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Neighbors meeting neighbors is the goal of Sunshine Suppers on the Road with meals at Rolling Prairie and the Sun Prairie Fire Department coming during the next few weeks. After hearing about the first Suppers on the Road held at Hamilton Place apartments , Rolling Prairie resident leaders thought it would make sense for their community. A free hot nutritious meal will be served, there will be games for kids, and adults can hang out and talk with other Rolling Prairie residents . The Aug. 30 Sunshine Supper on the Road, at the Sun Prairie Fire Department , is for the entire community to break bread with local firefighters, police and EMS personnel. Kids will be able to check out fire trucks, police vehicles, ambulance and meet a police dog. The regular Monday Sunshine Suppers , at 1632 W. Main St., have been a strong force in building relationships in the community but Joanna Cervantes , Sunshine Place executive director , says not everyone knows about or can come to the Monday n...

A 33-year-old man was shot and killed early Sunday morning in what was believed to be a targeted slaying, the Sun Prairie Police Department said. Around 1:30 a.m., officers headed to the 400 block of South Bird Street for a report of a man being shot in an apartment complex parking lot , according to police. Sun Prairie police spokesman Jon Lothe said a “specific person of interest” in the homicide has been identified. It is the first homicide in the city since 2015. Lothe said several people who were at the scene when the shooting happened have been identified and were being interviewed by police with the help of the Dane County Sheriff ’s Office. He said investigators have received copies of the apartment building’s security camera footage and would be reviewing them. The Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory also was assisting in the homicide investigation, Lothe said. Investigators had set up a canopy tent behind one of the buildings, located at 425 S. Bird St., o...

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (WMTV) -- After a man was shot and killed in an apartment complex parking lot in Sun Prairie Sunday morning , police say investigators have identified several people they believe were present at the shooting -- including a specific person of interest. According to police, officers responded to the 400 block of South Bird Street around 1:30 a.m., where they found a 33-year-old man with fatal injuries . Reva McFarlane, a first responder who has lived at Rolling Prairie for 11 years, was awoken by the sound of gunfire. "I thought my neighbors were shooting fireworks ... and I heard it," she says. "It was right outside my bedroom window." Neighbor Connie Walton says it was scary incident in a complex she says houses many children -- including hers. "My kid heard the shots. She's been up all night. [McFarlane's] kids as well. It's traumatic," says Walton. Sun Prairie police say they do not believe this was a rand...