In light of District 11 Ald. Chris Schmidt’s resignation from his position on the Madison Common Council, the council announced it is accepting resumes from interested residents in the 11th Aldermanic District to fill the vacant position for an interim basis.
A woman in her early 20s and employee of the Metro Market on the east side was killed in a shooting Tuesday night, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. She was shot in a parking lot on the 6000 block of Cottage Grove Road around 8 p.m.
The UW-Madison School of Social Work will offer new graduate courses in Fall 2016 to prepare students to care for aging adults, according to a UW-Madison news release.
Wisconsin is one of just nine states that cut funding for higher education this fiscal year and ranks second in the nation in percentage cut, according to a report released last week.
Timothy M. Smeeding, a professor of economics and public affairs at UW-Madison and former Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) director, plans to discuss bipartisan anti-poverty proposals as part of the IRP’s upcoming Annual New Perspectives in Social Policy Seminar. Smeeding will respond to Arthur C.
An Assembly committee approved a bill Tuesday that will tighten penalties for those falsifying a statement or representation to collect any unemployment benefit payment, but those opposed to the bill say it won’t be effective.
More than 2,500 ash trees were removed during 2015 in accordance with Madison’s adopted response plan to the emerald ash borer, according to a Common Council meeting Tuesday night. The Emerald Ash Borer Task Force updated Madison Common Council with a presentation on the response plan to the invasive beetle species that has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in North America.
Two UW-Madison students, both involved with the UW-BlackOut Movement, are leading fundraising efforts on campus to provide donations and bottled water to Flint, Mich.
The Madison Police Department arrested 22-year-old John M. Berrios, Monday at an AT&T store for attempting to purchase $3,000 worth of merchandise with fake identification, according to an incident report.
Middle school teachers collaborated with Field Day Lab, a group of UW-Madison video game designers, to discuss the best way to use video games as a learning tool.
Housing sales in Madison increased 13 percent in 2015, according to a Stark Company Realtors report: There were 7,935 residential sales in 2015, the highest number in 10 years.
Both the College Republicans and the College Democrats of UW-Madison are waiting in anticipation of the results from the Iowa caucus Monday night.
U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Wis., announced Sunday he would not seek re-election, prompting a scramble among state and local politicians who could vie to replace the three-term congressman. The 60-year-old Sherwood resident defeated Democratic incumbent Steve Kagen in 2010 to win the seat.
A Madison resident was not seriously injured after being struck by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of West Johnson and North Bassett streets early Saturday morning.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined the university’s efforts to educate students on voter ID information in a Friday blog post.
A burning smell reported in Van Hise Hall Friday caused the Madison Fire Department to return to campus for the second time in two days.
UW-Madison has begun its search for a new director of the Arts Institute, which helps organize a variety of arts programs and initiatives on campus.
At a special meeting Friday, the UW-Madison University Committee and several faculty members reviewed documents on tenure policy set to appear before the Board of Regents next week.
UW-Madison kicked off Black History Month Sunday night with a performance of “We the 350: Stories of Racism, Poverty and Incarceration” at Memorial Union. “If no racial disparities existed in Madison, there would be 350 fewer Black people in the Dane County Jail on any given day,” said its playbill.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Wiscards will not be modified for use as voter IDs in a Friday online blog post.
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