Five downtown and campus Metro Transit bus routes will be detoured Friday because of the UW-Madison Homecoming parade. Routes 81 and 82 on the UW-Madison campus will detour from Langdon Street and Lake Street from the start of service on Friday to 9 p.m. Passengers are asked to board buses on those two routes on University Avenue.
Tuesday, the Memorial Union?s Great Hall filled with University of Wisconsin employees who debated the Human Resources Design Project?s recommendations.
University police say they?ve arrested a researcher at UW-Madison for growing marijuana in a campus building.
A University of Wisconsin researcher was arrested Oct. 16 after police said they found marijuana plants being grown in the Biochemistry Building.
Police arrested University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry researcher Christopher Schwartz Monday days after discovering he was growing between 200 and 1,000 grams of marijuana in the university Biochemistry building. The UW-Madison Police Department has charged Schwartz with the felony of Manufacturing and Delivering THC, the active chemical in marijuana, according to UWPD Sgt. Aaron Chapin. The charge applies to anyone who is ?either growing or selling an illegal substance,? Chapin said.
When Laura Whitmore joined the City of Madison Parks Division back in 1995, she had no idea where the job would lead. Whitmore was fresh out of the Peace Corps ? with a degree in International relations from UW-Madison ? and was happy just to tell her parents back in Neenah that she was gainfully employed.
MADISON, Wis. – A University of Wisconsin researcher was arrested Oct. 16 after police said they found marijuana plants being grown in the Biochemistry Building. Christopher Schwartz, 45, was arrested on suspicion of manufacturing and delivering marijuana.
Still trying to figure out which candidates have the best vision for America?s economic future? Two heavyweights in the world of economics with political connections will be on the UW-Madison campus Thursday to talk about issues pertinent to the November election.
A male victim suffered injuries to the face after being attacked by four male suspects on University Avenue early Saturday morning.
A: Police staffing for the motorcade is determined by where the president?s event is held, according to Madison police Central District Capt. Carl Gloede. For the president?s Oct. 4 visit to UW-Madison, Gloede said Madison police coordinated the motorcade route and staffing. The department?s assistant chief of operations selected the command staff for the event, who in turn coordinated with other law enforcement agencies to fill positions along the route and within the motorcade.
On October 15th, 2012 William Lynch of Lyndon Station, pled guilty to identity theft, burglary, and forgery stemming from several cases investigated by University Police detectives throughout the past year.
Vice President Joe Biden will again take the Obama campaign to a university campus in Wisconsin.
Biden will appear at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Friday. The Obama campaign says doors at the Cartwright Center open at 11:30 a.m. The vice presidents wife, Jill Biden, will introduce her husband.
Mayor Paul Soglin on Thursday named veteran government official Jim O?Keefe as Madison?s next director of community development. O?Keefe was administrator for the Division of Housing and Community Development in the state Department of Commerce under former Gov. Jim Doyle, and remained with the agency under the Walker administration to assist with its transition to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., where he was hired as a policy analyst. He also served as the city?s government relations officer under Soglin and former Mayor Sue Bauman from 1990 to 2003.
The late foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid, a University of Wisconsin — Madison graduate, is among the National Book Award finalists announced Wednesday in New York.
Got a corner of the city you just love? Or know a place that?s a jumble or ugly or kind of scary? How about Union Terrace, the lakefront patio of UW-Madison?s Memorial Union? That was one Madisonian?s rave for a list of favorite and least favorite places being collected by the city of Madison in preparation for the Mayor?s Neighborhood Conference 2012: Great Neighborhoods ? Great Places, to be held 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Metro Transit says it’s raising bus fares to close a hole created by the 5 percent tax levy reduction asked for by Mayor Paul Soglin. The proposed fare increase was discussed as part of a budget hearing Tuesday at the Board of Estimates. “The mayor asked every department for a 5 percent tax levy reduction,” said Chuck Kamp, transit general manager. “We were allowed, when we looked at that tax levy reduction, to either reduce expenses or add revenue. “With our ridership growing to record levels, with overcrowding on buses, we did not want to cut services, so we looked at revenues.”
Reflecting what the UW System president calls a “cultural evolution” that has transformed universities into drivers of local economies, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his family will soon move to a stone Tudor mansion bought last week by the school?s private foundation.
A two-alarm fire caused extensive damage to the UW-Madison Memorial Union Theater Monday morning, fire officials said, although construction work at the building was expected to resume soon after the blaze. According to a news release from the Madison Fire Department, the fire started near the Union Theater’s ground level, before flames spread up into a “large attic space above the theater.”
The University of Wisconsin released the rental agreement signed by President Barack Obama?s campaign for his campus visit last Thursday, which highlighted the costs and post-event arrangements associated with hosting a crowd of 30,000 on Bascom Hill.
