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MPD attempting to identify body found in Lake Mendota Friday morning
By Jessica Lipaz | Mar. 15, 2019A body was found floating in Lake Mendota near Lake Street early Friday morning.
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County executive endorses Satya Rhodes-Conway for mayor
By Addison Lathers | Mar. 13, 2019Dane County Executive Joe Parisi made his first-ever endorsement of a political candidate Tuesday, throwing his support behind Madison mayoral candidate Satya Rhodes-Conway.
CITY NEWS
City assessor dismisses validity of ethics complaint against mayor
By Abby Schinderle | Mar. 11, 2019Following a complaint filed against Madison Mayor Paul Soglin by a former city employee, City Assessor Michelle Drea responded with evidence that the alleged action would be impossible to execute.
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Madison police chief reports uptick in heroin-related deaths, theft
By Jon Brockman | Mar. 10, 2019Stolen cars and fatal heroin overdoses have been on the rise in Madison since the beginning of 2019, according to Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval.
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Outgoing Alder will run for County Board seat
By Jon Brockman | Mar. 10, 2019Madison Ald. David Ahrens, District 15, will run for a vacant seat on the Dane County Board of Supervisors, he told the Cap Times Thursday.
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Evers grants $30 million to Alliant Energy improvements
By Will Husted | Mar. 7, 2019A total of $77.4 million will flow into expand UW-Madison’s Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center, according to Gov. Tony Evers.
CITY NEWS
Following primary success, Satya Rhodes-Conway confident for general election fight
By Jon Brockman | Mar. 7, 2019When the dust settled on Feb. 19 and every primary vote was counted, Satya Rhodes-Conway heard what she had been hoping to hear for the past eight months: she would be running for mayor in the general election in April.
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Principal who allegedly attacked 11-year-old student will not face charges
By Jessica Lipaz and Robyn Cawley | Mar. 5, 2019Whitehorse Middle School acting principal and “positive behavior support coach” Rob Mueller-Owens — the perpetrator of perfume-sparked student abuse report — faces no criminal charges, says the district attorney Monday.
CITY NEWS
Three incidents involving guns send two to hospital, one arrested
By J. Adam Wigger | Mar. 4, 2019At least two were hospitalized and one man was arrested as three different incidents involving guns broke out in the Madison area this weekend, according to police.
CITY NEWS
‘Racism is a problem in our community’: MMSD superintendent promises transparency in open letter
By Abby Schinderle | Mar. 1, 2019In response to ongoing community outrage over recent acts of racism at several local schools, Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham released a public statement Thursday addressing new school policy changes.
CITY NEWS
Arguments, expulsion threats erupt at city council discussion of Hmong mental health program
By Jon Brockman | Feb. 27, 2019Testimony devolved into shouting, which in turn devolved into threats of removal at a Madison City Council meeting Tuesday, as the debate over funding for a Hmong therapy program spilled into a public quarrel.
CITY NEWS
Former write-in candidate for mayor placed on paid leave for conduct
By J. Adam Wigger | Feb. 26, 2019Former candidate for mayor Toriana Pettaway has been placed on paid leave from her position as Madison’s racial equity coordinator as a result of working during an unpaid three-day suspension last week.
CITY NEWS
Robberies, drug arrests keep Madison police active over weekend
By Jon Brockman | Feb. 24, 2019Madison police made several arrests late last week and over the weekend involving a number of robberies and a fight with a drug dealer.
CITY NEWS
Langdon assault suspect charged with five felonies
By Jon Brockman | Feb. 22, 2019The man arrested for assaulting a UW-Madison student on Langdon Street in early February made his initial appearance in court Wednesday, where he was charged with five felonies.
CITY NEWS
Mayoral primary turnout increases dramatically since 2015
By Griffin Blue Emerson | Feb. 22, 2019The Madison mayoral spring primary had a higher turnout than past years, up 59 percent from 2015, with incumbent mayor Paul Soglin set to face off against Satya Rhodes-Conway in the coming general election April 2.
CITY NEWS
Prosecutors recommend sentencing for man linked to UW bombing plan
By Will Husted | Feb. 21, 2019A Madison man is expected to appear in court this week after homemade explosives believed to be a plot to attack UW-Madison were found in his apartment last year.
CITY NEWS
Mayor Soglin, former Ald. Rhodes-Conway win primary, advance to general election
By Jon Brockman | Feb. 20, 2019Seven months after he announced he would not seek another term, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin emerged victorious in the city’s municipal primary election Tuesday, setting up a race between himself and former Ald. Satya Rhodes-Conway.
CITY NEWS
Madison mayoral primary elections are Tuesday: Who’s on the ballot
By Jon Brockman | Feb. 18, 2019Candidates are making their final pitches to voters ahead of Tuesday’s municipal primary elections to decide who will be on the ballot for mayor, City Council and School Board in the general election in April. Residents across Madison will have their choice of five candidates for mayor on the ballot: incumbent mayor Paul Soglin, District 10 Ald. Mo Cheeks, managing director for the Mayors Innovation Project Satya Rhodes-Conway, River Alliance of Wisconsin executive director Raj Shukla and local comedian Nick Hart.
CITY NEWS
Dane County sheriff looking for inmate who ran away from jail
By Jon Brockman | Feb. 18, 2019The Dane County sheriff’s office is searching for a prisoner after he failed to return from a work release program Saturday. According to multiple local news outlets, inmate Aaron Kiel was participating in a work release program at Just Bakery in east Madison, but did not return to the jail by the end of the day. He is serving time for possession of cocaine, criminal damage to property and battery.
CITY NEWS
Fitchburg mayor’s past reveals suspension, grievance filed
By Jon Brockman | Feb. 18, 2019In the midst of a re-election bid, Fitchburg Mayor Jason Gonzalez faces exposure of a work suspension in 2007 which said he made a sexually harassing phone call to a coworker. Documents obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal showed Gonzalez, working as an EMT at the time, was suspended for 30 days by the Oregon, Wisconsin Fire Department because he and two coworkers made an “unwelcome” late-night phone call to a colleague who claimed it was sexually harassing.
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