The rescheduled Mifflin Street block party drew some 20,000 mostly peaceful revelers Saturday as UW-Madison students tried to get partying out of their systems a week before finals.
As of 8:15 p.m., Madison police arrested about 200 people at the annual block party, mostly for open intoxicants and underage drinking violations. One person was arrested for throwing a beer can at an officer, Madison police spokesman Mike Hanson said.
Students from UW-Madison, UW-Eau Claire, Madison Area Technical College and the University of Minnesota were arrested. Hanson said the afternoon arrest figures of about 80 people were comparable to last year’s numbers.