Women’s Basketball: Wisconsin hangs on to defeat UIC 61-57
Nov 23, 2024 · Though it may have been a game the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team will want to forget — committing 18 turnovers and 21 personal fouls against the UIC Flames — it’ll be remembered in the record books. Junior Serah Williams reached 1,000 career points and became tied for the third-fastest Badger to do so....
Football: Looking back on the 2024 season, is a new era of Badger ...
Dec 3, 2024 · The 2024 Badger football season could easily be its own comedy, horror or any other movie genre that comes to mind. But, this was the general plot: It starts with the traditional rising action, the Badgers hit a few bumps but start 2-0. Exciting transfer quarterback Tyler Van Dyke gets hurt in the first quarter...
UW experts throw cold water on passenger pigeon revival
Nov 25, 2023 · Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with corrected information about Stanley Temple’s 2013 TEDx Talk and Revive & Restore’s partnership with the Applied Ecological Institute, Stratifyx and UW professors. The possibility of resurrecting the passenger pigeon has become a contentious topic within the scientific community. The passenger pigeon, native to the Midwest, was an...
Badgers fire OC Phil Longo: It won’t make a difference
Dec 3, 2024 · The University of Wisconsin Badger football team suffered a gut-wrenching loss to No.1 Oregon on Nov. 16. Wisconsin, despite leading throughout the first three quarters, let Oregon slip away late in the game, giving up 10 points to the Ducks while producing just 21 yards of total offense in the fourth quarter. This summed up the Badger season in big games — lead early and fall apart in the ...
UW addresses leaked women’s volleyball photos - The Badger …
Oct 21, 2022 · The University of Wisconsin released a statement Wednesday addressing the leak of sensitive photos and videos of the women’s volleyball team. The players are not being investigated for wrongdoing and will be provided with appropriate resources to support their well-being, the statement said. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the …
Democrats gain ground in Wisconsin after new legislative maps …
Nov 7, 2024 · Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed new state legislative maps into law Feb. 19 in hopes of limiting gerrymandering, according to Campaign Legal.These new maps helped Wisconsin Democrats flip 14 State Senate and Assembly seats from red to blue in the 2024 election, according to Wisconsin Watch.. Republicans will maintain the majority in both the Assembly and Senate but at slimmer margins than ...
City of Madison invests nearly $10 million in expanding affordable ...
Nov 22, 2024 · The City of Madison has allocated $9.85 million from its Affordable Housing Fund to support the addition of four new affordable housing projects. The four projects include the Merchant Place Senior Apartments on the West Side, East Washington and 7th Ave. on the East Side, CORE on Dryden and United Residences on the North Side,...
City of Madison police chief advocates for body-worn cameras
Dec 2, 2024 · City of Madison’s Police Chief Shon Barnes said he wants to fully implement body cameras by 2027. The cameras would be worn by Madison Police Department officers offering surveillance that could be used as evidence in criminal cases. Body-worn cameras have been widely accepted as one of the best practices in America and overall international...
Voting rights advocates urge Eric Hovde to retract vote-counting …
Dec 3, 2024 · Voting rights advocates are calling on Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde to withdraw allegations of vote-counting irregularities in Wisconsin’s Senate race, according to the Wisconsin Examiner. Hovde lost to Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., in November and has been widely criticized for his claims of election fraud — particularly concerning a late batch of mail-in...
Father and son attacked at downtown Madison bar
Sep 27, 2024 · According to an incident report from the Madison Police Department, a man attacked a father and son with a knife inside City Bar early Sunday morning. The suspect stabbed the 58-year-old victim in the neck then cut the son who came to his father’s help. City Bar staff immediately called for help, according to the...