UW-Madison senior Zach Wood declared Wednesday he is running for the open District 8 aldermanic position in an effort to bring a student perspective to city politics.
Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly beat a 20-year-old Madison woman in the downtown area Saturday night, according to a report from the Madison Police Department.
Madison residents may see police body cameras and possible structural changes to Common Council in the near future, with alders approving amendments to increase police body camera funding and aldermanic salaries during 2015 Capital and Operating Budget deliberations Tuesday.
Madison police are currently investigating two telephone scams that caused two Madison women to lose more than $400 each Thursday, according to Madison Police Department reports.
Smashing windows with a fire extinguisher ended badly for one man who was arrested for criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct early Sunday morning.
One man ended up in a local hospital early Sunday for head trauma after engaging in an argument with a group of men on State Street that turned violent.
In lieu of recent elections, Equal Opportunities Commission members discussed possible ways to include more diverse candidates for spring elections next year and address disparities in Dane County’s court system for youths.
Police in Dane County could be issued body cameras as soon as 2016.
Mayor Paul Soglin is proposing that the Madison Fire Department investigate improving emergency response efficiency by conducting a study on border dropping.
The Dane County Farmers’ Market is moving indoors Saturday for the winter as it concludes its 43rd season.
More than 1,000 people have used the Madison Water Utility Board’s new online water consumption tracking feature, according to a City of Madison press release Thursday.
A Madison woman struck a Madison man with an aluminum crutch during a dispute over a sleeping space outside the City-County Building on the 200 block of Martin Luther King Blvd, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
An estimated crowd of 50,000 people assembled on State Street for Freakfest this year, according to a city of Madison press release.
Madison’s Urban Design Commission members approved plans Wednesday for exterior improvements to both the 306 West mixed-use development and the Concourse Hotel, which will include a new Starbucks, as well as provide recommendations for renovations to the Park Hotel.
As students exhaust themselves with late nights at the library in the midst of midterm season, one UW-Madison undergraduate combats an entirely different source of stress.
Universities blame states, states blame the federal government, the federal government blames students and students blame universities. Any combination edges closer to the truth about the ever-growing calamity that is higher education’s accessibility.
Five people were displaced after an electrical fire broke out in a two-unit building on the 200 block of South Mills Street Monday afternoon, according to a City of Madison release.
The city of Madison will come alive with music next year after Board of Estimates members voted unanimously to recommend amendments to the 2015 executive operating budget Monday that provide funding for citywide events such as the Revelry and Make Music Madison festivals.
A man broke into a home on the 1200 block of East Dayton Street Friday night, according to a report by Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
The vast majority of the 35,000 people attending Freakfest on State Street Saturday were “well-behaved” and there were no significant injuries or property damage, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a report.
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