Madison news

• Snow Emergency Continues

  16-01-2018 19:31
  A snow emergency remains in effect for the entire City of Madison until 7 a.m. Wednesday, January 17.  This means alternate side parking restrictions are in effect throughout the entire city again tonight, including the downtown/isthmus snow emergency zone.  The snow emergency zone is bordered on...
  
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• Helmet cam captures dramatic fire rescue in Georgia

  16-01-2018 19:17
  Dramatic, high-definition helmet-camera video captured the moment a Georgia firefighter caught a child thrown to safety from a third-floor balcony amid a raging fire. "I heard the screams" at the 2.5 alarm fire at an apartment complex earlier this month, DeKalb County assistant fire chief Jeff Crump told reporters.
  
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• Mayor Soglin Announces Appointment of Human Resources Director

  16-01-2018 17:50
  Today Madison Mayor Paul Soglin announced the appointment of Harper Donahue, IV as the
  City of Madison’s Human Resources Director. He has served as the Interim Director of the Human Resources Department since September 2017.
  Mr. Donahue joined the City in 2005. He has broad knowledge and experience...
  
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• LIST: Weather-related closures, snow emergencies

  16-01-2018 16:58
  A snow emergency has been declared in the City of Beloit from 11 p.m. Monday to 3 p.m. Tuesday, which means no parking, stopping or standing on any street during the snow emergency. A snow emergency has been declared in the Town of Beloit until midnight Tuesday, which means no parking, stopping or standing on any street during the snow emergency.
  
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• Video: Plane dangles off cliff after skidding off runway in Turkey

  16-01-2018 12:11
  A commercial airplane that skidded off a runway after landing in northern Turkey dangled precariously Sunday off a muddy cliff with its nose only a few feet from the Black Sea. Some of the 168 people on board the Boeing 737-800 described it as a "miracle" that everyone was evacuated safely from the plane, which went off a runway at Trabzon Airport.
  
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• Madison MLK observance includes call to action, concern for youth

  16-01-2018 07:51
  Madison's observance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day includes a call to action to help marginalized children, and support for activism to address racial disparities.
  
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• Snow fall has some businesses cashing in

  16-01-2018 03:32
  Most people dread the snow and bad road conditions, but for some companies it's snowy conditions that make their business thrive. Call after call accidents like these are keeping Schmidt Auto busy and for George Ferguson it's a day that brings tons of business but also dangerous accidents."
  
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