the country, leaving some parents questioning the amount of money they were refunded.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2020 at 6:54 PM CST
|By Naomi Kowles
Most law enforcement departments in Wisconsin do not have annual programs to measure employee fitness after an officer or deputy is hired, according to the Wisconsin Professional Police Association.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2020 at 11:03 AM CST
|By Elise Romas
Madison-based Murfie Media has been bought by Crossies LLC; the company has made promises to former Murfie customers.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2020 at 12:58 AM CST
|By Brittney Ermon
A newly-married Lake Mills couple believes they were caught in a shady deal with a Florida-based wedding company.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2020 at 7:15 PM CST
|By Naomi Kowles
The highly-mobile nature of the crime coupled with a difficulty in gaining the trust of victims—all common hurdles in trafficking investigations—are factors resulting in an absence of arrest data.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2019 at 7:57 PM CST
|By Amy Pflugshaupt
The City of Madison is really trying to position itself to benefit from the new federal tax initiative. Dan Kennelly, the Business Resources Manager for the city believes areas like East Washington Ave. are already starting to see the benefits.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2019 at 9:23 PM CST
|By Amy Pflugshaupt
InvestigateTV looked into where your money goes when it's donated to charities. NBC15's Amy Pflugshaupt did a quick check on some of the most popular charities in our area and which ones have top ratings.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2019 at 5:38 PM CST
|By Leigh Mills
There are 3 Thanksgiving Day runs, but how much does each actually donate to charity? We break down the numbers and look deeper at the mission of the Berbee Derby Technology Education Foundation.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2019 at 6:37 PM CST
|By Emily Davies
The Wausau Police report for the case involving a now former substitute teacher charged with child sexual assault shows what the accused remembers from the incident.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2019 at 9:21 PM CDT
|By NBC15 Staff
"Measure of Hate," a documentary special program through InvestigateTV, will air on NBC15 Sunday night.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2019 at 6:56 PM CDT
|By Naomi Kowles
Babies experience Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) when they go through drug withdrawal “cold turkey” after leaving the womb of a drug-addicted mother, or mother who used addiction-recovery prescription drugs such as methadone.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2019 at 11:19 AM CDT
|By Hannah Flood
The Madison Police Department’s Special Victims Unit and the statewide Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force says they’ve seen in an increase in the number of cases of predators taking advantage of children online.
Updated: May. 16, 2019 at 6:07 AM CDT
|By Meghan Reistad
The shortage in law enforcement is an issue facing our local agencies and across the nation. NBC15 Investigates is taking at look at the reasons for the shortage and what departments are doing now to try to bring in more recruits.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2019 at 1:03 PM CDT
|By Hannah Flood
NBC15 Investigates has learned there’s a test parents can get to see if their teen is using an e-cigarette or any other product with nicotine.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2019 at 11:45 PM CDT
|By Morgan Wolfe
When someone is a harm to themselves or the community, the majority of U.S. states allow EMS crews to transport them to help, not including Wisconsin.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2019 at 4:01 PM CDT
|By KWTX, NBC15 Staff
Border Patrol agents are tracking one of dozens of groups of migrants who will cross illegally in-the-course of a day.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2019 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Hannah Anderson
A Madison police officer in the gang unit said there are at least 20 active gangs in Madison, one, most recently focuses on stealing cars.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2019 at 5:24 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
Since 2008, the number of patients receiving help from a Dane County program has doubled.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2019 at 6:19 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
NBC15 Investigates looks into the growing demand for sex acts in the Madison area, as part of the underground crime of human trafficking.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2019 at 6:24 PM CST
|By Hannah Anderson
Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke said his two officers cleared in the WTS Paradigm shooting from Sept. 19, 2018, are "well."