A Madison Police Department officer arrested two male teenagers suspected in two armed robberies near the intersection of Lake Street and University Avenue Tuesday evening.
Famous weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil put his prophetical skills to the test Tuesday, picking Wisconsin to end up in the NCAA championship game in a head-to-head bracket showdown with ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale.
Following months of suspension, the UW-Madison chapter of Chi Phi fraternity has been terminated as a student organization for violating Student Organization Conduct policies, according to a Wednesday university release.
The Dane County Public Protection and Judiciary Committee amended a resolution for an incarceration study during its Tuesday night meeting after weeks of being contested by public testimony.
After many days of peaceful protest and public appeals by the family of Tony Robinson to keep demonstrations nonviolent, tension ran high in the City County Building Tuesday night as community members shouted and cried for swift change to the city’s policing.
Tavi Gevinson, 18-year-old editor of “Rookie Magazine,” started a fashion site that grew rapidly to 30 million daily readers when she was just 11. Tuesday, she stood in front of a crowd largely older than she and preached the “importance of fangirling,” and how she used it like a religion when starting her blog.
The UW System is creating two task forces in response to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget, first announced by Board of Regents President Michael Falbo at a meeting earlier this month.
Both houses of the state Legislature passed a number of bipartisan bills in session Tuesday. Party leadership also addressed the proposed creation of a public authority model for the UW System following an Associated Press report that the notion had lost widespread support.
The Madison Fire Department responded to a 911 call Monday night made by MFD paramedics who drove by a house at 1138 Williamson St. that had filled with smoke and flames, according to a city of Madison press release.
Members of a campus area city committee met Monday night to discuss an update on the campus area’s list of facelifts and construction projects.
Madison’s Landmarks Commission unanimously approved three projects making up a restoration proposal for Tenney Park on the 400 block of North Thornton Avenue, after a brief presentation Monday.
Members of an Associated Students of Madison committee considered revising several components of policy in a discussion of internal affairs Monday, including their internship rules and guidelines for budget decisions.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate and festival organizers announced details Monday regarding the third annual Revelry Music and Arts Festival, to be held Saturday, May 2.
Madison police are investigating reports of a gun-wielding man at JD’s Restaurant on the 300 block of North Bassett Street in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
Three UW-Madison faculty members presented ideas and potential solutions to counter material poverty Friday and Saturday during an annual conference on the subject held in Mazatlán, Mexico.
More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in the gyms of Madison East High School to commemorate and honor Tony Robinson, the 19-year-old black teenager who was shot and killed by Madison Police Department Officer Matt Kenny on Williamson Street March 6.
Madison police arrested a 21-year-old man, who allegedly attacked two men on the 600 block of State Street on Friday, according to an incident report issued by the Madison Police Department.
County officials released the preliminary autopsy results regarding Tony Robinson's death, saying that Robinson died from firearm related injuries, according to an Office of the Dane County Medical Examiner press release.
The context of Tony Robinson’s death last week was not ignored by Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, in the sixth of a series of mayoral candidate forums, which was hosted by the Urban League of Greater Madison Thursday.
The Dean of Students Office invited UW-Madison students to give feedback on proposed changes to the UW System’s policy on sexual assault and other misconduct Thursday.
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