Madison police officers arrested a 29-year-old man near the northern edge of Capitol Square Friday afternoon for hassling pedestrians and brandishing what officers thought was a shotgun.
Thousands of runners crossed the field at Camp Randall under a chilled, overcast sky as they finished the final stretch of the 34th annual Crazylegs Classic Saturday.
A West Mifflin resident awoke to his home being robbed at approximately 4:55 a.m. Saturday, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A man displayed a silver handgun at Cheba Hut on 453 West Gilman St. at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, a spokesperson for the UW-Madison Police Department reported.
With the underlying context of Tony Robinson’s death six weeks ago, more than 1,300 Madison area students filled the James Madison Memorial High School gym Sunday for a series of speakers focusing on the positive messages of youth empowerment, intermixed with student performances, workshops and live music.
While construction wraps up on the Hub apartment complex on State Street, members of the Hub’s development group presented plans for a second Hub complex to community members during a meeting Thursday night.
A new baby female orangutan was welcomed to parents Kawan and Datu earlier this month at the Henry Vilas Zoo, officials announced Thursday.
An 18-year-old Oregon man will face trial after being charged with the March 28 sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl at the Madison Public Library, according to a Thursday Madison Police Department incident report.
Madison’s Urban Design Commission delayed approval for the Hub at Madison II and heard new plans from the developers of construction for Madison College in a meeting Wednesday.
Callers reported to the Madison Police Department four separate incidents of shots fired in the city starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to an incident report.
Spurred by public testimony that warned against “one-size-fits-all” approaches, the Common Council reconsidered an ordinance that would ban sex offenders from living near schools, during their meeting Tuesday night.
The City Clerk of Madison swore in seven new alders as well as the Common Council president and president protem Tuesday at the City-County Building. They will join 13 alders already on the 20-alder council.
Following the latest shooting incident early Saturday morning at State Street Brats, the downtown Madison area may no longer be considered immune from citywide gang violence, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
Members of Madison’s Plan Commission unanimously approved a proposal Monday to rezone a downtown area from a housing friendly residential zone to a commercial friendly mixed-use one.
City officials were caught between competing ideals Tuesday, when a protest organized by Madison West and East High School students regarding Tony Robinson's death shut down traffic on East Washington Avenue for several hours.
A new batch of more diverse Madison City Council members, including the city’s first black women to serve as alders, are preparing to “hit the ground running” April 21.
Police arrested five Madison teenagers for multiple acts of vandalism committed in the city’s West District two months ago, according to a Madison Police Department statement released Wednesday.
Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee granted an alcohol sales license to the Freiburg Gastropub, a new gastro-style pub being built on the 2600 block of Monroe Street, in a Wednesday meeting.
Students from both Madison East and West High Schools participated in coordinated nationwide protests against police brutality Tuesday, blocking East Washington Avenue from 10:45 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A city committee approved a proposal to make much of the campus residential area glass-free for the weekend of the Revelry Music and Arts Festival and the Mifflin Street Block Party, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Emily Hardiman.
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