Madison Police Department employees helped the Federal Bureau of Investigation recover two girls under the age of 18 from forced prostitution sometime between July 25 through 28 as part of a nationwide effort to end domestic sex trafficking, according to MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police determined a grenade found Monday in a university building was an inactive training weapon and posed no threat to the public, according to a press release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers quarterback Tanner McEvoy returned to the team after he was hit in the head and mugged downtown early Sunday morning, according to a Wisconsin Athletics statement.
City officials are discussing changes to alcohol regulations on and around Madison’s iconic State Street, where it connects to campus, and evaluating several initiatives as part of an ongoing effort to reduce alcohol-related crime in the area.
Although Common Council has yet to vote on a proposal to build a new, combined apartment and retail complex located on the 500 block of State Street, restaurant owners who would be displaced by the project are making arrangements to secure their business’ future.
When current Madison Mayor Paul Soglin was an alderman in the early 1970s, he supported a proposal to convert State Street into the pedestrian mall it is today, a plan that was vetoed by his predecessor William Dyke because he “feared it would turn the street into a hippie haven,” according to a 1974 TIME Magazine article.
In the last step of the approximately four-month-long state budget process, Gov. Scott Walker officially signed the state budget June 30 with only 57 vetoes, paving the way for several changes to university policy.
The Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling on the University of Texas-Austin’s affirmative action policy will likely require no immediate changes to the admissions process at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chancellor David Ward said in a statement.
A Madison police officer who shot and killed an unarmed citizen while responding to an alleged burglary last November agreed to resign from the force Friday, exactly one week after Chief Noble Wray filed a complaint calling for his termination.
One of Madison’s most familiar faces may be sticking around City Hall for a little longer. Mayor Paul Soglin, 68, confirmed Friday he will run for re-election in November 2015.
A University of Wisconsin-Platteville student will fill the Board of Regents seat formerly held by a UW-Madison student, pending approval from the state Senate.
The Madison Police Department will increase patrol numbers to curb unruly behavior the first five weekends of the school year, according to MPD Lt. Dave McCaw.
The fast-pace and turbulence of college puts students at a high risk of experiencing mental health issues during their academic careers, yet a 2012 study showed of the 73 percent of participants who reported a mental health crisis, more chose to suffer alone than to seek assistance. University of Wisconsin-Madison student government leaders hope a new peer-to-peer advising office will change that.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank
A 20-year-old woman awoke to an intruder in her College Court residence early Sunday morning, according to a police report. The burglar allegedly “growled” at the woman before fleeing with her roommate’s laptop, the report said.
Multiple streets that serve the downtown and campus area will be closed during the upcoming holiday weekend to accommodate runners participating in two races.
Police did not arrest anyone at this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party and issued seven citations, which is several hundred fewer than last year, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
When Equinox first opened in August 2006, Madison Property Management rented out the entire building in one week. As of May 5, 2013, Equinox still has 28 units available for August 2013. Another MPM complex located at 420 West Gorham has 15 units remaining.
The low turnout and peaceful, law-abiding nature of 2013 Mifflin Street Block Party attendees allowed police to send officers home earlier than expected, lessening the cost to tax-payers and inspiring the city to look into decreasing patrol levels at future Mifflin Street Block Parties, according to Madison Police Department Lt. Dave McCaw.
Despite their arrest at the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party and the Madison Police Department’s promise of a stricter, zero tolerance policy, some of the 103 students arrested last year plan to celebrate all the same, if not with little more discretion.
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