MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 12 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Brent Plisch has been named interim chief of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, Vice Chancellor Robert Cramer announced Monday. Plisch succeeds Kristen Roman, who has resigned from her role. Roman served as UWPD chief since 2017, following 26 years at the Madison Police Department. "I thank Chief Roman for her service to UWPD and UW-Madison", says Cramer. "I have every co  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 13 -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection issued the following news release: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Randy Romanski has appointed Adam Brock as the Administrator of the Division of Food and Recreational Safety. "Adam will join our team in the Division of Food and Recreational Safety who work to educate while they regulate," said Secretary Romanski. "His experience in food sa  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 12 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Unseasonably warm weather has melted most of the snow and thinned the ice, but UW-Madison's Winter Carnival proceeded last weekend with a modified schedule. The events planned for the (thinning) ice of Lake Mendota were canceled or changed, and the replica of the head of the Statue of Liberty was placed on Library Mall. The Lady Liberty tradition began with a prank in 1979 by the Pail and Shovel  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 13 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was recently notified by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) that a farm-raised deer on a deer farm in Sheboygan County tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). This positive result is within 10 miles of the Fond du Lac, Ozaukee and Washington county borders, resulting in a new bai  more