A 40-year-old Madison man wearing a Palestinian flag and holding his hand in his pocket as if he had a gun walked into a Jewish student organization on State Street on Monday asking for food, police said Tuesday.
Madison police arrested a man who they said entered a Jewish student organization’s building on the UW-Madison campus Monday evening and gestured as if he had a gun.
The Madison Police Department arrested a Madison man after he allegedly made gestures to make it seem like he had a gun at an event for Jewish UW-Madison students, officials reported on Tuesday.
A man was arrested after causing a disturbance at a nonprofit organization serving Jewish students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Officers responded to the 500 block of State Street around 6:15 p.m. on Monday after reports of a man, wearing a ballistic vest and Palestinian flag, entering the building asking for food, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Stephanie Fryer.
he Madison School District will partner with the UW-Madison School of Public Affairs to come up with a policy for implementing the state’s new ban on cellphone use during instructional time.
The ban, signed into law by Gov. Tony Evers in October, requires school districts to come up with such policies by July 1. The law includes exceptions from the ban for emergency situations, a student’s ability to manage their health and educational purposes authorized by teachers.
Chuck Neinas, a longtime administrator in college athletics who was also a Wisconsin native and University of Wisconsin graduate, died Tuesday at 93.
Madison’s District 8 Common Council seat is up for grabs after current Alder MGR Govindarajan announced he will not seek reelection.
The district, which encompasses the UW–Madison campus and much of the State Street area, is currently the focus of two student-led campaigns. University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomores Ellen Zhang and Robert “Bobby” Gronert have both announced bids to represent the district.
Najib Azad, a lawyer, author and faculty staff at University of Wisconsin-Madison, also came to America in 2021 and now lives in Stevens Point. He previously served as press secretary for the former Afghan president.
“The entire Afghan community was profiled, they were judged, and then in the hour after that, in the second or third hour, almost every immigrant in this country was judged,” Azad told News 3 Now.
The American Red Cross of Wisconsin is extending heartfelt thanks to blood and platelet donors for their role in helping the University of Wisconsin-Madison secure $1 million through Abbott’s “We Give Blood” competition.
The campaign by Abbott highlights the critical need for regular blood donations. The $1 million award will support health initiatives at UW-Madison, showcasing the power of community action for lifesaving causes.
Roberta Ellen Fallon was born Feb. 8, 1949, in Milwaukee. She went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study sociology after high school and dropped out to explore Europe and take art classes in Paris. She returned to college, changed her major to English, and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1974.
Steve Stricker is playing with daughter Izzi, who plays at the University of Wisconsin.
With top grades, he was offered a scholarship to study in the United States.
After completing a preliminary course at the International Education College in Shah Alam, Akmal spent four years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, earning a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science and economics.
This means Akmal is essentially equipped with the skills of a financial risk manager, trained to study the financial impacts of uncertain future events.
Chuck Moore is executive director of Impact Christian Schools, a nonprofit supporting more than a dozen Christian schools in Wisconsin, including Abundant Life. Since the shooting at Abundant Life last December, Moore said most of the training received by the nonprofit’s members was initiated by Dane County Emergency Management.
“There have been so many strategies across the country, and every (shooting) seems to have a unique component,” said Moore, who holds a Ph.D. in education leadership and policy analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Every one has a new thing, and we’re trying to have best practices.”
