Local agencies introduce program to fight impaired driving
By Avery Schulman | Feb. 12, 2016Local agencies announced Thursday they are reintroducing the Capital Area OWI Task Force annual program to reduce impaired driving.
Local agencies announced Thursday they are reintroducing the Capital Area OWI Task Force annual program to reduce impaired driving.
It was a heavyweight fight that would make Don King giddy. The mainstream favorite, Hillary Clinton, leading nationally, took on upstart challenger Vermont Sen/ Bernie Sanders, who beat Clinton single-handedly in the New Hampshire primary two days ago.
Nancy G. Prince, 53, assaulted two women inside a laundromat Tuesday night, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The two women were assaulted 50 minutes apart at 1817 S. Park St. around 8 p.m.
The Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council met Wednesday to discuss the group’s upcoming plans for the semester.
A Republican effort to ban legislators from concurrently holding office as county executive is moving quickly through the state Legislature, as both houses held a public hearing on the bill Wednesday. The legislation is a response to Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris running for the seat of state Sen.
A bill proposed by state Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, would subject Wisconsin’s high school athletic association to state open records laws received a public hearing Wednesday.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin criticized the state legislature for its preemption of local governments’ authority during a press conference Wednesday morning. Soglin specifically outlined ride-sharing, firearms and online rentals.
A group of UW-Madison engineers has discovered how to turn on and off specific genes within bacteria, according to a university press release.
The City of Madison announced Wednesday it has joined an initiative titled Cities Connect Children to Nature that aims to increase kids’ equal access to nature to develop important skills and better their lives.
The UW-Extension Cooperative Extension division announced a new organizational structure Wednesday to address $3.6 million in budget cuts.
UW-Madison researchers will begin launching experiments to study the Zika virus, according to a university news release.
Just minutes after Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders were declared the decisive winners of the New Hampshire primaries, tucked inside Chamberlin Hall, Gov.
UW-Madison Director of Community Relations Rev. Everett Mitchell held a talk with community members at the Unitarian Society of Madison Monday evening to discuss a variety of social justice issues, including racial profiling, mass incarceration and poverty.
Seventeen campus religious groups and the Multicultural Student Center presented a diverse panel of speakers Tuesday to discuss the different aspects of faith and race on the UW-Madison campus.
About 60 students met Tuesday at an event organized by Badgers for Bernie to show that they “feel the Bern” for U.S.
First and second-year college students can now apply to the inaugural James E. Jones Jr. Pre-Law Scholars Program at the UW Law School.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced Tuesday the expansion of School Based Mental Health Teams, a budget program he initiated in 2014 to provide necessary mental health care and assistance to K-8 students.
Lorna Jorgenson Wendt,a UW-Madison graduate and influential leader in the fight for women’s financial equality in marriage, died Feb. 4.
Three finalists were recently selected in the search for a new UW-Madison vice chancellor for university relations.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank appointed Michael Lehman as interim vice chancellor for finance and administration Tuesday.