Madison News

On Thursday night, around 8:00 p.m., multiple officers were dispatched to the 2300 block of Allied Drive after several residents reported shots being fired.

Forty teachers from nine states are gathering next week for a program to discuss the merits of using hip-hop in the classroom.

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MADISON , a liberal college town that doubles as the capital of a politically complicated state, pulls its disparate elements together into a spirited reality all its own, a funky amalgam of hard-partying students, socially conscious activists, sports fans, outdoor warriors, politicos from both sides of the aisle, artists, foodies and more.

A caller reported seeing someone shooting from a vehicle in the direction of a farmhouse on MidTown Road near Woods Road around 1:00 a.m. A short while later, a MPD Sergeant stopped a vehicle matching the description on MidTown at High Point Road.

A Madison-area baby sitter has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for causing the death of an infant in her care.

Privately owned campground located just 30 miles from Madison and Wisconsin Dells.

A Madison man currently serving a three-year prison term for his eighth drunken-driving conviction faces yet more time after a jury found him guilty Wednesday of his ninth offense.

Four teams of Madison police and fire prevention officers will be patrolling the city this week to respond to noise complaints and, if necessary, issue citations to those violating city fireworks ordinances.

MADISON - One of Gov. Jim Doyle's budget vetoes combines parts of three sentences to create a new one, which is a violation of a voter-approved constitutional ban on what critics call the "Frankenstein veto." Voters approved the ban in 2008 to limit a governor's veto power.

An attempted murder charge was among several felonies filed Tuesday against a man police believe was involved in three shooting incidents this year around Madison.

At least a dozen people were stuck on a Ferris wheel at Rhythm & Booms festivities in Madison's Warner Park on Sunday night.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, June 29, 2009 - 11:06 a.m. MADISON, Wis. a ' Gov. Jim Doyle is vetoing 81 items in the two-year $62 billion state budget.

Note: This is an update on Halia Hancock, the 1-year-old Wisconsin Rapids girl who needed an organ transplant because of a liver condition.

A 31-year-old man was transported by City of Madison paramedics to UW Hospital this evening after he suffered burns while working on a vehicle in a driveway at 106 Ohio Avenue.

A judge has ruled in favor of the Journal Sentinel and several other media outlets that had been involved in a legal battle over records in the case of a murdered University of Wisconsin-Madison student.

Do you think there should be a wolf hunting season in Wisconsin? Yes, it would be good to protect livestock and pets.

A massive redevelopment has been proposed for a well-known Madison hotel that sits on Lake Mendota.

At 10:48 Saturday night, officers were dispatched to the 4900 Block Verona Road for a Motor Vehicle/Pedestrian accident.

A Madison man was charged Friday with 13 felonies for allegedly running cockfights at his Moorland Road home.