The University of Wisconsin dropped one spot to No. 4 this year in the top-five rankings for all research universities in the United States. According to a UW statement, the university placed behind Johns Hopkins University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Washington at Seattle.… Read more »

After being denied funding from the city, the reconstruction project for The Edgewater Hotel on Wisconsin Avenue will begin the week of Nov. 19 with aid from the Midwest Disaster Area Bonds. Robert Dunn, president of Hammes Company Sports Development Inc., said he filed an application for the bonds last… Read more »

The largest donation campaign of its kind in the county has begun soliciting pledges in its 39th annual drive from state employees to donate funds to local, state and international charities.Jody Medeke, campaign marketing chair for the Partners in Giving Campaign, said the campaign runs through Nov. 30 and added she… Read more »

Capitol Police Chief David Erwin has continued to crack down on the Solidarity Singer protesters at the Capitol and issued them close to 60 citations in the past two months. The Solidarity Singers are a group of protesters that sings in the rotunda each day at noon. Erwin has been… Read more »

With the future of the Mifflin Street Block Party uncertain, the Associated Students of Madison announced they are not interested in any formal involvement in organizing the event this spring at a meeting Thursday. Rachel Lepak, vice chair of legal affairs, represented ASM at a Mifflin West Committee meeting. She… Read more »

After a preliminary hearing Tuesday, a lawyer in the Montee Ball attack case expressed concern about the methods police used to identify the suspects. Defendants Wendell Venerable, 21, Robert Wilk, 22, and Deonte Wilson, 21, pleaded not guilty at their preliminary hearing. Court Commissioner Todd Meuer said the defendants have 20 days… Read more »