Madison firefighters were called to the UW-Madison Memorial Union Monday morning to fight a smoky fire that was reported at about 7:35 a.m. Madison Fire Department spokesman Eric Dahl told Madison.com the fire appeared to be on the roof over the theater section of the union.
New numbers show fewer students are heading to classes on UW-campuses.
Coming off a strong poll in Wisconsin but a challenging national debate the previous night, President Barack Obama on Thursday fired up college supporters and sought to renew his campaign?s momentum.From a stage looking up at the tree-lined Bascom Mall sloping down from the administration building of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Obama addressed a capacity crowd of students and supporters.
There has been some griping from several killjoy professors at the welcome University of Wisconsin officials gave Thursday?s visit by the president to the campus. To ease the task of organizing the event ? which drew more than 30,000 students and community members to Bascom Hill and surrounding areas ? the UW allowed the signup for event tickets to run the ticketing process. The rally was a huge success.
If Mitt Romney comes to the campus, he should be accorded precisely the same treatment. The same goes for Libertarian Gary Johnson or Green Jill Stein….The cure for what ails democracy is always more democracy ? especially on a campus where a central premise is the ?sifting and winnowing? of ideas. As long as the UW treats all campaigns in the same manner, all will be well.
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Madison police have begun charging groups to march down State Street, sparking discord with the Madison Area Peace Coalition and leaving organizers of the 42nd annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival fuming. Representatives of both groups say they will likely march without a permit this weekend rather than agree to pay costs for officers to block traffic at intersections and squad cars to drive at the front and end of the march ? measures the Police Department says are needed to ensure safety.
Coming off a strong poll in Wisconsin but a challenging national debate Wednesday, President Barack Obama arrives in the state Thursday afternoon looking to fire up a core of supporters and renew his campaign?s momentum.
UW-Madison?s iconic Bascom Hill will see throngs of spectators hoping to catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama Thursday afternoon, when he will deliver a speech to the liberal capitol of one of a few highly publicized swing states across the nation. Because POTUS will be stationed at one of UW-Madison?s top hot spots, many campus buildings will be affected, resulting in the cancellation and relocation of many classes.
If you live on Park Street or Brooks Street near the UW-Madison campus, and your garbage and recycling was picked up this morning, it?s time to take the carts back onto your property, or else.
President Obama may be a heavy favorite as he enters the final month of his campaign, but the commander in chief has plenty of detractors from all points on the political spectrum, some of whom will be making appearances at the president?s rally on Bascom Hill Thursday.
UW-Madison officials on Tuesday morning released more details about President Barack Obama?s campus visit. And although the university reports that it is doing its best to minimize the disruption of a normal school and workday for faculty, staff and students, it?s now clear that Obama?s Thursday campaign rally is going to force significant disruptions for those who utilize academic and administrative buildings housed on Bascom Hill.
For just the third time since 1950, a sitting United States president will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Thursday. Regardless of political affiliation, the event will mark a significant day for the university. Around campus and across the city, anticipatory buzz is building. Facebook and Twitter have exploded since the news broke Saturday that President Barack Obama would reschedule his planned trip to Columbus, Ohio and instead visit Madison. And still two days away, on-the-ground preparation has begun in earnest.
Parking will be at a premium on Thursday in downtown Madison and near the UW-Madison campus because of President Barack Obama?s speech on campus, but you might be able to find a spot in one of four city parking ramps.
Planning to meet your study group at the UW Law School on Thursday? Hoping to go to office hours at Science Hall? Better make other plans, because much of the campus will be in lockdown by then in preparation for President Barack Obamas visit to Bascom Hill.
The day after Barack Obama?s Wednesday night debate with Mitt Romney, he?ll seek to show an image of strength by leading a rally on the university campus here – long a bastion of his support. The event will give the president a chance to either sustain any momentum he has coming out of the debate in Denver or to change the subject if Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, scores points in the forum.
A team of University of Wisconsin political scientists analyzed 2008 election returns in each of the nation?s 3,100 counties, controlling for variations in demographics, geography and political dynamics (ie. whether a county was in a battleground state). Turnout in counties with early voting was about three percentage points lower than in counties without it.
Four years ago, the Zimmermann family experienced a tragedy when they lost their daughter, Brittany, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, in a horrific and still unsolved murder. According to event treasurer Beverly Otis, approximately 280 runners participated Saturday in the annual 5K ?Brittany Run,? which was hosted by the Zimmermann family. Although the goal of the race is to increase crime awareness, the money raised from the participation fee supports a private volunteer organization called Madison Area Crime Stoppers, which uses funds to pay for tips that aid police investigations.
President Barack Obama will hold his rally Thursday at Bascom Mall on the UW-Madison campus, the campaign announced Monday. Doors will open at noon. The event is free and open to the public, but those wishing to attend must register online at www.barackobama.com/Madison2012. Madison-area residents also can register in person at the campaign office at 222 State St.
