Madison News Archives

Madison police said they are looking for a man who beat a Madison Metro bus driver after boarding at the South Transfer Point Tuesday night.

A Madison mother accused of abusing and killing her 6-week-old daughter last year will undergo further testing before a court decides whether she is mentally competent to proceed in the legal system.

A new report ranks Wisconsin 10th in the nation in volunteer participation rate.

The man arrested Wednesday after two bomb scares near the state Capitol was found mentally incompetent after an arrest earlier this month.

"Because of proximity and demographics, we chose the Midwest" over eight other areas of the U.S. for the launch, president and chief operating officer Gary Decatur said in an interview.

Gov. Jim Doyle has picked Madison Alder Zach Brandon for the job as executive assistant in the Department of Commerce.

MADISON - Two eagle-eyed construction workers are being credited with helping police nab a man suspected of leaving a homemade bomb near the state capitol.

A mother dropping her children off at a baby sitter's home in Fitchburg suffered a serious head injury Friday after dangling from a moving car for nearly 45 feet while trying to stop someone from stealing it, ...

After getting too friendly with the dancers at Club Bristol, a Madison man got downright evil with the building and now faces a felony charge of criminal damage to property for allegedly running his car into ...

WASHINGTON ISLAND - It all started when Leah Caplan needed wheat for her bread. Ken Koyen unravels the story of how he and his brother, Tom, who have lived on Washington Island all their lives, agreed to plant ...

A Chicago man accused of threatening a woman with a gun led authorities in Dane County on a chase with his 7-year-old son in the vehicle before crashing into a tree.

MADISON, Wisconsin : Three environmental activists were indicted on charges that they helped vandalize a U.S. Forest Service research station in northern Wisconsin, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Authorities have closed off an area near the Wisconsin Capitol as they investigate whether a backpack contains an explosive device.

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Roland Day is dead at age 89. Day's daughter says he died Saturday at Oakwood Village, a Madison retirement home where he was recovering from a broken pelvis.

The parents of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was killed in her campus-area apartment this spring have dropped their lawsuit against Dane County and a 911 dispatcher regarding the alleged ...

The torrential rain and flooding that hit southern Wisconsin this summer, destroying tens of millions of dollars worth of farm crops, had a least one silver lining -- soil erosion was not a major problem, farm ...

A 28-year-old Madison man was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night in the 500 block of Moorland Road on the city's south side.

During 1968, the rock group Blue Cheer came out on AM radio with the hard-driving hit song "Summertime Blues". The song had the memorable refrain "ain't no cure for the summertime blues" followed by an equally ...

According to a news release from the City of Madison Police Department: On Friday night around 11:39 p.m., Madison Police responded to a near eastside home to speak with a 16-year-old about an attempted sexual ...

University of Wisconsin-Madison police said they arrested two suspects Monday in connection with the robbery of a graduate student on campus more than two weeks ago.

It's has been one of the worst years on record for high levels of blue-green algae in Madison lakes and one Madison woman found out the hard way.

Iowa County authorities are investigating a rollover crash that killed one person and injured two others Saturday.

The torrential rain and flooding that hit southern Wisconsin this summer, destroying tens of millions of dollars worth of farm crops, had a least one silver lining -- soil erosion was not a major problem, farm ...

Motions filed this week on behalf of Michael Sisk, a suspect in the Portage's Oneida Street murder and abuse case, shed light on defense plans to attack the credibility of his codefendants testifying against ...

Madison police are looking for a gunman who held up a woman last week at the intersection of Mills Street and St.

A Chicago woman who took credit cards in University of Wisconsin buildings in Madison and Milwaukee has been sentenced to five years in prison and 10 years probation.

Madison, Wis. - Roche announced today that it is buying Mirus Bio Corporation for $125 million, one year after acquiring NimbleGen, also a Madison-based company.

By SUSAN TROLLER The Capital Times stroller@madison.com -- The Capital Times , July 24, 2008 Thursday ALL EDITION Rooms outfitted with flowery bedspreads, cheesy pastel art and clunky TVs that haven't been ...

MADISON, Wis. : Wisconsin Democrats on Friday ousted a delegate to their national convention for saying she would vote for Republican presidential candidate Sen.

Authorities said that a suspect in a Madison homicide who was arrested in Chicago has signed a waiver of extradition and is expected to be picked up by Dane County authorities and transported to Madison soon.

According to a news release from the City of Madison Fire Department: City of Madison firefighters were called to a fire at Dimitri's Gyros, 3502 East Washington, at 10:11 p.m. Engine Company 8 was first on ...

