Incumbent Mayor Paul Soglin took over 70 percent of the votes as Madison re-elected its longtime mayor for his eighth term during Tuesday’s election.
The crowd that gathered on State Street Monday night after the Wisconsin Badgers lost to the Duke Blue Devils in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship was one of mixed emotions, ranging from disappointment to celebration of the team’s accomplishments.
Following a primary election with only 12 percent turnout, current Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and challenger Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, are going head to head one final time Tuesday in the spring general elections.
Hired by the city to explore urban development plans for a tract of land on the west side of Madison, representatives from Smart Growth America presented their findings to the Madison Plan Commission during a meeting Monday night.
In a four-against-one robbery, suspects hit a 24-year-old Madison woman in the face and stole her purse Sunday morning on the 300 block of North Henry Street, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A man punched a victim in the jaw in an apparently unprovoked assault on Frances Street early Saturday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
The city Urban Design Commission approved changes to a rented property on Monroe Street and considered additions to a new engineering operations building and a multi-family apartment development in a Wednesday meeting.
Dane County rose two spots to No. 15 in a statewide ranking of the healthiest counties in Wisconsin, according to a UW-Madison release.
The city of Madison is currently seeking proposals from developers, property owners and grocery store operators looking for financial aid to establish a full-service, affordable grocery store in the Allied Drive neighborhood of the city.
The Madison Police Department is investigating two suspected heroin-related car crashes that occurred Wednesday morning, according to a report.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and Monona Mayor Bob Miller used their experiences as city officials to give leadership advice at the Young Professionals Talks on Leadership Tuesday.
A College Court robbery ended in a relatively successful sting operation over the weekend, in which a Madison Police Department officer posed as a victim’s boyfriend in order to recover what was stolen, according to an MPD incident report.
The proposed development of a new apartment building found support among Madison’s Plan Commission after presenting updated plans to the commission’s members during a meeting Monday.
An intoxicated woman was hit by a moving vehicle on the 300 block of West Gorham Street outside of Chaser’s Bar & Grille in the early hours of Sunday, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A march for Tony Robinson that began on Williamson Street ended in tension during a mayoral forum Thursday. The protesters filled the Barrymore Theatre, which hosted the debate between Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, with angry disruptions, often interrupting the candidates’ answers.
Cheba Hut is on track to sell alcohol past midnight after receiving a unanimous recommendation from the city’s Alcohol License Review Committee Wednesday to remove the restriction.
A Madison Police Department officer arrested two male teenagers suspected in two armed robberies near the intersection of Lake Street and University Avenue Tuesday evening.
The Dane County Public Protection and Judiciary Committee amended a resolution for an incarceration study during its Tuesday night meeting after weeks of being contested by public testimony.
After many days of peaceful protest and public appeals by the family of Tony Robinson to keep demonstrations nonviolent, tension ran high in the City County Building Tuesday night as community members shouted and cried for swift change to the city’s policing.
The Madison Fire Department responded to a 911 call Monday night made by MFD paramedics who drove by a house at 1138 Williamson St. that had filled with smoke and flames, according to a city of Madison press release.
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