I came to Madison, Wis., for the first time in 2001, intending to stay a year but privately hoping to find a home of the heart, since otherwise I had no particular place to go. I?d lived most of my life in Miami and New York City, and couldn?t envision a future in either place. I was in my late 20s, torn between wanting to romp around on unspecified adventures and wanting to build the kind of life?spouse, kids, writing career?that benefits from a home base.
The University of Wisconsin Foundation is rolling out an aggressive campaign this fall to double alumni donations, both in dollars and number of alums who make gifts, partly to raise an extra $3 million in need-based financial aid for students, according to the alumni magazine for the Madison campus.
Four patrons were arrested at Wando?s Bar early Sunday morning when a fight broke out after an individual was asked to leave the bar.
A Green Bay man who almost fatally stabbed another man at the 2011 Mifflin Street Block Party was sentenced Friday to 2½ years in prison. Colin J. Rosenow, 23, wept as he told Matthew Warnert that he was sorry for what happened on April 30, 2011, and asked for his forgiveness. ?I do not expect to be forgiven just because I said sorry,? Rosenow said.
After months of recommendations and revisions, the Human Resources Design Project will release a new plan designed to improve the University of Wisconsin?s personnel system to become more competitive with other world-class universities.
Two student organizations applied for 2013-?14 fiscal year funding eligibility from the Student Services Finance Committee Thursday.
Help Olbrich Gardens celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Thai Pavilion and Garden this weekend and throughout the fall. The elaborate red and gold pavilion ? a symbol of international friendship ? was a gift from the Thai government and the Thai chapter of the UW-Madison Alumni Association. It?s surrounded by a Thai garden that is at its peak in September.
This Saturday marked the kick-off of a new campaign targeting University of Wisconsin alumni for donations to benefit the campus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison created a new annual multimedia campaign aimed at increasing alumni donations, which will run through October. The campaign, titled ?Share the Wonderful,? features an interactive website designed to help alumni learn how their contributions make an impact on campus, according to a statement by the university. Currently, less than 10 percent of all alumni contribute to UW-Madison, according the statement.
A man allegedly ?groped? a 21-year-old woman at North Frances Street and Conklin Place near Dottie Dumpling?s Dowry early Saturday morning. At approximately 4:14 a.m., a downtown resident and a friend were walking southbound on North Frances Street, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
A 21-year-old Madison woman was sexually groped early Saturday morning while walking along a downtown street, Madison police reported. The assault was reported at 4:14 a.m. Saturday on North Frances Street near Conklin Place, said police spokesman Joel DeSpain.
Playing to a younger audience, Vice President Joe Biden is stressing differences between the presidential campaigns on education, college debt and entitlement programs more in doubt for future generations.
Mayor Paul Soglin?s annual capital budget calls for the allocation of funds to renovate Library Mall and State Street in 2013.
Madison?s financial committee continued deliberating Mayor Paul Soglin?s proposed 2013 capital budget at their meeting Tuesday, hearing presentations from city departments that affect areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police said they arrested a man Sunday for intoxication while driving through the IronMan marathon course in downtown Madison.
The sexual assault of a Madison woman in a downtown park early Sunday was a very violent attack, the spokesman for the Madison Police Department told Madison.com. “This rape is a bad case,” Joel DeSpain said. “It is as serious as any other one I?ve seen.”
Folks in Madison, Wis. haven?t had much to cheer about the past two weekends, with their beloved Badgers losing momentum and slipping from No. 13 to No. 22 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll.
The City of Madison?s Plan Commission decided Thursday to change the zoning codes of specific University of Wisconsin properties.
A Filipina is one of the top senior aides of US Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan. Joyce Yamat Meyer of Franklin, Wisconsin heads Ryan?s Washington office as his chief-of-staff.
A 19-year-old Madison man riding his longboard (skateboard) on a street near UW-Madison was mugged Monday night by a group of young men standing along the street, Madison police reported. The victim was treated at a local hospital for a chipped tooth, facial and hand injuries, according to a police news release.
The Madison Fire Departments Lake Rescue Team was called Thursday morning to help a swimmer who failed to surface while swimming with a group of people in Lake Mendota.
A swimmer who failed to surface from Lake Mendota after swimming with friends Thursday morning was pulled from the water and taken to UW Hospital, authorities reported. The incident was reported at 6:49 a.m. in front of the UW-Madison Limnology Building, 680 North Park Street, according to the Dane County 911 Communications Center.
When it comes to ice cream flavors, Kim Premo has not only tasted a lot of them, he?s made them. Premo is vice president of research and development at Denali Ingredients LLC in New Berlin. He grew up on a farm in Columbus and obtained an undergraduate degree in food science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1977.
