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Baraboo schools and police are still investigating a controversial photo of high school students taken at prom last semester, as well as threats that have been made against members of the community.

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Baraboo schools, police continue to address problems in wake of controversial photo

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 15, 2018

The Baraboo police department announced Thursday they are looking into threats made against members of the community after a widely-shared photo arose on social media earlier this week featuring Baraboo High School students giving what appears to be a Nazi salute. Threats were made through email and phone calls against several members of the Baraboo community, according to police chief Mark Schauf.

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Affordable housing identified as chief concern for Madison’s mayoral candidates

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 15, 2018

The race for Madison’s next mayor is well underway, and many candidates identified a common issue in their campaigns: the need for affordable housing.

Madison’s city council approved the 2019 budget early Wednesday morning, cutting funding for a police body camera program and increasing money available for flood prevention and cleanup.

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City council passes 2019 budget, pulls funding for police body cameras

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 14, 2018

In a marathon session lasting just under eight hours, Madison’s city council approved its 2019 budget, including an amendment eliminating funding for a test run of a police body camera program.

The Baraboo School District is investigating a photo posted to Twitter Sunday night showing dozens of Baraboo High School students giving a Nazi salute on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse.

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Baraboo School District investigating students shown giving Nazi salute in picture

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 12, 2018

The Baraboo School District is investigating a photo released on social media showing dozens of its high school students giving what appears to be a Nazi salute on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse. The photo, supposedly taken before last semester’s junior prom, received national attention after it was posted to Twitter Sunday evening.

Madison’s city council will vote Tuesday to adopt the 2019 capital and operating budgets proposed by Mayor Paul Soglin.

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City council prepares to approve 2019 budget

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 12, 2018

Following months of planning and drafting, Madison’s city council will vote Tuesday to adopt the capital and operating budgets for 2019. The capital budget — funded mostly by borrowing and grants from the federal and state governments — provides for city projects, improvements, and maintenance.

US Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, spoke to hundreds of Madison residents Thursday evening at a rally protesting President Trump’s removal of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from overseeing Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign.

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Women’s March, other local advocacy groups protest Trump’s attorney general appointment

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 8, 2018

In response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ resignation at the request of President Trump, hundreds of Madison residents concerned with the protection of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation rallied on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol Thursday evening. Sessions, who had recused himself from overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s collusion with Russia, resigned as Attorney General Wednesday, with his Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker replacing him.

A middle school science teacher was placed on leave after making threatening racial comments to an African American student.

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Madison teacher placed on leave after racist remarks to student

By Sydney Widell | Nov. 8, 2018

Madison teacher placed on leave after racist remarks to student

Madison's voter turnout reached a record high this midterm election.

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Mayor celebrates Madison’s record-high voter turnout

By Milica Andric | Nov. 7, 2018

Voter turnout for the November 2018 gubernatorial election reached a record high of 92.9 percent — the highest pre-registered voter turnout in Wisconsin’s history. The November 2014 gubernatorial vote was 69.5 percent.

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Madison, Dane County see huge turnout for midterm, governor elections

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 7, 2018

Following an unprecedented period of early voting in the city of Madison and Dane County, turnout on Election Day exceeded expectations for the midterm and governor elections.

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Madison early voting up over 400 percent from last midterm election

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 5, 2018

Madison set a new city record for early voting in a midterm election with a more than 400 percent increase from 2014 early voting turnout, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin announced at a press conference Monday. Soglin said absentee ballots totaled just over 45,700, more than four times the 2014 total of slightly more than 15,000.

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Uber, Lyft, Union Cab to offer discounts for Election Day rides in Madison

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 5, 2018

In an attempt to get more voters to the polls, ride-share companies Uber and Lyft as well as Union Cab will offer free or discounted rides to voters on election day Tuesday. Lyft announced they would offer 50 percent off for riders across the country with a promo code as well as free rides for underserved communities in partnership with various nonprofits like Voto Latino, Urban League and the League of Women Voters.

A Waunakee woman pleaded no contest to vehicular homicide in the drunk driving death of a UW-Madison student in 2017.

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Waunakee woman pleads no contest to killing student in drunk driving accident

By Jon Brockman | Nov. 1, 2018

A Waunakee woman pleaded no contest to felony homicide charges Thursday in Dane County Court after she killed a UW-Madison student in a drunk driving incident last January. The defendant, 25-year-old Nicole Bruns, was charged with five felonies in the death of student Alexandra Ihm, who Bruns hit with her car while driving drunk in January 2017.

A Dane County dairy herd has been quarantined by state officials following the discovery of bovine tuberculosis in one of its cows.

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Tuberculosis discovered in Dane County cow herd

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 30, 2018

A dairy herd in Dane County has been quarantined by state authorities after one cow was discovered to have bovine tuberculosis, a contagious disease that can possibly spread to humans. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection released a statement Monday confirming the discovery.

A 20-year-old Madison man pleaded guilty to two felonies Monday after he struck a couple with his car while driving over 100 mph.

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Man pleads guilty to homicide after hitting couple with his car

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 29, 2018

Driving 100 mph, a 20-year-old Madison man struck a pedestrian couple in April, one of whom later died from the incident.

A Madison woman was arrested Monday for shooting and killing a man in a State Street parking ramp over the weekend.

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Police arrest Madison woman for downtown parking garage murder

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 29, 2018

A Madison woman was arrested Monday for a murder that took place in the State Street parking ramp early Sunday morning. Twenty-one-year-old Kenyairra Gadson was taken into custody without incident after police identified her through surveillance footage and witness statements.

More than 1,000 people came together to show solidarity with the Jewish community and to decry hate and anti Semitism following Saturday morning's massacre in a Pittsburgh synagogue.

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Community gathers to pray and heal following Pittsburgh attack

By Sydney Widell | Oct. 29, 2018

The voices that chanted the Mourner’s Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for those who grieve, were heavy with pain Sunday night when nearly 1,000 gathered at the First Unitarian Society for an interfaith service honoring the 11 killed and six wounded in Saturday morning’s attack on The Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Freakfest’s low attendance contributed to a relatively calm weekend for Madison police, who reported only 12 arrests at the event.

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Few arrests while over 20,000 attend Freakfest, Madison police say

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 28, 2018

This year’s Freakfest drew a crowd of over 20,000 people, a small increase from 2017 but nearly 10,000 less than the crowd in 2016. Organizers attributed last year’s small crowd of 19,000 to cold weather, but Saturday’s event was nearly 10 degrees warmer and only resulted in a minor increase in attendance.

A Madison woman was scammed out of $8,800 by a man on the phone who claimed he was from the FBI.

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Madison woman scammed out of $8,800 by ‘FBI inspector,’ police say

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 26, 2018

A Madison woman lost $8,800 following a phone scam in which a man claimed to be part of the FBI.

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City encourages homeowners with young children to test for lead

By Sydney Widell | Oct. 25, 2018

Over the past year, more than 70 Dane County children were reported to have elevated lead concentrations in their blood in what officials are calling “a public health concern,” according to a statement released Tuesday by the Dane County Public Health.

Police suspect a medical emergency caused a Madison Metro bus driver to crash into a Madison Police Department station Tuesday.

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Madison Metro bus crashes into police station

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 23, 2018

A Madison Metro bus plowed into a police station Tuesday afternoon after the driver suffered a medical emergency. The bus veered off the road and crashed into a brick wall housing trash cans outside the Madison Police Department’s North District Building just blocks from the airport. Police said the accident was likely caused by a medical emergency on the part of the driver, who was taken to the hospital.

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