The emotional final gathering of the 2011-’13 Madison Common Council Tuesday included appreciative praise from the continuing alders to their retiring colleagues as well as a swearing in of the new alders and an election, which resulted in Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, being appointed Council president pro tem.
Two men punched a female downtown resident after she ignored their request for directions on the 400 block of West Gilman Street, according to a police report.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison employee died Tuesday after being trapped under a loading dock lift at the university Art Lofts, according to the UW-Madison Police Department.
Representatives from the Monona Terrace and the Judge Doyle Square development project presented at a city meeting Monday the revenue generating opportunities a proposed downtown hotel could bring to Madison by drawing new clients to host conventions at the Terrace.
Since 1986, when she assumed an activist role, renowned British primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall has not remained in the same location for more than two or three weeks.
Police arrested a Madison man after he stole a 21-year-old woman’s wallet from the Nitty Gritty Thursday.
A moped driver who crashed into the rear of a pickup truck on University Avenue in front of Grainger Hall Monday did not sustain life-threatening injuries, according to a Madison Police Department officer.
The Madison Police Department arrested a bar patron early Sunday morning for threatening a bouncer with a knife at Paul’s Club.
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While certain students reacted with vigilantism and anger to the news Friday that Madison Police Department canceled Mifflin Street block party, many responded with confusion over what it actually means and how it will change this year’s block party experience.
Friends and former roommates of Paul Heenan, who was killed in a struggle with a Madison police officer Nov. 9, sent a letter to city and county executive and started a Change.org petition requesting certain officials recant their authority and appoint an impartial jury to investigate the case.
Madison police released a letter to Mifflin residents Thursday which includes a stipulation that police are canceling the Mifflin Street block party, after announcing policies it will implement for the May 4 event at a recent meeting.
The area of North Park Street between Langdon Street and Observatory Drive will remain closed until April 24, according to a university news release.
A Rising Son’s Deli worker chased a thief 500 feet Monday and detained him until police arrived, according to a police incident report.
The Madison Police Department said at a neighborhood meeting Thursday it will implement new no-tolerance law enforcement policies for the Mifflin Street Block Party in its effort to regulate the block party.
A state representative held a press conference Thursday to discuss what she said were a growing number of citations due to the Wisconsin Department of Administration’s regulations on protesting in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Two teenagers almost hit a pedestrian when they crashed their cars into the Redwing Marsh of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Tuesday, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department press release.
Bassett Neighborhood residents met Wednesday to discuss concerns over how a proposed apartment building at 425 W. Washington Ave. could impact the community.
Police arrested a man Tuesday they suspect is responsible for breaking into The Statesider Sunday and sexually assaulting several women before stealing money from a resident, according to a police report.
Officials with the Town of Madison Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Wednesday they are offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who can provide information to help solve a 1986 stabbing murder of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student.
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