Representatives from the Madison Police Department and Overture Center discussed their goals with Mayor Paul Soglin and city alders to determine the 2014 city operating budget at a Board of Estimates meeting Monday.
Two men attacked a 21-year-old male downtown resident on Lathrop Street early Sunday morning, according to a city incident report.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement Monday informing the community of a new hallucinogenic drug named 251- NBOMe after two area high school students overdosed on the drug and were hospitalized.
Madison police arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly "jumping up and down" on the hood of a Madison Police Department squad car parked on the 500 block of State Street Saturday, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a police report.
Madison Gas and Electric responded to an accident scene Saturday, after a vehicle struck an electrical pole on West Gorham Street. Madison Fire Department spokesperson Lori Wirth confirmed the occupants fled before fire department personnel arrived.
Police are still searching for a man who robbed a 19-year-old man at gunpoint early Saturday morning on Lathrop Street, according to a police report.
The 300 block of West Mifflin Street will be closed to bicyclist and motor vehicle traffic Monday through Wednesday to accommodate construction equipment, according to a city release.
The executive offices of both Dane County and the City of Madison allotted funds in their 2014 budgets, jointly funding a low-income housing project to assist Madison’s homeless population, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin separately announced Tuesday.
Madison detectives are investigating what they believe to be a shooting murder that took place early Thursday morning on the south side, according to a police report.
A report by the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families released Wednesday at the 2013 Racial Justice Summit shows dramatic differences between the quality of life blacks and whites experience in Dane County.
To prove “love conquers hate,” Fried and Fabulous owner Steve Lawrence responded to anti-gay protesters seen demonstrating on Library Mall recently by hoisting a bright gay pride flag over his popular food cart Wednesday.
Madison police arrested a man for exposing himself to a mother and her child at Olbrich Botanical Gardens Tuesday, according to a police report.
A working draft of a performing arts study in Madison was released Monday by Webb Management Services Management Services, Inc., the New York-based company that conducted the study in conjunction with WolfBrown consulting firm.
Madison’s Common Council heard arguments Tuesday from two potential future owners of The Orpheum Theater, who are vying to settle the property’s debts, but council decided not to interfere with the traditional bidding process.
Mayor Paul Soglin proposed his $275.2 million 2014 City of Madison operating budget Tuesday, which decreases funding for the Overture Center by $300,000 but increases funding for the Downtown Safety Initiative by $15,000, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi introduced his 2014 budget Tuesday, according to a press release.
Buraka owner Markos Regassa said he will temporarily close his food cart when the State Street restaurant closes Oct. 31.
End Domestic Violence Wisconsin released a report Monday documenting Wisconsin domestic violence-related fatalities in 2011 and 2012, according to a press release.
Police found a 23-year-old male battery victim bleeding and crying in the middle of North Brooks Street early Sunday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A 21-year-old male struggled with a gunman who approached him in the South Carroll Street area early Saturday morning and proceeded to take his cellphone, according to Madison Police Department incident report.
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