A Mt. Horeb Middle School student was killed by police Wednesday after attempting to break through a window with a long gun, authorities and witnesses said. A student told Madison365 that he saw a fellow eighth grader attempting to break through a window to the cafeteria during the eighth grade lunch time, around 11:15 am Wednesday, using the butt of a long gun. When he was unable to break through the window, he began shooting at the window, the student said. Another student said he heard about 12 gunshots in total. The Wisconsin Department of Justice, which has taken the lead in investigatin ..read more

The Hmong Heritage Dinner, an annual fundraising event for The Hmong Institute and the Hmong and Southeast Asian community, will take place on Friday, May 3, 5:30-9 p.m. at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The event comes a couple of days after the kick-off of Asian & Pacific American (AAPI) Heritage Month.  “May is an important month, not just as AAPI month, but also for the Hmong community because May 14 is the start of the diaspora when Hmongs started having to leave their homeland to come to America. So that’s why we always choose May to have our Hmong Heritage ..read more

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would ban discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or hair texture, marking the latest attempt in Congress to pass a federal CROWN Act. New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman introduced HR 8191, also known as the CROWN Act of 2024, in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill, which stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,” currently has 84 co-sponsors. If enacted, individuals with hairstyles that are commonly associated with race or national origin, like “tigh ..read more

Early on Wednesday morning, on the third day of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s pro-Palestininan encampment in front of Library Mall, police from multiple agencies arrived to remove students camping in protest of Israel’s genocide on Gaza and demanding UW-Madison’s disclosure and divestments from Israel. Eye witnesses said that a group of around 10-20 UWPD arrived at the encampment at around 7 a.m. to make a megaphone announcement, informing those camping that they would have 15 minutes to take down their tents, as they were violating campus protocol. Community member Fernando Perez des ..read more

The Ho-Chunk Nation  Legislature announced in a press release Tuesday that it had amended tribal laws to take marijuana off its list of substances prohibited on tribal lands.  “Millions of dollars leave the state of Wisconsin every day because its citizens pursue marijuana from the surrounding states that have legalized  marijuana in some form,” the press release, issued by Legislative Attorney Martie Simmons, reads. “The Ho-Chunk Nation anticipates entering the cannabis industry, once legalized in Wisconsin. This goal aligns with the promise to its member  citizens to pur ..read more

Special promotional content provided by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dane County The Boys and Girls Clubs of Dane County today announced a dozen summer camp opportunities, ranging from landscaping camp to entrepreneurship classes. The camps run from June 17 through August 16 at the McKenzie Regional Workforce Center, 5215 Verona Rd in Fitchburg. Some are one-week camps, while others are eight-week training programs. All programs are free to attend and limited to 16 participants, so sign up soon! Now in its third year, the Careerforce Build Up program has already served thousands of students fr ..read more

Special promotional content provided by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dane County The McKenzie Regional Workforce Center is a collaborative effort to connect young people in the Madison area with careers in the trades, as well as financial literacy, entrepreneurship training and many other career-focused resources. While it’s led by the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County (BGCDC), it couldn’t exist without true and deep commitment from a range of community partners. The primary partners are detailed below. Madison Area Builders Association For more than 75 years, the Madison Area Builders Associ ..read more

Hundreds flocked to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Library Mall in an encampment to demand disclosure and divestments from Israel. On April 29, starting in the morning, alumni, students and supporters came out to UW-Madison to set up an encampment, a budding national trend across universities around the country, in a continued effort to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing war in Gaza. In addition, protestors are demanding UW-Madison disclose and divest from any investments in Israeli companies. On April 26, Dean of Students Christina Olstad and UWPD Interim Chief Brent Plisch issued a ..read more

The Urban League of Greater Madison and the Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP) will host the 2024 Madison Region Economic Development & Diversity Summit on Thursday, May 2, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. Keynote speakers will include Michele Thornton Ghee, former CEO of Ebony & Jet Magazine, and LeRoy Butler, former Green Bay Packer Pro Football Hall of Famer and motivational speaker. Butler will provide the opening keynote address at the event and Ghee will deliver the luncheon keynote presentation. “This pivotal event will convene industry leaders ..read more

Each year, Women In Focus, Inc. awards scholarships to deserving college-bound students of color who have been selected by the WIF Scholarship Review Committee and every year the number of scholarships seems to grow a little bit. This year, a record number of scholarship winners – 29 – were honored at the annual Women In Focus Scholarship Reception on Sunday, April 21 at the Goodman Community Center. “This is our highest number of scholarships so far … and to be able to give each student $2,500 is amazing,” longtime Women in Focus Inc. member Edith Hilliard tells Madison365. “I remember our v ..read more