During the final installment of the comprehensive State Street redesign, city officials aim to transform the 700 and 800 blocks into a year-round destination at the heart of campus while making the corridor safer for students, according to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8.
A 27-year-old Madison man was successful in fending off two attackers to maintain possession of his cell phone during an aggressive robbery Sunday night, according to a police report.
The victims of a robbery at gunpoint in a Vilas Avenue apartment Sunday night were confirmed to be University of Wisconsin-Madison students, according to a university release.
The city committee overseeing the selection process of a new Madison Police Department Chief expects community input to exceed that of previous police chief hirings due to recent controversies involving the department.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak teamed up with Madison Mayor Paul Soglin Monday, encouraging same-sex couples denied the right to marry in Wisconsin to venture across state lines to Minnnesota to legally tie the knot.
Madison police are investigating a residential robbery that took place late Sunday night in which three college-aged males were robbed at gunpoint in their Vilas Avenue apartment, according to a police report.
Two males on bicycles approached a 39-year-old man on the 100 block of South Bassett Street early Monday morning and stole a sum of cash the man pulled out of his pocket, according to a city incident report.
Police arrested a 23-year-old Madison man in connection to a residential robbery on the 200 block of West Lakelawn Place that occurred in early August, according to a police report.
The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a body found in Warner Park lagoon on the northeast side Friday as 55-year-old Madison man Calvin Ewing, according to a press release.
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.
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