Brandon Brown - The Daily Cardinal

A local branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness could start receiving significant public funding under next year’s Dane County budget.

Cameron Lane-Flehinger

CITY NEWS

Required mental health training for 911 responders could be on deck in Dane County

By Brandon Brown | Nov. 5, 2017

County officials are weighing whether to make room in next year’s budget for providing mental health crisis intervention training to 911 dispatchers in the area. The plan would allocate additional funding to conducting the mental health training for dispatchers, led by the Dane County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. “One way to limit the jail population is to divert those with mental health issue from the criminal justice system,” said Dane County Supervisor Paul Rusk.

About 300 law enforcement officials will be working Freakfest this year.

Thomas Yonash, Thomas Yonash

CITY NEWS

A cheat sheet for attending Freakfest

By Brandon Brown | Oct. 26, 2017

Each October, Freakfest takes over downtown Madison — here’s what you need to know before the event takes place Saturday. The Madison Police Department will deploy about 300 officials, including special event staff and university police, Central District Police Captain Jason Freedman said at a Thursday press conference. Additionally, all firearms and any item that security or police may see as dangerous are prohibited, according to the event’s website.

Police arrested 57-year-old Harryl C. Ammons early Thursday, after he allegedly stabbed a senior citizen downtown.

Amileah Sutliff, Amileah Sutliff

CITY NEWS

Elderly man stabbed on State Street

By Brandon Brown | Oct. 19, 2017

An elderly man was stabbed early Thursday morning near the UW-Madison campus. Police were dispatched to the 200 block of State Street at around 1:15 a.m.

CITY NEWS

Homeless man brutally beats woman who opened her downtown home to him

By Brandon Brown | Oct. 18, 2017

A homeless man allegedly battered a woman in her West Gilman Street apartment early this month after she allowed him to stay with her. Police arrested William M.

About 8.66 percent of MMSD students in grades five through 12 are at risk of not graduating high school, according to recent data.

Christopher Guess

CITY NEWS

Nearly nine percent of MMSD students are at risk of not graduating high school, data shows

By Brandon Brown | Oct. 5, 2017

The Madison Metropolitan School District is making moves this year to help students in grades five through 12 succeed, after recent data showed nearly nine percent of students in the district are at risk of not graduating high school. Though Wisconsin law requires each district to submit a list of at-risk students and a developed plan to help them every year, MMSD officials couldn’t say the last time they turned in a plan, according to the Capital Times. Originally, MMSD would send a single letter to the parents or guardians of at-risk students, but the new plan could allow schools to work with individual students and their families for the best solutions.

Madison Metropolitan School District received a $500,000 grant from CUNA Mutual Group this week, allowing educators to expand resources for students.

Christopher Guess

CITY NEWS

Madison school district receives half-million dollar grant

By Brandon Brown | Sep. 27, 2017

Madison Metropolitan School District received a half-million dollar grant from a local company for more community resources to bring neighborhoods together. CUNA Mutual Group, a local insurance firm, announced this week that it will help MMSD expand its community schools program from two schools to four by committing $500,000 over the next three years.

37-year-old Curtis Langlois will stand trial on charges of first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide.

Courtesy of Dane County Sheriff's Office

CITY NEWS

Madison man charged with murder, attacking a Dane County deputy ordered to stand trial

By Brandon Brown | Sep. 22, 2017

A Madison man charged with shooting a man to death and wounding another on the south side in August will stand trial, a county judge ruled Thursday, after he also threatened to kill a county deputy at the Dane County Jail this week.

A new city law that takes effect in January will change where mopeds can be parked in Madison.

Cameron Lane-Flehinger

CITY NEWS

The meter’s almost up on current moped parking laws

By Brandon Brown | Sep. 11, 2017

Moped drivers in Madison probably won’t be revved up for a new city law changing where the vehicles can be parked. In an attempt by city council to clear the way for pedestrians, moped users will soon not be permitted to park on public terraces or sidewalks.

Madison will no longer host the US-Africa Energy Summit 2017 later this month, after several of the event’s speakers were denied entry to the country.

Nick Monfeli, Nick Monfeli

CITY NEWS

International energy conference in Madison scrapped after speakers denied visas

By Brandon Brown | Sep. 6, 2017

An international energy conference scheduled to be held in Madison this month has been cancelled after the Trump administration denied several key Africa-based presenters visas to enter the country. The US-Africa Energy Summit 2017, organized by the UW-Platteville International Business Center, was set to take place at Monona Terrace Sept.18 and 19.