Almost 2,900 individuals traveled across the country and abroad to Madison Sunday to compete in the annual Ironman triathlon, which involves swimming 2.4 miles, biking 112 miles and running a full marathon.
University of Wisconsin-Madison student arrests and citations at the Badger football game Saturday nearly doubled from the Aug. 31 game, according to a UW-Madison Police Department report.
Steve Harms of Tri-North Builders presented the most recent reconstruction plans for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, located at 627 N. Lake St., to current fraternity members at a public hearing Thursday.
Police are still looking for two men who robbed two University of Wisconsin-Madison students at gunpoint on University Avenue early Wednesday morning, according to a Madison police officer.
Police are investigating the assault of a Michigan man, in Madison on business, who told police a young man kicked him in the head after a conversation about evolution and religion turned hostile early Thursday morning, according to a police report.
Wisconsin could become the national model for legislation streamlining the investigation policies law enforcement agencies must follow after a fatal incident involving an officer if the state approves the bill State Rep. Garey Bies, R–Sturgeon Bay, introduced Thursday.
Madison Police arrested a man and a woman Wednesday suspected of stealing at least two smart phones from customers at State Street Brats in July, and possibly other personal belongings from several other bar patrons earlier in the summer, according to an incident report.
Beginning this month, local audio technician Brian Liston will add sound studio owner to his vibrant resume, which already includes world traveler and sound supervisor for a nationally-syndicated television series.
Madison Police arrested two white males for assaulting a black man who was sitting at a downtown bus station Tuesday night, according to an incident report.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin initiated the lengthy city budget negotiation process Tuesday with the release of his $225.3 million 2014 executive capital budget, in which he appropriates funds to update downtown infrastructure and further environmentally sustainable projects.
Downtown area Madison Police Department Captain Carl Gloede briefed city Council Tuesday about the growing need for both immediate and long-term solutions to address increasing criminal activity taking place near the top of State Street and around the 100 block of West Mifflin Street.
Common Council’s Aug. 6 approval of Chicago-based developing firm Core Campus’ bid to transform the 500 block of State Street into a high-rise apartment complex called The Hub solidified the future of the aisle previously inhabited by Husnu’s, Kabul and Buraka; three long-standing and beloved restaurants that will be torn down, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
Pending city Council approval Tuesday, the popular State Street watering hole Mondays, historically frequented by students, will be forced to close for a 30-day period sometime before Dec. 2, 2013 for violating several terms on its liquor license over the past year and a half, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
The family of a slain local, who died after Madison Police Officer Stephen Heimsness shot him three times in the chest, filed a federal lawsuit against Heimsness, Police Chief Noble Wray and the City of Madison Thursday.
The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Thursday the 20-year-old man who went missing while swimming Wednesday in Lake Mendota was University of Wisconsin-Madison student Richard “Grady” de La Cruz.
Officials declared Wednesday the search for a missing man in Lake Mendota is a body recovery effort, according to Madison Fire Department Public Relations Officer Eric Dahl.
The Western District of Wisconsin’s federal Court acquitted State Street’s Sconnie Nation Friday of a copyright infringement accusation a local photojournalist brought against the clothing company in 2012 regarding the use of a picture of Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, according to a press release.
The saga surrounding the arrests of a group of singing protesters in the state Capitol’s rotunda hit a new mark Thursday with the first arrest of an elected official, Ald. Mark Clear, District 19.
City planners sought input from Madison community members on the proposed Library Mall redesign at a meeting Tuesday.
Madison Police Chief Noble Wray announced at a press conference Tuesday he will retire by the end of this year following a nine-year tenure as police chief.
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