The Madison Arts Commission established a subcommittee to preserve the local hip-hop community at its meeting Tuesday following backlash about local venue owners restricting the types of shows they are willing to host.
Three men sexually assaulted a 22-year-old female Madison resident on West Mifflin Street early Saturday morning, according to a police report.
University officials discussed the new human resources personnel structure with the campus community at a forum Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to elicit feedback from employees about the redesign before its official implementation in July 2013.
Madison’s Public Safety Review Committee met Tuesday with domestic abuse experts to discuss issues in the community after the city Council passed a resolution seeking more funding for domestic violence programs March 5.
Police surveillance on East Washington Avenue, University Avenue and John Nolen Drive will increase over the St. Patrick’s Day holiday weekend, according to a news release from the Madison Police Department.
The Landmarks Commission approved designs for a downtown redevelopment at a meeting Monday.
A local fitness center owner and an architect presented initial plans at a Bassett Neighborhood meeting Monday for a structure that would bring apartment units as well as a fitness center to West Washington Avenue.
Police arrested a 44-year-old man for violating parole Saturday after the man attempted to enter a house on the 300 block of South Orchard Street where he thought a party was occurring.
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Members of the homeless community and Occupy Madison rallied against current city and county homeless housing policies Friday in front of city hall.
Three different development companies presented separate design proposals for a future grocery store and commercial and residential complexes to be built on a currently vacant lot of the 800 block of East Washington Avenue to Madison city officials Thursday.
A woman found an injured man lying on the ground on the 600 block of State Street holding a knife after an apparent fight Thursday morning, according to a police report.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi welcomed a new female African lion to the Henry Vilas Zoo Thursday.
A local food policy committee defined Wednesday a list of priority health goals for Madison in 2013, including increasing opportunities for residents to garden on public lands.
Church members and city officials discussed a proposal to turn the Holy Redeemer School into an apartment complex at a Mansion Hill neighborhood meeting Wednesday.
Occupy Madison and allies of the homeless community announced a rally against local government policies that make it difficult for homeless people to find shelter will take place downtown Friday, according to a press release.
Emergency officials will sound warning sirens in Dane County throughout March as part of a countywide severe weather alert system upgrade, according to a press release.
Madison’s Common Council authorized city government to work with a consulting firm Tuesday on a project to implement a new bus station downtown and heard a proposal to improve Metro Transit.
Police arrested three suspects in a shooting that occurred near University Houses in Eagle Heights Tuesday, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department.
Madison police are searching for a gunman responsible for three separate shooting incidents that occurred Monday night in the Verona area, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain told the Wisconsin State Journal.
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