An 18-year-old Madison man was the victim of an attempted homicide Saturday night, which may have been connected to reports of gunshots at West Towne Mall earlier in the evening, according to a City of Madison Police Department incident report.
A UW-Madison student was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance in a Southeast residence hall early Sunday morning, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report.
An online course about an Aldo Leopold-type approach to sustainable hunting enrolled thousands of students, spurred fervent discussions in online forums and drew over 80 participants to an exposition that included a deer skinning demonstration and pheasant hunt. Though by many counts it was successful, the future of courses like it is uncertain in the face of university resource strains.
Every five years since 1851, the World Expo has given people from around the world a chance to deliberate over global issues, from industrialization to cultural exchange.
The state Senate voted 17-15 to pass the right-to-work bill Wednesday amid two days of protests. The state Assembly is now poised to debate the proposal.
Gov. Scott Walker and UW System officials came briefly under fire Friday after a nonpartisan analysis of Walker’s recent budget proposal showed it deletes one of the reporting methods for sexual assaults on UW campuses required under current state law.
An unknown driver hit a 19-year-old woman as she was crossing North Park Street at the University Avenue intersection on campus early Saturday, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
The Student Labor Action Coalition held a rally Friday pressuring Chancellor Rebecca Blank to cut licensing ties with VF Corporation, the parent company of JanSport.
Police responded to multiple reports of gunshots heard in the vicinity of West Towne Mall Saturday evening.
After cramming up Facebook and Twitter feeds Thursday night, the viral debate surrounding the color of a dress sparked conspiracy theories across the world.
As news of the state Senate passing the right-to-work bill diffused through campus this week, UW-Madison student organizations took diverse positions on the effects of the legislation.
Madison’s Henry Vilas Zoo announced Thursday that two polar bear twins—Suka and Sakari—will arrive at the zoo in time for the new Arctic Passage exhibit’s opening Memorial Day weekend, according to a press release.
Mission to Improve Global Health Through Insects won Climate Quest, a UW-Madison sustainability competition, Thursday for efforts to implement mealworms to improve malnutrition and climate in Zambia, according to a university release.
Madison firefighters responded to a reported fire early Thursday morning at Capitol Centre Court Apartments on West Dayton Street, climbing to the fifth floor of the high rise by instruction of the apartment’s occupants, according to a city of Madison press release.
The Madison Police Department identified and arrested a suspected coat thief using a surveillance video from Whiskey Jacks Saloon on State Street Wednesday, according to a police incident report.
The state Senate approved the fast-tracked right-to-work bill introduced by Republicans at the beginning of the week in an extraordinary session of the state Legislature.
An intoxicated woman driving a red jeep hit a 65-year-old Madison woman crossing Monroe Street at Commonwealth Avenue Tuesday afternoon, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
Madison police officers arrested a Madison teenager for stealing a local woman’s 2014 Nissan from the 200 block of North Thompson Drive, which occurred Feb. 18.
In a presentation before Madison’s Urban Design Commission Wednesday, two developers of the Hub at Madison II stressed the inclusion of Madison’s traditional architectural elements into their building design, which will be located on West Gorham Street.
The state Senate passed a right-to-work bill over impassioned pleas from Democratic senators and cries of “shame” from gallery onlookers Wednesday at the state Capitol.
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