The Mifflin Street Block Party is upon us. Tomorrow morning, many students will wake up earlier than they have since football season for one last chance to cut loose before finals.
Each year on the first Saturday in May, overworked students put down their books and grab a beer at the Mifflin Street Block Party. The annual celebration is one of Madison's most anticipated events, but few students know the full, politically charged history of the event.
Friday night's Alcohol License Review Committee ""bar walk-along"" revealed no major problems with downtown and campus establishments.
Plans for the 2010 Mifflin Street Block Party are beginning to take shape and include more live music, beer and bathrooms.
The city's Downtown Construction Projects meeting Monday outlined the city's plans for improvements and road construction in several campus and downtown areas.
Madison is at the center of what experts are calling a ""heroin epidemic,"" with a 400 percent increase in heroin use over the past two years, according to city officials.
The Madison Police Department introduced a new staffing model to begin Sunday. Police said it will increase officer presence on the streets during the day's busiest times and improve response times to calls.
Members of the Madison homeless community will have the opportunity to take their talents to the stage in the first ever Street Pulse/WISPIRG talent show Thursday.
On the 37th anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, Madison community members gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's new health center located at 2222 S. Park St.
""People move here to find a better way of life, but they find that it's not as welcoming as they hoped it would be,"" said Celia Jackson, co-chair of the Dane County Task Force on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System.
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