The United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture are considering Madison’s former Oscar Mayer plant as a location for those agencies’ new headquarters, according to a USDA statement last week.
Days after a white supremacist murdered 11 people in Pittsburgh, in what is being considered the most deadly act of anti-Semitism on American soil, the UW-Madison campus is still reeling.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic state superintendent Tony Evers went head-to-head in the last debate prior to next Tuesday’s midterm election.
The Student Service Finance Committee granted Badger Catholic their requested budget of $98,597.50 for 2019-’20 in its meeting Monday night.
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 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.
A man who allegedly tried to rob a UW-Madison student on campus Sunday afternoon was arrested later that same day after surveillance footage was used to identify him.
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health is awarding $4 million to initiatives to improve health and health equity in Wisconsin.
With the rising number of high school graduates decreasing over the past few years and college enrollment falling, race and income proved to be the two most significant factors. What has the UW System done since then to alleviate the losses?
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.
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.
The UW-Oshkosh chancellor is likely to testify on claims of sending donations from private foundations elsewhere following the financial scandal last April.
Former President Barack Obama rallied in Milwaukee Friday to support Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in the impending midterm election.
A man was fatally shot shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday in the Francis Street parking garage, according to Madison police.
UW-Madison will welcome a variety of guest speakers to discuss topics of inclusivity and wellness at the 18th Diversity Forum next week. Program directors, police officers, professors and others affiliated with UW-Madison will gather at Union South on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
Sexual extortion, or “sextortion,” occurs when a victim who voluntarily shares sexual images finds themself threatened with the release of those materials unless they meet the blackmailer’s demands — many of which are sexual. The U.S. Federal Justice department identified sextortion as the fastest growing form of online bullying among children and teens.
A Madison woman lost $8,800 following a phone scam in which a man claimed to be part of the FBI.
The Center for Research on Early Childhood Education celebrated its opening on Wednesday, becoming the latest research department at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
After Trump’s health department proposed a change to administratively define gender as exclusively biological and unchangeable, transgender activists around the state are worried about the legal implications of erasure.
President Donald Trump held a rally Wednesday in Mosinee to encourage turnout for state Republicans in what could be a challenging midterm election for the party.
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