Madison drivers commuting via the 300 block of West Dayton Street between North Henry and North Broom Streets will have to use detours starting Thursday, Jan. 22, according to a city of Madison press release.
Members of Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee discussed the new ownership of the corporation that runs Johnny O’s as well as a possible new Gorham Street bar, HopCat Madison, at their Wednesday evening meeting.
Madison police officers arrested a 40-year-old woman on the 100 block of King Street for disorderly conduct and bail jumping Monday evening, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
After lengthy discussion, Madison Common Council members fell short in their attempt to override Mayor Paul Soglin’s decision that blocked billboard ordinance changes.
First responders successfully resuscitated an unconscious man last Saturday after finding him locked in a Starbucks bathroom, located on the 600 block of State Street.A Madison Police Department officer found and administered initial CCR measures to the 47-year-old Verona man, rendered unconscious by a drug overdose, according to Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain in a MPD incident report.The Madison Fire Department then arrived at the scene to continue resuscitation efforts, as the man was not breathing and had no pulse. Following his transport to a local hospital, the man’s heart started beating again, DeSpain wrote in the report.“In this case, the [man who overdosed] was found with a syringe, but first responders couldn’t immediately tell what drug,” DeSpain said.The man also had drug paraphernalia in his possession, according to the report.“We’re responding to this epidemic across the city,” DeSpain said. “But unfortunately, people are dying.”
Wisconsin commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with its 35th annual ceremony at the state Capitol building Monday. The celebration continued later in the day with a different event at the Overture Center.
As national and state legislators elected in November begin to take office, the election campaign is heating up for Madison mayoral hopefuls.
Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, announced his canidacy for April's Madison mayoral election in a Thursday speech that jumped from social justice to 2 a.m. phone calls.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, surrounded by friends and family, announced his re-election bid for April's mayoral race at the Warner Park Community and Recreation Center Tuesday.
Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval wants people to have a more positive and inviting view of local police. He took time during a Monday press conference to explain his targeted approach to make that happen.
Madison-natives Zach Wood and Amanda Hall became alder elects Tuesday, being the only candidates to run for their respective districts.
State Street restaurants Diego’s Mexican Bistro and Cosi both closed their doors over UW-Madison’s winter break, according to local restaurant employees Sophie Stevenson and Dan Irish.
Police arrested a 17-year-old female at West Transfer Point for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after she refused to get off of a Madison Metro Bus Monday, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain wrote in an incident report.
An "angry" suspect threw a large piece of concrete through the front window of the Starbucks coffee shop on State Street Sunday night before being apprehended by Madison police, according to an incident report.
Although considered “inevitable” by city officials and community members alike at last month’s city council meeting, Madison Police Chief Mike Koval and Mayor Paul Soglin emphasized at a Dec. 5 press conference that the proposed police body camera program will not singlehandedly bridge trust gaps.
The Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company is scheduled to reopen Tuesday following a Nov. 15 fire that caused $150,000 in damage.
Madison police arrested a 27-year-old Madison man early Thursday morning after he drove the wrong way on West Gorham Street and continued to evade police after attempts to pull him over, according to a Madison Police Department report.
A new bar may find a home in Madison’s campus area as early as June of next year if city officials continue to move the project through the approval process.
Racial disparities nationwide have come into focus following the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri not to charge the police officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. That heightened awareness has also exposed racial disparities in Madison, which in some ways exceed those in Ferguson.
Having offered the pretense that Blue Velvet Lounge was behind paying its bills, a telephone scammer nearly bamboozled the bar owner out of $745 Friday, according to a Madison Police Department report.
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