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.
Three sets of animals will be making a new home at Henry Vilas Zoo in 2015, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi revealed in a press release Monday.
Madison police caught a 72-year-old male thief accused of stealing a woman’s wallet from her vehicle in an incident two weeks ago, according to a Madison Police Department incident report issued Tuesday.
Decisions on whether or not to pull the plug on the ongoing Judge Doyle Square hotel project and pet licensing ordinances faced lengthy debate at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting from alders and community members alike.
After tracking the SUV used in three previous Madison robberies, the Madison and Middleton police departments were able to arrest former Badger cornerback Jack Ikegwuono and his twin brother William after their fourth and final robbery Wednesday, Nov. 26.
Mifflin Street may see construction begin for a new high-rise housing project as soon as April or May of 2015 if project developers continue to receive positive feedback from city groups.
The state Public Service Commission approved Madison Gas & Electric’s proposed utility rate increase Wednesday, according to a city press release.
Madison Police Department and neighboring Middleton Police Department detectives recently cracked the case on a series of armed robberies funding drug purchases, including heroin, according to a Tuesday release from MPD Spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
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.
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