A bill that would allow concealed carry permit holders to bring guns into college and university buildings probably won’t come up for a vote during this session of the state Legislature, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday.
The instigation of a new probe last month means the University of Wisconsin-Madison is under federal investigation for its handling of three sexual violence cases, among the highest for any college campus in the nation.
A Netflix documentary focusing on a Wisconsin criminal case is lighting up the internet this Christmas season. The documentary called “Making a Murderer” is centered on the case of Steven Avery.
In 2003, The Wisconsin Innocence Project helped prove Steven Avery was not guilty of sexual assault, which came after Avery already spent 18 years behind bars for the crime he didn’t commit.
Badgers football player Corey Clement paid over $800 in fines in connection with two disorderly conduct citations.
Authorities say Clement punched a man at a downtown apartment building Nov. 8 after the man and his friends argued with Clement.
Madison Municipal Court officials say $878 has been paid to satisfy Clement’s citations. Clement has a Jan. 5 court date in the cases. An official says the cases can be closed on that date, unless Clement fights the citations.
A woman was groped by a man near the UW-Madison campus early Monday morning, according to a release.
Police said the man dropped his pants and rubbed up against the victim, a 21-year-old woman, near the corner of North Bassett and West Washington Streets.
A number of sexual assault survivors from four University of Wisconsin campuses and their lawyer are asking UW System officials for an opportunity to share their concerns about how they were treated and to provide ideas on how future cases should be handled. So far, their request has been denied.
Two projects at UW-Madison are going forward after approval Wednesday by a state panel.
The state building commission approved the renovation of the Babcock Hall dairy plant so it can house the Center for Dairy Research.
The building commission also okayed money for an addition to the UW-Madison police department on Monroe Street.
Baldwin met with the University of Wisconsin System Task Force on Sexual Violence and Harassment for an hour on Friday. The discussion came as the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — of which Baldwin is a member — discusses changes to the Higher Education Act, a sweeping 1965 law that covers the federal financial aid system.
University of Wisconsin Police Department and University Health Services collaborated to reach out to the Madison campus and community about how to handle tragedy when it strikes.
Though the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting did not prompt UWPD’s and UHS’ message, it discussed how to act in times of violence and how to prevent such acts from occurring.
The timing was interesting, UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott said, and though the tragedy was extremely unfortunate, it created a captive audience for the message.
Senator Tammy Baldwin spent an hour with the University of Wisconsin System Sexual Assault and Violence Task Force on the campus of the UW-Madison Friday.
The group discussed ongoing efforts both the university and Congress are making to combat sexual assault on college campuses.
The University of Wisconsin System Sexual Assault and Violence Task Force met with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D- Wisconsin) Friday afternoon.
The conversation focused on how congress can help universities deal with on campus sex assaults. A recent survey of women at UW-Madison found one in four reported experiencing a sexual assault. Friday’s meeting centered around ways to tackle the problem.
(Video) Students across the country are upset with a bill that would change the way sexual assaults are reported on campus. Velena Jones reports.
Just-released surveillance video shows Badger football player Corey Clement decking a man with a punch, and then being swarmed by the man and others in retaliation. Madison Police officials relied on the video to reject Clement’s claim he was the initial target of aggression in the incident Nov. 8 at The Hub apartments.
“His assertion that he was defending himself was not represented in the video,” detective Joel Peterson says.
Badgers running back Corey Clement has been cited with two counts of Disorderly Conduct in the fight that happened November 8 at the Hub apartment building in Madison. Three others are cited in the incident, as well.
Madison Police say the story released by Wisconsin Athletics earlier this month was not reflected in the video footage obtained during their investigation, going so far as to say the news release was not factually accurate.
University of Wisconsin running back Corey Clement was cited for two counts of disorderly conduct, after a fight inside The Hub, Clement’s downtown apartment building.
The fight was witnessed by a few residents and was captured on security and cellphone cameras.
One cellphone video shows the tail end of a fight. Clement heads down the stairway at the beginning of the clip, and a security guard and a few others remain by the elevators.
Wisconsin junior running back Corey Clement has been cited for two counts of disorderly conduct for his role in a Nov. 8 fight at his off-campus residence, according to a release from UW Athletics.
“We were informed yesterday by Madison police that Corey Clement was cited for two counts of disorderly conduct for his role in an incident on Nov. 8. When we first became aware of this incident, we knew this was a possibility,” the release said.
A California man who pranked UW-Madison police by sending them 240 coconut doughnuts after he was kicked out of Camp Randall Stadium has helped organize a more desirable gift: A $1,000 donation to the Salvation Army of Dane County.
There was something fishy about the dozens and dozens of coconut doughnuts delivered this week to the campus police at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Everyone knows cops love doughnuts. “We call them energy rings around here,” said police spokesman Marc Lovicott. But coconut? “That raised some red flags,” he said. “Who does that? It seemed kind of bizarre.” So he got in touch with the doughnut shop, which told him they needed to order extra ingredients to fill the order for 20 dozen doughnuts. The shop gave him an email address for the person who sent them—a man who Mr. Lovicott said had been ejected by campus police from last Saturday’s Wisconsin-Northwestern football game.
