Body of UW-Stevens Point student found in Wisconsin River
By Caroline Mueller and Anna Duffin | Mar. 6, 2012Police found the body of a missing UW-Stevens Point student in the Wisconsin River near the university Monday afternoon, officials said.
Police found the body of a missing UW-Stevens Point student in the Wisconsin River near the university Monday afternoon, officials said.
A Madison man needed fifteen stitches after being hit in the face with a glass beer bottle at a downtown bar by another man early Sunday morning.
One of multiple lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the new law requiring a photo ID to vote will be heard after a ruling from Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess Monday.
Police are investigating the sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman early Saturday, which took place in an alley between State Street and the 600 block of University Avenue.
Members of student government passed a resolution last week calling for Chancellor David Ward to include students in negotiations with adidas, a process that UW-Madison’s primary licensing advisory committee Chair Lydia Zepeda said last week would take place in private.
For the first time since the recall effort began, polls show Gov. Scott Walker losing in head-to-head races against other potential recall candidates, according to report released by Public Policy Polling last week.
mmittee heard two opposing plans from the mayor and police department on how to handle the Mifflin Street Block Party, a committee comprised of city officials and students are continuing to work on a plan.
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin canceled her Saturday speech at the Madison Civics Club due to “a flare-up of an old back problem,” she tweeted Friday.
Police are currently searching for Eric Duffey, a UW-Steven’s Point student from Fitchburg who was last seen leaving a bar early Saturday morning.
Three men attacked a 21-year-old male downtown resident with a glass bottle on the 100 block of North Broom Street early Friday morning.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward decided to enter a negotiation period with adidas out of fear that giving the company a 90-day ultimatum to remedy its alleged labor violations would result in the company suing the university, according to Labor Licensing Policy Committee Chair Lydia Zepeda.
UW-Madison Transportation Services is working on an initiative that would discourage students from driving mopeds from class to class throughout the day, officials said Thursday.
The Wisconsin Republicans’ goal of passing a bill easing mining restrictions by the end of the legislative session could be in jeopardy after state Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, said he would not support the most recent version of the legislation Wednesday.
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin will return to Madison March 3 to discuss the impact of new technologies on university education and instruction.
The Bassett Neighborhood Association met on the second floor of the Echo Tap and Grill Thursday to discuss the tavern’s newest proposals for expansion.
While the presidential election may be months away, two top campaign officials for the campaign to reelect President Barack Obama will be on the UW-Madison campus Wednesday.
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch said Thursday her campaign will not challenge any of the approximately 845,000 recall petitions filed against her, citing insufficient time to review the signatures.
A wolf hunt in Wisconsin is one step closer to becoming a reality, as the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environment passed a bill Thursday that would legalize a hunt.
Designers and architects hosted a public meeting Thursday to present additions and address public concerns about a heating and cooling facility on the west side of campus.
Calling themselves “The Baddest Little Show on Earth,” little people emerged through plumes of smoke into a 12 by 12-foot ring as the Extreme Midget Wrestling Foundation visited Madison Wednesday. But while the rowdy Segredo’s crowd relished in the night’s entertainment, disability experts in the Madison area question the moral integrity of a performance that they say negatively exploits the disability.