Dane County’s finance committee listened to arguments from community members Monday night over a resolution to address mental health needs and racial disparities in the jail system.
A Friday letter promising administrative action from Mayor Paul Soglin regarding homelessness in Madison drew heated and angry criticism from community members at Monday’s Board of Estimates meeting.
A 23-year-old woman told the Madison Police Department she was sexually harassed by an Uber cab driver who gave her a ride early Saturday morning.
Madison police officers arrested a 29-year-old man near the northern edge of Capitol Square Friday afternoon for hassling pedestrians and brandishing what officers thought was a shotgun.
With eyes set on next semester’s legislative session, three members of the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee announced their candidacy for committee chair Monday.
“Powerful ladies getting shit done,” “complete equality for all sexes” and “NOT angry women who think they are better than men” were just a few of the diverse definitions students came up with when asked what feminism means to them.
UW-Madison alumna Brandi Grayson has gained widespread recognition as a co-founder and spokesperson for the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, but her activism in Madison started long before the Coalition’s formation last fall.
Thousands of runners crossed the field at Camp Randall under a chilled, overcast sky as they finished the final stretch of the 34th annual Crazylegs Classic Saturday.
A West Mifflin resident awoke to his home being robbed at approximately 4:55 a.m. Saturday, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A man displayed a silver handgun at Cheba Hut on 453 West Gilman St. at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, a spokesperson for the UW-Madison Police Department reported.
With the underlying context of Tony Robinson’s death six weeks ago, more than 1,300 Madison area students filled the James Madison Memorial High School gym Sunday for a series of speakers focusing on the positive messages of youth empowerment, intermixed with student performances, workshops and live music.
The final Student Services Finance Committee meeting of the semester migrated from its typical location in the Student Activity Center Thursday after repeated scheduling conflicts.
Gov. Scott Walker continued his march on Iowa Saturday, touting conservative values alongside a lineup of Republican heavy hitters at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s spring summit.
Wisconsin Union Directorate Society & Politics hosted its annual debate between representatives of College Democrats and College Republicans Thursday evening at Union South in pursuit of promoting public engagement about relevant topics within Wisconsin’s politics.
While construction wraps up on the Hub apartment complex on State Street, members of the Hub’s development group presented plans for a second Hub complex to community members during a meeting Thursday night.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved a smaller financial reserve for organizations’ wage budgets Thursday.
Seven hairnet clad students bustled around The Crossing’s small kitchen preparing for the official opening of the Campus Kitchen at UW-Madison Thursday, making dishes that featured ingredients picked up the previous day from Rheta’s Market Place that would have otherwise been thrown out.
A new baby female orangutan was welcomed to parents Kawan and Datu earlier this month at the Henry Vilas Zoo, officials announced Thursday.
An 18-year-old Oregon man will face trial after being charged with the March 28 sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl at the Madison Public Library, according to a Thursday Madison Police Department incident report.
The Student Labor Action Coalition displayed a public art installation by UW-Madison undergraduate artists Natalie Hinahara and Steven Kaplan-Pistiner to commemorate the 1,129 people who died due to the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh two years ago Friday.
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