Scott Novotny's nickname – Mr. Salty – was truly fitting. Every fall would find the owner of the Quality True Value Hardware Store in Madison, a business Novotny bought from his parents in 2006, bringing in loads of ice melt in preparation for the inevitable slick sidewalks and driveways that are part and parcel of Wisconsin winters. The 50-pound bags would be stacked in front of the store, lying in heaps along its sidewalk, and around the building's south side, into its small parking lot.

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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin has changed his mind and will run for another term.

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Showers and thunderstorms continue to increase already swollen rivers and make travel around flooded areas difficult in southern Wisconsin.

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A man who was stranded in his vehicle is missing and presumed dead after gushing floodwaters wrenched him from a would-be rescuer's arms after a deluge of heavy rain in southern Wisconsin, fire officials said Tuesday.

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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin says he will not seek re-election to that post next year, but he's staying in the race for governor.

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Plans are underway for a new $60 million Madison headquarters for Exact Sciences Corp. that could add more than 200 jobs.

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The new station has six pull-through apparatus bays, a public area with a large break room, a community room and two small meeting rooms.

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An overhaul is scheduled to begin this summer on the bustling Capital City Trail in Madison, giving the trail its first big set of improvements since it was built in 2000.

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Dave Franchino is no longer avoiding East Washington Avenue.

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This parking ramp, being built mostly underground in downtown Madison, will have 565 parking stalls spread out among six levels. Five of those will be below ground and one above.

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