The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Thursday the 20-year-old man who went missing while swimming Wednesday in Lake Mendota was University of Wisconsin-Madison student Richard “Grady” de La Cruz.
Officials declared Wednesday the search for a missing man in Lake Mendota is a body recovery effort, according to Madison Fire Department Public Relations Officer Eric Dahl.
Gov. Scott Walker appointed a new student regent to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Friday after a controversial decision in June to reverse his original appointment.
Police arrested a couple Wednesday in relation to various thefts on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and throughout Dane County, according to a UW-Madison Police Department statement.
The Western District of Wisconsin’s federal Court acquitted State Street’s Sconnie Nation Friday of a copyright infringement accusation a local photojournalist brought against the clothing company in 2012 regarding the use of a picture of Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, according to a press release.
The saga surrounding the arrests of a group of singing protesters in the state Capitol’s rotunda hit a new mark Thursday with the first arrest of an elected official, Ald. Mark Clear, District 19.
City planners sought input from Madison community members on the proposed Library Mall redesign at a meeting Tuesday.
Madison Police Chief Noble Wray announced at a press conference Tuesday he will retire by the end of this year following a nine-year tenure as police chief.
Following a yearlong worker dispute, Palermo Villa Inc. reached a settlement Tuesday, agreeing to return eight former strikers to their jobs with back pay, according to a news release.
Madison Police Department employees helped the Federal Bureau of Investigation recover two girls under the age of 18 from forced prostitution sometime between July 25 through 28 as part of a nationwide effort to end domestic sex trafficking, according to MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced Tuesday he will step down from his position as president to advise the American Council on Education in January 2014 and to return to teaching.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police determined a grenade found Monday in a university building was an inactive training weapon and posed no threat to the public, according to a press release.
Protesters known for singing at the state Capitol started a trend of daily arrests inside the building Wednesday that will likely continue as the Capitol Police and Gov. Scott Walker’s administration attempt to enforce their permitting rules for groups assembling inside the Capitol.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers quarterback Tanner McEvoy returned to the team after he was hit in the head and mugged downtown early Sunday morning, according to a Wisconsin Athletics statement.
UPDATE 12/12/13: The Dane County District Attorney’s office dropped sexual assault charges Monday filed against Saeed Aghdam in July, according to state court records, although he pled guilty to disorderly conduct.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved a resolution Thursday that includes a system-wide tuition freeze for all UW undergraduate and graduate students as well as slight increases to students’ segregated fees and room-and-board costs.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will discuss a possible expanded tuition freeze for UW System schools Thursday, which would cover graduate students and out-of-state undergraduates.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student drowned in a Waushara County lake early Friday morning and officials say alcohol was involved, according to Sheriff David Peterson in a news release.
Gov. Scott Walker vetoed a clause in the 2013-'15 state budget Sunday that would have forced the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism out of its space on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus and prohibited faculty from collaborating with it.
A Madison police officer who shot and killed an unarmed citizen while responding to an alleged burglary last November agreed to resign from the force Friday, exactly one week after Chief Noble Wray filed a complaint calling for his termination.
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