The state Assembly voted 73-24 Wednesday in favor of a substitute amendment ordering the censure, instead of the expulsion, of state Rep. Jeff Wood, I-Chippewa Falls, for operating while intoxicated charges that he will begin serving a 45-day jail term for next week.
UW-Madison campus and community leaders held a final meeting Tuesday to honor the accomplishments of a 14-year initiative to reduce alcohol consumption.
A Dane County judge ruled Tuesday that a negligence claim filed by the family of former UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann will move forward, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
After spending most of the day in partisan caucus Tuesday, the state Assembly rushed to pass multiple bills early Wednesday morning before the legislative session comes to an end later this week.
UW Transportation Services officials highlighted lost parking permit and meter revenue during its Tuesday meeting which addressed its $1 million budget deficit.
As the annual Mifflin Street Block Party approaches, students were given the opportunity Tuesday to learn how to conduct themselves should they be confronted by law enforcement.
Madison's Common Council passed a resolution Tuesday supporting construction of a high-speed rail station in the Downtown area.
State Rep. Jeff Wood, I-Chippewa Falls, pled no contest to charges of operating while intoxicated and possession of drug paraphernalia in Columbia County Monday.
The Wisconsin state Senate appears likely to pass legislation Tuesday aiming to strengthen a law that gives protection to news outlets and their confidential sources.
Early Saturday morning, an 18-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for battery and resisting arrest outside of a Spring Street house party where he assaulted three people, according to a police report.
Recently proposed legislation may require universities to report the number of sexual assault hearings and their outcomes annually.
The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee met Monday to discuss high-speed rail stops and alcohol policies with representatives from Madison's Downtown Coordinating Committee.
The Sustainable Design and Energy Committee hosted a presentation Monday by graduate students in the Energy Analysis and Policy certificate program in an attempt to establish a carbon baseline for reducing energy consumption.
Inconsistency plagued the Wisconsin men's soccer team at times this last fall, but the squad still had a chance to win the Big Ten championship before falling off late in the season, finishing 7-9-2 overall and 3-3-0 in conference play.
The men's tennis team (6-2 Big Ten, 17-6 overall) ended their last road trip of the regular season with two, 5-2 victories over No. 72 Iowa and border-rival No. 37 Minnesota.
Shortly after UW-Madison cut its apparel contract with Nike, two former workers from Nike factories in Honduras spoke on campus Saturday about their experiences working for the company.
Any time three players with the combined talent of junior running back John Clay, junior wide receiver Nick Toon and sophomore linebacker Chris Borland are not on the field, the game is sure to be less exciting. When that game is essentially a glorified practice, excitement can be very difficult to find.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, County Executive Kathleen Falk and other area officials are stranded in Europe because of volcanic ash that has grounded most European flights, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
In Wisconsin's annual Spring Game Saturday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium, the Cardinal squad, comprised of the starters, were winners over the White squad, but only in terms of the score, 33-11. On both sides of the ball and between both squads, the general sentiment following the final spring practice of the year was disappointment.
UW-Madison researchers are currently studying what they believe to be a fragment of the meteor that passed over the Midwest last week.
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