Madison News

MADISON - Wisconsin schools that decide to teach sex education would have to instruct students on the use of birth control under a bill given preliminary approval by the state Assembly on Tuesday.

A Madison man is identified as the victim of a motorcyle crash near the town of Montrose.

Doyle's office.] MADISON - " Governor Jim Doyle today announced a $553,000 federal grant to provide employment and training assistance to members of the Wisconsin National Guard returning from Iraq and Afghanistan , and other veterans searching for work.

A social worker who worked in Madison is in critical condition after the shooting rampage yesterday at Fort Hood.

ON TUESDAY NIGHT, AROUND 8:00 P.M., MADISON POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO PARADISE LIQUORS, 3179 MUIR FIELD ROAD, FOLLOWING AN ARMED ROBBERY.

ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SHORTLY BEFORE 10:00 P.M., A ROBBER ENTERED THE PDQ STORE AND SNATCHED MONEY FROM THE CASH DRAWERS.

LOS ANGELES - Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival is going on the road for one night next winter.

EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, A 27-YEAR OLD MADISON MAN RETURNED TO HIS APARTMENT TO FIND A BURGLAR COMING OUT.

ON TUESDAY MORNING, AT 12:45 A.M., A 21-YEAR OLD MADISON MAN CALLED FOR POLICE AFTER BEING ROBBED AT KNIFEPOINT.

MADISON, Wis. Former Vikings first-round pick Erasmus James was arrested early Thursday after punching a friend in the face at a bar in Madison.

ESPN had better watch its back. Comedy Central has ordered a pilot from the satirical news magazine The Onion.

ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, A MADISON MAN RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN THE 40 BLOCK OF NORTH MILLS STREET SHORTLY AFTER 3:30 P.M., AND DISCOVERED A BURGLAR WAS INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE.

ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MADISON POLICE WERE SENT TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE 500 BLOCK OF NORTHPORT DRIVE AFTER A WOMAN HEARD SOMEONE YELLING FOR HELP.

MADISON, Wis. - This time last year, Galen Milchman was celebrating the election of Barack Obama to the White House, a victory he had worked for and believed would change the world.

Originally published November 4, 2009 at 1:46 p.m., updated November 4, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. MADISON, Wis.

In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and the Economic Daily Briefing in the Oval Office.

ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, SHORTLY AFTER 11:00 P.M., A 42-YEAR OLD MADISON MAN WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING PUNCHED INSIDE A DOWNTOWN BAR.

ON 11/2/09 AT 5:52 P.M. MADISON POLICE RESPONDED TO THE 7100 BLOCK OF RAYMOND RD REFERENCE A STABBING.

Using stimulus dollars as bait, President Barack Obama is coaxing states to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they compete for $5 billion in school reform grants, the most money a president has ever had for overhauling schools.

MADISON - Wisconsin schools could use student test scores to evaluate teachers, but they still couldn't use the information to discipline or fire them under a bill moving quickly through the Legislature.