A new "Time Bank" initiative, eating at Mad Dog's Chicago Style Eatery, Cafe Porta Alba, commuting by canoe, an interview about the Trek Stop bike kiosk, Wisco at 2008 Big Ten Football Media Days, and much more ...

Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths in Wisconsin and around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago.

Madison police said they are looking for those who ransacked and robbed a local computer store.

On Tuesday at 6:17 p.m., Madison Police were called to a hit-and-run crash in the 3100 block of Monroe Street.

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is planning a fundraiser in Madison on Thursday.

AARP on Wednesday announced that Madison is No. 3 on its list of healthiest places for seniors to live.

The Madison-Dane County Health Department says at least one person appears to have been sickened by blue-green algae while swimming in Lake Mendota.

Madison city leaders are giving surplus city land to Porchlight as part of a land swap to keep the Truman Olson Army Reserve Center open for redevelopment Tuesday, July 22, 2008 A homeless shelter is in the ...

Authorities in Fond du Lac confirmed that a 15-month-old child drowned accidentally in a swimming pool near Campbellsport.

According to a news release from the City of Madison Police Department: On July 18th a Madison resident got into her car, turned the ignition key, and discovered the gas tank she thought to be half-full was in ...

The shift starts as many do, with an emergency. Yet on this recent summer day, the first one is much less dangerous than what the six-man crew of firefighters is accustomed to handling on a daily basis: The ...

BASEL, Switzerland_Pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding said Tuesday it would buy the U.S. gene therapy company Mirus Bio Corp.

Fire broke out Monday night at Dimitri's Gyros, 3502 E. Washington Ave., and though firefighters brought the blaze under control within minutes and no one was hurt, the restaurant will likely have to close at ...

An artwork by Springbrook artist Sally Sorenson was chosen as one of eight artworks being displayed in Madison as part of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra celebration: 25 years of "Concerts on the Square." In ...

One of two suspects in the Marcus Hamilton murder investigation has been arrested in Chicago.

Madison Police are looking for three men who attempted to rob a 55-year-old woman on the 100 block of Acewood Blvd.

Madison police are continuing to investigate after a woman was killed and a man was injured in a stabbing at an apartment on the city's south side on Tuesday afternoon.

Yuliana Hernandez-Hernandez was in the process of moving out of the apartment she shared with her husband, Julio Marin-Garcia, last year when Marin-Garcia stabbed her to death.

Doug Weigman can name everybody who crowds into Pine Street Bar on Friday nights.

Christine Quinn has been named the new provost/vice chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Extension. After a national search, Quinn replaces Robin Shepard, who was interim provost/vice chancellor.

A Madison man faces a charge of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of an ex-girlfriend after he called the 911 emergency number to say she died in a fight over a knife.

A Madison man was charged with strong armed robbery after assaulting and robbing a 39-year-old man late Thursday afternoon on the 1800 block of Heath Avenue on the city's northeast side.

Multiple confessions and a DNA match were enough for a judge to order a college dropout to stand trial Friday in a murder that left Wisconsin's capital city on edge for weeks.

City officials are concerned, though, that Dane County hasn't committed to funding the project.

Daniel L. "Main" Wright called 911 on Tuesday afternoon and told a dispatcher he killed his girlfriend during a fight over a knife, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday that charged Wright with ...

The man injured in a fatal stabbing Tuesday on Badger Road in Madison has now been booked into the Dane County Jail.

NECEDAH -- Photographer Richard Armstrong is the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge's Artist-in-Resident from May to December.

Services for James Kamp, 62, were held Saturday, July 12 at the Schutte Funeral Home in Postville.

A few years ago, Lynette Jandl found that racism had gotten into her, and it was Richard Davis who helped get it out.

The Wisconsin Institute for Leadership is urging Governor Doyle to call a Special Session of the state legislature next week to reduce gas prices here.

A woman who authorities say engaged in sex acts with her children to create pornography has pleaded guilty in Federal Court in Madison to a charge of knowingly using minors to engage in sexually explicit ...

The Dane County coroner said a woman found dead in a Madison apartment building was stabbed.

Dane County leaders and the 911 dispatcher who botched a call for help want the lawsuit to be dismissed ===== Click here for our special news section: The Murder of Brittany Zimmermann ===== A county government ...

Middleton has become the latest Wisconsin municipality to ban workplace smoking.

MADISON, Wis.- A lawsuit brought against two Roman Catholic dioceses by five men sexually abused by a Catholic school teacher was dismissed Wednesday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

I've always held Capital Brewery, situated just outside Madison, Wis., in high esteem, mostly due to its various dopplebocks and maibock.

