Madison News

MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has thrown out $200,000 in damages awarded to a father who watched one of his twin sons die during birth in 1998.

Madison police chief Noble Wray wants to send more officers after gang members, and he plans to talk to the mayor next week about an initiative to make that possible.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison says a new agreement with Google will expand public access to its library collection.

MADISON, Wis. -- Tuition will rise 5.5 percent on most University of Wisconsin System campuses, but low-income students should be shielded from the impact under a budget approved Thursday.

Three men were hospitalized after a large fight on the city's West Side early Friday morning, according to Madison police.

It was a wild crash in Twin Falls Wednesday afternoon. Thirty-one year old George Miller and his 16-year old passenger, Jakob Stockton were attempting to make a left turn onto a local street, when their Chevy Astro Van was hit by a semi-truck, driven by 23-year old Nathan Morgans of Madison, Wisconsin.

State Rep. Jeff Smith, D-Eau Claire, testified Wednesday before the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities to recommend passage of a bill he authored requiring UW System regents to be from all parts of the state.

A Madison man was arrested Wednesday blocks from a Downtown apartment from which he allegedly had trouble finding his way out.

The victim showed up at a residence on the 1400 Bl Teresa Ter with puncture wounds to his shoulder area.

MADISON, Wis. - Many promises were made and broken during the nearly five-month process of passing Wisconsin's new two-year budget.

Madison fire investigators are asking for the public's help after a playground in Sauk Heights Park on Madison's Far West Side was destroyed by a late-night fire Sunday.

Date/Time: 07/05/2009 - 8:55 PM Location: 4900 block of Commercial Ave Victim and suspect, who were known to each other, engaged in a physical altercation.

Madison police say a fight between two men escalated to the point of one of them shooting the other overnight on the city's northside.

Starting Thursday, Route 1 for Madison Metro will detour because of the closing of the ramp between westbound Campus Drive onto Highland Avenue.

An intoxicated driver was hospitalized from injuries he suffered after crashing his motorcycle Friday night, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.

MADISON, Wis. - As lawmakers in cash-strapped states wrestled this year with revenues that kept on falling, both campaign promises and long-standing reform efforts got pushed to the side.

On Thursday night, around 8:00 p.m., multiple officers were dispatched to the 2300 block of Allied Drive after several residents reported shots being fired.

Forty teachers from nine states are gathering next week for a program to discuss the merits of using hip-hop in the classroom.

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MADISON , a liberal college town that doubles as the capital of a politically complicated state, pulls its disparate elements together into a spirited reality all its own, a funky amalgam of hard-partying students, socially conscious activists, sports fans, outdoor warriors, politicos from both sides of the aisle, artists, foodies and more.