With YouTube, Yik Yak and Netflix, the art of comedy extends far past performance venues in large cities or rural areas. But center in on Madison, Wisconsin: a small yet progressive city where ambitious amateurs and more renowned comedians can share the same spaces.
Madison Police Department officers arrested UW-Madison student Michael Heard early Friday morning for battering a Wando’s bar bouncer, according to an incident report.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced Thursday in an email the county is cancelling negotiated contracts for 2015 and 2016 to comply with state law.
In an attempt to balance the interests of both landlords and tenants, city officials met Thursday to develop a voluntary best practices program.
One might not expect to hear recitations of Shakespeare in the lobby of Porchlight’s single room occupancy housing, but Mike Shepherd would catch skeptics off guard.
A fight that broke out in the Tiki Shack bar involving a 15-year-old and 19-year-old Saturday was the final incident that led the city attorney to postpone the meeting for current bar managers trying to receive a liquor license at the Alcohol License Review Committee’s Wednesday meeting.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi signed Dane County’s 2015 budget Wednesday, which calls for investing in the homeless community, lessening the phosphorous concentration in Wisconsin lakes and incorporating security body cameras into community policing.
Mayor Paul Soglin said in a City Council meeting Tuesday that Madison is facing serious budgetary issues.
Police are searching for the suspect behind an armed robbery of the Life is good store Tuesday night, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
The city of Madison has increased the number of tax installments for property owners from two to four, with the new policy set to begin in December.
Synthetic cannabinoids in Madison may see a short-lived future after Public Safety Review Committee members approved recommendations Monday to move an ordinance forward that prohibits the possession, sale or display of the drugs.
Trying to tackle Melvin Gordon could have felt like being hit by a car to Nebraska players, but one Nebraska fan felt that all too literally.
Police are searching for an armed man accused of robbing State Street’s Madison Modern Market Thursday night, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A nonprofit organization advocating sustainable energy, RENEW Wisconsin, published data showing massive opposition online to the rising utility rates that organizations such as Madison Gas and Electric have recently proposed.
A knife-wielding man robbed the Paisley Hair Studio located on 1941 University Ave. Wednesday evening, according to a Madison Police Department report.
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.
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