MADISON, [1/5/2024] — The Police Civilian Oversight Board (PCOB) is currently seeking nominations from the community to fill vacancies on the Board. The PCOB supervises and works collaboratively with the City of Madison’s Office of the Independent…
Madison, Wis. – The Madison Police Department has created a special job shadow program allowing community members and officers to learn from one another.The Madison Proximity Project pairs a Madison resident with an officer. The officer will shadow…
County Executive Joe Parisi and Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced Ashzianna Alexander, Mathias Lemos Castillo, and Dr. Jack Daniels as this year’s recipients of the City-County Humanitarian Awards honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King.
Madison, Wis. – The Madison Police Department has created a new task force to help identify and prevent hate crimes in Madison.The task force was proactively formed to address bias-motivated threats, harassment and violence throughout Madison. It…
Beginning 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 5, East Wilson Street will be fully closed to traffic between South Pinckney Street and King Street for a crane setup in the street. The closure is expected to remain until late Sunday night, January 7. A…
Over the past three years, testing revealed that roughly half of the homes tested in Dane County had high levels of radon. Radon is a radioactive gas common throughout Wisconsin, that can’t be seen, smelled, or tasted, even at high levels, making it…
Last night a business in our community was vandalized and sprayed with Islamophobic graffiti. This is the second incidence of hate-related vandalism in the past 48 hours and comes on top of a string of troubling Islamophobic and antisemitic…
Starting today, December 27, 2023 and continuing through all of 2024, Madison residents who pay the Resource Recovery Special Charge will not be charged for items that require a fee when they make their required large item work orders. Large item…
The Streets Division provides two rounds of curbside collection for Christmas trees. Crews collect trees only. Wreaths, boughs, and other evergreen decorations go into the trash. The first round will begin on January 2, 2024, following the New Year…
Starting on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 and continuing through all of 2024, Madison residents who pay the Resource Recovery Special Charge will not be charged for items that require a fee when they make their required large item work orders.
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center will be closing to the public for just over two weeks in January for facility improvements. The closure will begin on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 following the Madison Home Expo, through Friday, January 26…
Today, Alder Kristen Slack, District 19, has announced her resignation from the Madison Common Council effective January 10, 2024, at noon.“It is with sincere regret that I announce my resignation from the Madison Common Council. Since the election…
All City of Madison neighborhoods have received their last chance leaf collection opportunity. Residents should not place leaves out for collection at the curb again during the winter of 2023.There will not be another guaranteed round of leaf…
The City of Madison was awarded 6.3 million dollars in federal funding from the US Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant to fund Forward to Vision Zero: Safe System for Vulnerable Roadway Users projects. The…
The State Street Campus Garage, Lake Street structure, located at 415 N Lake St, will permanently close on December 27, 2023. Staff is working with impacted Monthly Parking Permit holders to relocate them to alternative City facilities, or find…