A 19-year-old downtown Madison woman using Craigslist to sell her 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop computer was the victim of fraud late Tuesday, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
Gov. Scott Walker signed 55 bills Wednesday that had been approved by the legislature before it adjourned in April.
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Set times and locations for acts performing in the Revelry Music and Arts Festival at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were announced Wednesday via the festival’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department will host its annual drug take-back event Friday to collect expired or unused medications, according to a release.
By creating and renovating campus buildings in an environmentally sustainable manner, the University of Wisconsin-Madison inspires and preserves its commitment to progress, awareness and innovation.
Madison community members and organizers marched down State Street Tuesday evening, Earth Day, to raise awareness of environmental and social justice issues as part of a 10-day Global Climate Convergence.
Tyler McIntosh, 25, led Madison police in a high-speed car chase Monday afternoon in an attempt to escape an outstanding felony warrant.
Madison police located a Wisconsin correctional officer’s stolen car Monday, with the help of a cinnamon roll left as evidence for the investigation.
The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee met Monday to discuss a presentation on textbook affordability before faculty members are scheduled to hear it in May.
State Sen. Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, and Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris announced Tuesday they will run for Wisconsin’s 6th district congressional seat.
A group of eight community leaders will lead a free public discussion on racial relationships in Madison Thursday, according to the Cap Times.
Although once considered an infeasible and costly option for homeowners, Madison city officials and residents now recognize composting as a crucial element to city-wide sustainability.
Perched in sunburst chairs at the Memorial Union Terrace, visitors admire the view of Lake Mendota and its expansive shoreline. The surface is smooth as glass on a calm day, but beneath, an invasive species runs rampant.
With each new blade of green grass that emerges from beneath thin layers of late snowfall, smiles slide onto faces with a bit more ease. However, the return of warm afternoons and whistling robins is a relief too often taken for granted. As sweaters are traded for T-shirts and winter boots for sneakers; as baseball gloves and Frisbees are pulled from storage shelves to relish in the magnificence of the surrounding world, now is also the season to recognize its fragility.
Before garnering national recognition as one of 50 students awarded the 2014 Udall Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Colin Higgins founded the Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee and helped run a competition between residence halls to reduce electricity use.
As is often the case when major institutional budgets are adapted to meet cultural demands, the Associated Students of Madison’s new Green Fund met its fair share of scrutiny in 2014.
Madison may boast the 9th highest percentage of bicycle commuters in American cities, according to the League of American Bicyclists, but it’s still an automobile's paradise. And it’s not easy having two wheels in a world with four.
The Madison Police Department cited two drivers in a sting operation for violating Madison’s taxi-service ordinances last week, according to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8.
After multiple instances of solicitors targeting Dane County homeowners, county officials are supporting a new state law helping them “crack down” on scams, according to a statement.
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