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May 27, 2026

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Boat rescue happening on Lake Mendota

NBC 15

Rescue officials are responding to a boat rescue on Lake Mendota on Tuesday.

Dane County Dispatch explained that people were on top of a flipped boat out on Lake Mendota near the Warner Park Beach.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department and Middleton Fire were responding to the scene.

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Six Badgers programs post perfect multi-year scores in NCAA report

CBS 8 La Crosse

UW-Madison Athletics announced Tuesday that six Badger programs earned perfect multi-year scores in the NCAA’s most recent Academic Progress Rate report.

The teams that achieved flawless multi-year APR scores of 1,000 were men’s golf, women’s golf, men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s track & field and men’s wrestling.

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UW-Madison student group under investigation over support for attempted raid on Ridglan Farms

Wisconsin State Journal

UW-Madison is investigating an animal advocacy student organization’s tie to an attempted raid of a town of Blue Mounds breeding and research facility last month.

The university is examining whether Animal Advocacy UW-Madison violated campus policies by soliciting others to attend activists’ illegal attempt to seize Ridglan Farms’ nearly 2,000 beagles and improperly posted a flyer for an event, according to a letter obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal.