Category: Community

It didn’t seem right that a high-voltage power line would cut a 150-foot swath through an Amish settlement that expressly rejects the use of electricity.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department has already decided it’s moving ahead with the idea and now needs to determine policies … UW-Madison police decided to go forward with the devices after a couple years of considering them and trying one out. The department recently received a grant to purchase 10 more cameras and, if all goes well, it will pursue more. While the department waits for the cameras to arrive, it’s asking for input on how to use them.

Before arming her police officers with body cameras, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling is asking for public input on how and where officers should use them.

A UW-Madison police officer used a stun gun on an intoxicated man Wednesday afternoon, according to a release from the UW-Madison Police Department.

A group of seniors are keeping their minds young by attending college courses. It’s all because of a law; it was present in the 1970s through the 90s, and it came back after high demand in the 21st century. The law passed again in the year 2000, and more than a decade later, hundreds of seniors are attending university classes for free.

The UW-Madison Police Chief is seeking the public’s input on the department’s use of body cameras. For the past year, officers have been testing out one camera, and the department recently ordered ten additional cameras that will arrive this summer. The new cameras will be used by patrol officers.

After a number of high-profile, police-involved shootings across the country, many law enforcement agencies are equipping officers with body cameras, including UW-Madison police. The UW-Madison Police Department already ordered body cameras for officers, 10 to start, which will cover most on-duty patrol officers.

Two years after the City of Madison stopped sponsoring the 46-year-old University of Wisconsin tradition, Mifflin saw an increased turnout.

UW-Madison’s Indian and Nepali student groups came together Saturday to raise money for the victims of the Nepal earthquake.

For the past 17 years, Bethany United Methodist Church has leased space to UW-Madison for the UW Preschool Lab, bringing the church $90,000 per year. That business relationship will soon end. In January, the university announced it will be consolidating its two preschool sites at its campus location on Linden Drive.

Though the disease can be a difficult battle for the person that’s diagnosed, it’s also a trying time for the kids. That’s why a group has stepped in and created Camp Kesem and they have a chapter here in Madison run by UW students. On Saturday a fundraiser was held to raise money to send kids to Camp Kesem for a week free of charge.

A penguin, a fox and a bear were among the animals that received care that ranged from top-notch to over-the-top Sunday as the UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine opened its doors to the public.

Some of the food that goes unused in UW-Madison dining halls will now be nourishing people in need as part of a national movement that’s found its place on campus. Campus Kitchens-UW-Madison is the 45th chapter of the national Campus Kitchens Project.

Department officials have been researching the cameras for about two years, and several officers have been sharing a camera for more than a year on a trial basis.

A $25,000 grant will help the University of Wisconsin and Madison police departments crack down on bike and pedestrian safety violations on campus, according to a release. The grant will help cover specialized training for officers and increased pedestrian safety enforcement, officials said. Classroom and hands-on field training will take place Tuesday and Wednesday at UWPD.

Steve Brown, 67-year-old developer and campus-area landlord, said he wanted to leverage those assets for the long-term good of the community. The result was the Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation, started with his wife in 2013. This week, the most tangible and ambitious project of the foundation, a religious gathering spot called UpperHouse, officially opens at 365 East Campus Mall.

The Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries event runs from April 15 through April 18, in Room 116 of the university’s Memorial Library, 728 State St.

Coates, senior editor and national correspondent for The Atlantic, spoke Tuesday at the Wisconsin Union Theater.

Noted: UW-Madison is among the campuses with a strong InterVarsity presence. There are more than a dozen InterVarsity chapters there, serving a variety of demographic groups.

Profile of Riley Balikian, a UW-Madison graduate student studying sustainable community development and water resource management and one of 12 members of the steering committee for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action.