A University of Wisconsin football fan who was ejected from Saturday’s game signaled his disapproval to UW police by sending them 20 dozen coconut doughnuts.
A University of Wisconsin football fan who was ejected from Saturday’s game signaled his disapproval to UW police by sending them 20 dozen coconut doughnuts.
A man who was kicked out of Camp Randall Stadium during Saturday’s Wisconsin football game let UW-Madison police know he wasn’t happy about what happened — but that there were no hard feelings — by sending them 240 coconut doughnuts on Monday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department received a strange, anonymous delivery of 20 dozen coconut doughnuts on Monday, the department posted on Facebook.
A California man sent 20 dozen coconut doughnuts to police officers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as payback for getting kicked out of a Badger football game.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Association has sent an email to parents of current students telling them how to lobby on a bill allowing concealed weapons in campus buildings.
The email, sent Friday morning, tells parents about the bill and why UW System leaders oppose it. There’s no explicit request to lobby against the bill, but the email encourages families to discuss campus safety and the impact the legislation might have on learning.
(Video) Officials say a winter storm rolling through Southern Wisconsin Friday evening will cause increased wait times at Saturday’s Badger football game, as traffic moves slower and security personnel search fans’ coats. Dannika Lewis reports.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni group has sent an email to parents of current students telling them how to lobby on a bill that would allow concealed weapons in campus building.
The UW Alumni Association sent the message Friday morning. The email tells parents about the bill and how UW System leaders oppose it. The message doesn’t explicitly ask parents to lobby against the measure but encourages families to discuss campus safety and the impact the legislation might have on learning.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police report more than 100 fans were ejected from Saturday’s Big Ten football game against Northwestern at Camp Randall Stadium.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports fans threw snowballs and ice at each other and onto the field as the season’s first big snow hit Madison.
Friday and Saturday’s winter storm brought about 4 inches of snow to Madison. With snowfall ending around noon Saturday, crews did not have time to clear seating sections before the 2:30 p.m. game against Northwestern. Fifty people were ejected from the stadium for throwing snowballs and other hard objects, according to UW-Madison police.
The University of Wisconsin announced there will be an increased police and security presence at Saturday’s football game versus Northwestern.
A Portage County prosecutor on Thursday dismissed several charges against frequent University of Wisconsin protester Jeffrey Decker, who was prepared to defend himself at trial Friday.
Editorial cites UW-Madison police department equipping its officers with body-worn cameras.
The University of Wisconsin has issued a release detailing how running back Corey Clement suffered a cut to his hand following an assault at his off-campus apartment early Sunday morning.
According to the release, Clement was returning to his apartment building when he witnessed a dispute between a security guard and a group of people. Clement stepped in to the dispute. According to UW, Clement and the security guard were then assaulted by the individuals.
University of Wisconsin running back Corey Clement suffered a cut on his hand following an incident at his off-campus residence early Sunday morning, according to a university release.
The defacing of a publicity poster for a theater production at UW-Madison prompts a letter from school officials, urging students to watch for, and confront racial insensitivity.
The poster depicted Japanese women and others in connection with the staging of the production “Tea,” with the vandalism involving the obscuring of the women’s faces in yellow. The play is about Japanese women marrying U.S. servicemen and returning with them to live in the United States.
“Here we are doing this Asian American play and someone sees fit to do something like this,” “Tea” director and UW School of Education professor David Furumoto says.
University faculty are calling on students to report more instances of racial-motivated issues in an effort educate the campus community after cases of vandalism occurred recently.
Vandalism of a production poster in Van Hise fueled the conversation about racial identities and bias on campus in a department-wide email sent out Monday.
Students taking classes housed in Vilas Hall, including those in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, received an email Monday alerting them of “an incident of bias and racism” that occurred a few weeks ago in Vilas Hall.
The attached letter from Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims detailed the vandalism of a poster for the Department of Theater and Drama’s production of “TEA.”
The Dane County District Attorney’s Office has decided not to charge a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was accused of sexually assaulting another student last fall.
The UW Police Department said a 22-year-old UW student was driven to the department by a local food delivery driver on Oct. 25. The woman had asked the worker for a ride saying she needed help. She had been sexually assault outside.
Brent Eisberner generally feels safe on the UW-Madison campus. But the possibility of an attack is always on the law student’s mind. A former Marine Corps captain and concealed carry instructor, Eisberner selects his seats in classrooms and lecture halls based on what position would best allow him to react to an active shooter.
If you’ve ever driven through UW-Madison campus between classes, you know first hand how dangerous it can.
Whether it’s the pedestrians darting out into traffic, the bikers blowing through stop signs or the motorists not stopping at crosswalks, police say it’s no secret there’s a pedestrian safety issue on campus.
33 years ago a 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death right outside Gate 5 at Camp Randall. Even though that happened back in 1982, police are still keeping this a very active and open investigation, and they need your help finding the killer.
UW Madison Police need your help finding three men in the picture above.
Police say the man dressed as a ninja turtle was seen pushing over and damaging mopeds outside Camp Randall on Friday.
Police are looking for a man dressed as Raphael the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle who they say damaged some mopeds outside Camp Randall Friday afternoon.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department said the man dressed as Raphael was seen pushing over and damaging four mopeds.
