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updated: Wed Jul 09, 2008 05:52 am

Madison News

Local news for Madison, WI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

43 min ago | The Capital Times

Shots fired on Troy Drive

Gunfire filled the night air and a patio door in the 1500 block of Troy Drive early Sunday morning.

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Tue Jul 08, 2008

WMTV Madison

Man Tentatively Charged with Robbery

According to a news release from the Madison Police Department: Around 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning Madison Police Officers were dispatched to the same residence on the 1500 block of Troy Drive where shots had ...

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Madison, Wisconsin: Red light idling to be made illegal?

Commission member Ewen Whaddarmie said that this ordinance was a first step in requiring all vehicles operated inside city limits to be designed so that engines would automatically shut down after 10 seconds of ...

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Channel 3000

Teen Could Face Fine For Fitchburg Apartment Complex Blaze

A Madison-area teen could face a $169 fine for causing a Fitchburg apartment fire this weekend that caused $3.3 million in damages and displaced 50 residents.

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Mon Jul 07, 2008

Wisconsin State Journal

Police release sketches of two men in armed street robbery

Madison police have released sketches of the two men believed responsible for an armed street robbery in which the victim was shot in the leg.

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WMTV Madison

Teen Arrested for Strong Armed Robbery

According to a news release from the Madison Police Department: On July 3, 2008, around 3:25 p.m., a Madison Police South District Officer saw a young man walking away from Penn Park towards Park Street.

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Channel 3000

Blaze Drives Residents From Town Of Madison Apartment Complex

Apartment complex residents were evacuated on Sunday night after a blaze erupted in the Town of Madison building.

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Wisconsin State Journal

Residents in disbelief after hot coals cause apartment fire

Residents stood in disbelief in the parking lot of their charred apartment building today, the bright blue water of an adjacent swimming pool a jarring contrast.

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Sun Jul 06, 2008

WMTV Madison

CrimeTracker 15: Man Tentatively Charged with Hate Crime

On July 1st an employee of a Dane County based temporary employment agency reported to Madison Police that he had been attacked by a fellow worker at a Lien Road job site around 1:15 p.m. on June 30, 2008.

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Supermodel raises awareness for pediatric cancer

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer.

Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital. The boy died of leukemia in 1975 just before his fourth birthday.

Crawford is the honorary chair of Kids with Courage, which had its fourth reunion of childhood cancer survivors Saturday in Madison.

She was also part of the three previous reunions in 1993, 1998 and 2003.

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Related Topix: Pediatric Cancer, Health, Madison Metro, Leukemia

WTMJ-AM Milwaukee

Grill Caused $3.3 Million Apartment Fire

Madison-area firefighters think they know what started a major apartment fire that caused an estimated $3.3 million in damages.

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Wisconsin State Journal

Is the "big idea " dead in Madison?

For a time, the city 's political left was an engine of controversial, sweeping proposals like a local minimum wage, smoking ban, making developers put affordable housing in projects, mandatory sick leave and ...

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

Channel3000

Inmate Declared AWOL By Dane County Sherriff's Department

Inmate Darriell L. Banks has been declared AWOL from the Custody Alternative Monitoring Program, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Department.

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The Capital Times

Fitchburg man charged with hate crimes

A Fitchburg man was charged Thursday with four separate hate crimes in connection with a confrontation he had with co-workers on June 30.

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The Capital Times

Cops praise public's help in trying to find murder suspects

Madison police detectives are getting a lot of help from the community in trying to track down the suspects who shot Marcus Hamilton to death Sunday night, according to police spokesman Joel DeSpain.

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Related Topix: Madison Metro, Violent Crime, Dane County, WI

Fri Jul 04, 2008

WMTV Madison

Madison Police Officer Drunk at Work

The Madison police department says a detective was suspended for 60 days without pay after being accused of twice coming to work drunk.

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Huliq.com

Madison, WI Rhythm And Booms To Operate Despite Rain

Rhythm and Booms that is scheduled to take place today and tomorrow in Madison, WI will operate despite the expected rain in both days, said Rhythm and Booms in a statement.

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Twincities.com

Accused Stillwater grad being taken to Madison

A Stillwater Area High School graduate accused of murdering a Wisconsin man is being transported from Stillwater to Madison, Wis.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

WMTV Madison

Sketch Released in June 9 Armed Robbery

Police release a sketch in a June 9 armed robbery. The incident report included the following: On Sunday night , around 10:30 p.m., Madison Police were called to a local hospital where a gunshot victim was ...

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Hotels

Resort Files for Bankruptcy; Northern Bay Cites Downturn in Real Estate

Wisconsin State Journal July 2, 2008 Wednesday ALL EDITION BUSINESS; Pg. C8 300 words RESORT By JUDY NEWMAN jdnewman@madison.com 608-252-6156 Northern Bay, the company that owns Northern Bay Golf Resort & ...

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Dells, WI, Madison Metro, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

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