Madison woman attacked, sexually assaulted on bike path
By Bri Maas | Sep. 14, 2015The Madison Police Department is currently investigating a sexual assault near Capital City Trail reported early Saturday morning, according to an incident report.
The Madison Police Department is currently investigating a sexual assault near Capital City Trail reported early Saturday morning, according to an incident report.
State Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R-New Berlin, introduced a proposal Monday that would enable Gov. Scott Walker to appoint the superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with consent of the state Senate.
Legislative leaders said Friday they would take up a bill next month that would exempt many political crimes from the purview of secret John Doe investigations.
While thousands of people filled Camp Randall for kickoff Saturday morning, police dog Odin and his handler Sgt. Brent Plisch’s work began hours earlier, running security sweeps on the venue to ensure spectators’ safety.
The 14th Ironman brought roughly 2,500 amateurs to compete in the 140.6-mile race.
Saturday’s football game against the Miami RedHawks saw an increase in alcohol-related incidents from last year’s home opener, according to a UW-Madison Police Department report.
Late last July, Taylor Beebe began planning for her new restaurant, a small fries shop among State Street’s well-known stretch of restaurants and specialty stores. By the end of the year, Mad City Frites was open, offering Belgian-style fries to the daily shoppers and stoppers through Madison’s commercial center.
A sexual assault was reported to have occurred in a university residence hall early Saturday, according to a UW-Madison Police Department notice sent to students Sunday night.
State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, held the first of a three-part series of district office hours on State Street Friday to hear constituents’ concerns regarding the state budget.
The UW System Board of Regents convened at UW-Whitewater Friday to update members of policy changes for UW colleges and the System at large.
Both the Madison and UW police departments responded to several reports Thursday of a man acting verbally and physically aggressive in the East Campus Mall area, according to a UW Police Department report.
It was the early years of the Women’s Studies Program at UW-Madison, and students in Susan Friedman’s “Images of Women” discussion section were talking about challenges many women in the 1970s may have been struggling with, but could never discuss in an academic setting. “My husband won’t let me come to class until I’ve cleaned the oven,” Friedman remembers one student saying, in response to analyzing an advertisement depicting a similar scene. Such an opportunity to analyze deeply personal and social issues in an academic setting gained formal structure in 1975, when the Women’s Studies Program—becoming the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies in 2008—was born at UW-Madison. “It’s an academic subject.
An international team of scientists, including three UW-Madison researchers, has discovered fossilized remains of a previously undiscovered hominin species, totaling more than 1,500 well-preserved bones and teeth, according to a university release.
UW-Madison Police Department Chief Susan Riesling addressed issues of campus sexual assault at the semester’s first Associated Students of Madison Student Council meeting Wednesday.
The Board of Estimates convened Wednesday to formally discuss Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed 2016 Capital Budget, focusing on ongoing projects such as the Madison Municipal Building renovations and a new library project.
A legislative committee questioned representatives from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Wednesday after an audit showed the agency mismanaged funds and did not follow state statute.
The UW-Madison Police Department has begun an investigation into a string of identity thefts, which compromised the credit card information of UW staff members and other customers at local businesses.
With the Economic Policy Institute reporting that chief executive officers of companies earn on average three times more than they did 20 years ago and 303 times more than their employees, the American wealth gap is growing.
UW-Madison students flooded Badger Volunteers registration this weekend, with more than 500 students signing up within the first 24 hours.
Funding for fully-endowed professorships, chairs and distinguished chairs at UW-Madison has reached nearly $250 million following John and Tashia Morgridge’s donation challenge to alumni last November, according to a Tuesday press release.