A woman was killed and a man was injured in a stabbing attack in a West Badger Road apartment on Tuesday afternoon, Madison police said.

Madison police are investigating whether there is a connection between a Wood County man charged with kidnapping and sexual assault and the homicide of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann, based on a ...

Fat kids want cake, skinny kids abstain, right? Whatever philosophy you subscribe to, chances are you'll only see the world's fittest stopping by a Trek Stop.

A former Madison Metro bus driver will apparently avoid a felony conviction after he allegedly drove with a passenger clinging to the side mirror.

The preliminary hearing for Adam Peterson, 20, charged with first degree intentional homicide for the Jan.

ED TRELEVEN 608-252-6134 The last, painful minutes of Yuliana Hernandez-Hernandez's life will be heard by jurors this week in the trial of her husband, who claims emotional distress over an affair she was ...

Madison fire crews are still investigating what caused an eight-car fire in a salvage yard on the city's Far East Side early this morning.

On 07/13/08 at approx. 2:45 am, Madison Police responded along with Madison Fire Rescue to an injury accident.

The Dalai Lama will visit the Madison area this week for several days of talks and a special long-life ceremony.

Dane County authorities say a man has been found dead in a home that was destroyed by a fire.

Just a month after she was found competent to stand trial, a Madison mother charged with killing her infant daughter was ordered to undergo another competency evaluation.

An investigation has determined arson to be the cause of a July 6 structure fire in the Town of Madison.

A Blooming Grove man died in a house fire Saturday evening. The two-story home, located at 3295 Lee South Court, collapsed upon itself during the fire and was completely destroyed.

A Friday night apartment fire in Fitchburg has displaced around 40 people and caused $3 million in damages to the building.

Glass America, one of the largest independently-owned automobile glass replacement and repair companies in the country, has opened a new location serving the greater Madison, Wisconsin area at 2223 Industrial ...

So we already knew Charter had a mind to add FSN Wisconsin HD sometime this summer to enable locals to see some of those 65 HD Brewers games , and while August 20th is a bit late in the season to flip the ...

Three residents escaped uninjured after discovering a fire in their Madison home early Friday morning.

An early-morning fire burned eight vehicles on Friday morning at Copart Inc. on Madison's East Side.

Less than three months after The Capital Times in Madison, Wis., dropped its daily print format for a Web-based report, another Wisconsin daily is following the trend.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former power plant employee who claimed she faced rampant discrimination and sexual harassment.

According to a news release from the UW-Police Department: Sunday at approximately 10 p.m. the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police responded to the Eagle Heights apartment complex for a person reported to be ...

State Sen. Fred Risser, the progressive Democrat from Madison who is the longest-serving state legislator in the United States, will not face a Democratic primary contest in September or a November race with a ...

Now that summer is here, your family may be looking for a great day trip. May I suggest a visit to Madison this summer to take in the many sights and sounds of our capital city? At a height of more than 200 ...

On 07/05/08 at 6:24pm Rock County Sheriff's Office, Clinton Fire and Police and Beloit Paramedics responded to a single motorcycle accident on County X east of Carvers Rock Rd.

A Madison man who was having an affair with another woman as his longtime lover was dying at their home, has been charged with obstructing officers.

These file photos released in 2006 by the Grant County Jail in Lancaster, Wisc. show twin brothers Alexander and Nicholas Grunke, 20, of Ridgeway, Wis., and Dustin Radke, 20, of Dodgeville, Wis.

Gunfire filled the night air and a patio door in the 1500 block of Troy Drive early Sunday morning.

According to a news release from the Madison Police Department: Around 1:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning Madison Police Officers were dispatched to the same residence on the 1500 block of Troy Drive where shots had ...

Commission member Ewen Whaddarmie said that this ordinance was a first step in requiring all vehicles operated inside city limits to be designed so that engines would automatically shut down after 10 seconds of ...

A Madison-area teen could face a $169 fine for causing a Fitchburg apartment fire this weekend that caused $3.3 million in damages and displaced 50 residents.

Madison police have released sketches of the two men believed responsible for an armed street robbery in which the victim was shot in the leg.

According to a news release from the Madison Police Department: On July 3, 2008, around 3:25 p.m., a Madison Police South District Officer saw a young man walking away from Penn Park towards Park Street.

Apartment complex residents were evacuated on Sunday night after a blaze erupted in the Town of Madison building.

Residents stood in disbelief in the parking lot of their charred apartment building today, the bright blue water of an adjacent swimming pool a jarring contrast.