A sexual aggressor fled when the college-aged woman he pushed to the ground Sunday morning near State Street kicked the suspect, according to a police report.
Although the number of underage alcohol tickets the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department issued Saturday matched the number issued at the Tennessee Tech game Sept. 7, the number of people who required medical assistance decreased significantly.
Madison police identified two suspects Friday responsible for a Wednesday armed robbery on campus as Ramar Brown and Donte Hunter, both 17, and charged them tentatively with robbery, according to a police report.
Famous Madison pizzeria Ian’s is holding its inaugural National Pizza Eating Championship Saturday, when pizza lovers will compete for a $1,000 first-place prize, according to a press release.
Madison Public Library’s downtown branch is reopening Saturday at 8 a.m. after almost two years of construction, according to its website.
The city alcohol review committee approved a liquor license Wednesday for Milwaukee-based bar Red Rocks Saloon to open a new location in the building previously occupied by Logan’s Madtown Bar, at 322 W. Johnson St.
Freakfest organizers aim not only to keep the deep-seated Halloween tradition in Madison alive, but also to collect an eclectic group of musicians, more in tune with the culture of the city, to perform on State Street this year.
Independent filmmakers are shooting scenes of “Medal of Victory,” an action comedy featuring two AWOL soldiers, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Frank Productions announced Wednesday on its Facebook page Matt & Kim and Chiddy Bang will headline Madison’s 2013 annual Halloween party, Freakfest, being held on State Street Oct. 26 this year.
Following the city’s approval Tuesday, developers will convert a historic school in the Greenbush neighborhood into apartments and construct an aesthetically similar residence adjacent to it despite a lengthy debate about commercial parking in residential areas.
Madison police officers pulled off a successful sting operation Tuesday to recover a bike stolen this past weekend after receiving a tip from the victim that the bike was for sale on Craigslist, according to a police report.
Madison police believe an armed robbery that occurred in a Bassett neighborhood residence Monday was not a random attack, according to a police report.
Police reported a string of four separate residential burglaries on Langdon Street last weekend, according to Madison police.
The city Plan Commission approved two plans for development in downtown Madison Monday, one located at 425 W. Washington Ave. and the other at 210 S. Brooks St.
City officials could choose from one of three plans to redesign Library Mall and State Street in the next six weeks, Ald. Scott Resnick, District 4, said at a Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee meeting Monday.
Police are still searching for the suspect in an alleged sexual assault that happened on the 100 block of Langdon Street around 12:20 a.m. on Sept. 6 or Sept. 7, according to a city incident report.
Police found and arrested a man who stole a customer’s purse at Cooper’s Tavern, located on 20 W. Mifflin St., with help from a credit card company Friday, according to a city incident report.
Three roommates tackled a suspected burglar and sat on him until police arrived after three suspects entered their Lathrop St. house and tried to steal electronics early Sunday morning, according to a city incident report.
Locate recent crimes around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and the city of Madison from the week of Sept. 8-Sept. 15, 2013.
Three men robbed a man at gunpoint on State Street during busy Friday night hours, but the police were unable to locate the suspects partly because neither the victim nor any witnesses reported the crime for several minutes, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
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