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...
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....
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 ...
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 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...
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...
The Badger Herald – Independent Student Newspaper Since 1969
3 days ago · The Boys and Girls Club of Dane County held a vigil Tuesday night to memorialize victims of the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School. Around 400 community members of all ages gathered on Capitol Square while volunteers offered beverages and brought...
UW needs to invest in in-person peer support mental health …
Nov 27, 2024 · Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with information regarding Togetherall, a peer-to-peer mental health support service offered by UHS. The 2023-2024 Healthy Minds Study — a national survey of college students — found that 48% of all surveyed college students experienced depression or an anxiety disorder. Mental health is clearly an ongoing struggle for...
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...