A man displayed a silver handgun at Cheba Hut on 453 West Gilman St. at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, a spokesperson for the UW-Madison Police Department reported.
With the underlying context of Tony Robinson’s death six weeks ago, more than 1,300 Madison area students filled the James Madison Memorial High School gym Sunday for a series of speakers focusing on the positive messages of youth empowerment, intermixed with student performances, workshops and live music.
The final Student Services Finance Committee meeting of the semester migrated from its typical location in the Student Activity Center Thursday after repeated scheduling conflicts.
Gov. Scott Walker continued his march on Iowa Saturday, touting conservative values alongside a lineup of Republican heavy hitters at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s spring summit.
Wisconsin Union Directorate Society & Politics hosted its annual debate between representatives of College Democrats and College Republicans Thursday evening at Union South in pursuit of promoting public engagement about relevant topics within Wisconsin’s politics.
While construction wraps up on the Hub apartment complex on State Street, members of the Hub’s development group presented plans for a second Hub complex to community members during a meeting Thursday night.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved a smaller financial reserve for organizations’ wage budgets Thursday.
Seven hairnet clad students bustled around The Crossing’s small kitchen preparing for the official opening of the Campus Kitchen at UW-Madison Thursday, making dishes that featured ingredients picked up the previous day from Rheta’s Market Place that would have otherwise been thrown out.
A new baby female orangutan was welcomed to parents Kawan and Datu earlier this month at the Henry Vilas Zoo, officials announced Thursday.
An 18-year-old Oregon man will face trial after being charged with the March 28 sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl at the Madison Public Library, according to a Thursday Madison Police Department incident report.
The Student Labor Action Coalition displayed a public art installation by UW-Madison undergraduate artists Natalie Hinahara and Steven Kaplan-Pistiner to commemorate the 1,129 people who died due to the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh two years ago Friday.
Associated Students of Madison Nominations Board Chair Megan Phillips supported a resolution to raise the minimum wage for all campus jobs at a Student Council meeting Wednesday.
State legislators used Earth Day as an opportunity to voice concern with Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts to the Department of Natural Resources after 57 DNR employees received notice they may potentially lose their jobs under the proposed budget.
Over 200 students, faculty and guests from several UW System campuses gathered in the state Capitol Wednesday morning for Posters in the Rotunda, an undergraduate event.
Madison’s Urban Design Commission delayed approval for the Hub at Madison II and heard new plans from the developers of construction for Madison College in a meeting Wednesday.
Callers reported to the Madison Police Department four separate incidents of shots fired in the city starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to an incident report.
A federal judge denied another attempt Monday by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson to block a potential vote that could remove her from office, as both sides met in an initial hearing on the case.
Last year saw an outbreak of high-profile racial crimes, igniting the “Black Lives Matter” movement and a national conversation on race relations.
Spurred by public testimony that warned against “one-size-fits-all” approaches, the Common Council reconsidered an ordinance that would ban sex offenders from living near schools, during their meeting Tuesday night.
Senate Republicans pushed through a repeal of Wisconsin’s 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases Tuesday amid vocal resistance from Democrats.
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