Madison Police Department arrested one man after numerous callers reported shots being fired on the 600 block of Langdon Street Thursday night.
“This march is not just about Marlon — it is for the Black community as a whole,” a committee member of the Black Student Union told the crowd of protesters Friday to address Marlon Anderson’s controversial termination.
Although DUIs in the state have fallen by 44.5 percent since 2007, a third of all traffic fatalities today include a drunk driver, according to data from safehome.org.
Vehicles doing burnouts vandalized UW-Stevens Point’s new rainbow crosswalk supporting the LGBTQ+ community, created three days ago through a collaboration between students and city officials.
Marlon Anderson was fired Wednesday after he used the N-word to explicitly tell a student to stop calling him the slur, according to Anderson.
A Wisconsin-based nonprofit launched a year-long project Tuesday seeking community input on a new Mifflin Street mural honoring Madison’s values.
The council voted unanimously to dedicate the extra funds to youth programs from the Mayor’s 2020 operating budget.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank attended an ASM meeting to discuss sexual assault, sustainability and mental health numbers with representatives.
A report from the Lincoln Hills School for Boys detailed the events of five altercations involving 26 inmates which occurred over a two-day period at the end of September. The report shows evidence a guard was choked by one of the inmates, who is now facing charges for the incident, and other guards sustained knee, shoulder and nose injuries. At one point, five inmates climbed into the ceiling area and broke lights.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett threatened to cut police positions if the sales tax increase for the city does not get passed within his budget at an Intergovernmental Cooperation Council meeting Monday.
The Association of American Universities’ Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct found that more than one-fourth of UW-Madison’s undergraduate women report experiencing sexual assault since beginning college. This number reflects a statistically insignificant change from the 2015 survey.
Former Assistant Police Chief Vic Wahl was officially appointed acting chief by Madison’s Police and Fire Commission Monday.
Across the state of Wisconsin, UW System campuses celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day, previously recognized as Columbus Day.
Complaining that the actions of the White House are “embarrassing and not representative of this country,” U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., held a press conference at his Madison district office Monday to give updates on recent events in Washington.
The Dane County Landfill has seen a decline in the amount of compost it’s received, making up approximately .05 percent of all material the landfill takes in.
A UW-La Crosse student has been protesting daily for the university to hold an open forum about sexual misconduct on campus in the wake of last month’s allegations.
Madison residents would pay a total of $153 in vehicle registration fees if the city were to introduce the $40 tax.
The UW System Board of Regents took another step toward mandating punishments — suspension after two incidents and expulsion after three — for students who disrupt others’ free speech in the long road to amend System rules Friday.
The fourth annual “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin,” competition presented its grand prize trophy to Henry Repeating Arm’s ‘Big Boy All Weather Rifle’ Tuesday in front of 500 of the state’s leading business influencers. With over 240,000 votes cast on over 160 products initially nominated, the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce alongside Johnson Financial Group awarded the Rice Lake-based company the title after over two months of campaigning across the state.
The appointment of a new Police Chief will be a defining moment for the city, said Keith Findley, UW-Madison Associate Professor of Law.
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