http://www.madison.com/ madison.com - RSS en-us http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=286292 Madison Police Officer Angie Dyhr realizes that had she happened upon the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity fire even five minutes later, the result could have been devastating. Dyhr, 33, a mother of three, was patrolling Langdon Street in her squad car when she noticed what appeared to be a campfire or a grill fire in the back of 237 Langdon St. TCT: Samara Kalk Derby 2008-05-14T07:11-06:00 http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=286295 Reconstruction of East Gorham Street will disrupt commuter traffic beginning Monday, May 19, through Labor Day in September. TCT 2008-05-14T08:21-06:00 http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=286146 Given the weather, the wages and the layoffs, I wonder if the state's new business recruitment slogan "Why Wisconsin" isn't missing a question mark. TCT: Mike Ivey 2008-05-14T08:12-06:00 http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=286294 Minimal rainfall last week allowed Wisconsin farmers to get into their fields, but spring planting is still well below normal. TCT 2008-05-14T07:58-06:00 http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=286293 The relentless surge in gasoline prices continued Wednesday as records continue to be set day after day. TCT 2008-05-14T07:36-06:00 http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=286148 In recent years, some anti-abortion advocates have turned their attention to birth control -- not as a means to reduce unplanned pregnancies, but as another target of protest. TCT: Judith Davidoff 2008-05-14T08:40-06:00 http://www.madison.com/tct/news/top5/index.php?ntid=285900 Tyler Mills lost nearly 25 pounds over the course of three weeks, but his jailers didn't see anything alarming about that. It was his choice to stop eating, his choice to stop drinking, his choice to swallow the toothbrush that was lodged in his stomach. Sauk County Jail officials deemed it a behavior issue, not a medical one. It could be handled with discipline -- solitary confinement, suspension of privileges, physical restraints. On June 8, 2006, jail staff and human services personnel got the 28-year-old inmate to a Boscobel hospital on a psychological commitment, and medical staff immediately saw they had a medical emergency on their hands. TCT: Steven Elbow 2008-05-14T08:39-06:00 http://www.madison.com/tct/news/top5/index.php?ntid=286171 Joe Norwick prefers talking about how, since becoming Dane County's 911 Center director in July, he's slashed overtime by 50 percent, added 10 new staff members and moved ahead with more than $30 million in upgrades to a highly complex computer, radio and telephone emergency network serving more than 400,000 county residents. TCT: Nathan J. Comp<br>Correspondent for The Capital Times 2008-05-14T06:59-06:00 http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=286125 A dozen of them sit huddled together against the chill on a recent Friday in the Brittingham Park shelter -- schooled in bracing against the wind by stints of living on the street -- to hear about the neighborhood's reaction to their presence. TCT: Pat Schneider 2008-05-14T06:58-06:00 http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=286149 A move is under way to get rid of the long-established unions at area Woodman's grocery stores and union leaders are pointing the finger at owner Phil Woodman. TCT: Mark Lundey 2008-05-14T07:00-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/index.php?ntid=286230 Madison fire officials sent evidence to the state Crime Laboratory to test for accelerants that would determine whether arson destroyed the historic Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house at 237 Langdon St. WSJ: PATRICIA SIMMS<BR>608-252-6492 2008-05-14T00:17-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=286173 A man who has been held at Mendota Mental Health Institute for most of the 23 years since he killed his sister will be released to an East Side Madison group home, a Rock County judge ruled Tuesday. WSJ: DEAN MOSIMAN<br>608-252-6141 2008-05-13T23:44-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/whatcounts/toptoday/index.php?ntid=285612 The wincing can begin seconds after the cashier begins scanning your cart of food at the checkout. It's not your imagination. You are spending more money on food when compared to last year.What's to blame? Take your pick. A falling dollar, rising fuel prices, higher demands for food from India and China and corn being used to make energy are combining to increase the cost of your trip to the grocery store, experts say. WSJ: BARRY ADAMS<br>608-252-6148 2008-05-13T19:44-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=286163 A faulty altitude detector was cited as a contributing factor in the last fatal crash of the same kind of helicopter owned by the same company as the Med Flight chopper that crashed Saturday night near La Crosse. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the UW Hospital Med Flight crash that killed its crew of three, said a faulty radar altimeter contributed to the crash of a Eurocopter EC135 helicopter in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., in January 2005. WSJ: DAVID WAHLBERG<br>608-252-6125 2008-05-13T22:15-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=286161 Madison police have arrested a teenager in connection with a shooting last month in front of the Mental Health Center of Dane County on West Washington Avenue. WSJ: Sandy Cullen<BR>608-252-6137 2008-05-13T22:13-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/whatcounts/toptoday/index.php?ntid=286233 Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin, one of four candidates in the running for UW-Madison chancellor, is no stranger to hard decisions. WSJ: DEBORAH ZIFF<br>608-252-6234 2008-05-13T22:22-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/wonder/justask/index.php?ntid=286104 Q. Why is there no boat access to the bands and performances that are booked at the wonderful Monona Terrace? I take guests out many times and show them the convention center from the lake, but they can't see it up close because we can't dock. A. Boats often gather in the immediate area WSJ 2008-05-13T10:50-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/whatcounts/toptoday/index.php?ntid=286075 Madison fire officials today said a good working smoke alarm system allowed the residents of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house on Langdon Street to save themselves before fire consumed the building.Fire officials estimated the damage to the three-story building at 237 Langdon St. to be at least $750,000, including the contents. WSJ: Brittany Schoepp and Bill Cooney<br>Wisconsin State Journal 2008-05-13T15:33-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=286099 An early morning fire has "significantly damaged" the main shelter at Lakeview Park in Middleton. "It was a pretty big blaze," said Brad Subera, a battalion chief with the Middleton Fire Department of the fire that broke out about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. Subera said early indications are that the fire was deliberately set. WSJ 2008-05-13T09:46-06:00 http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=286240 WAUPUN &#8212; A prisoner at Waupun Correctional Institution was pronounced dead at Waupun Memorial Hospital Tuesday after hanging himself, according to a news release from the Department of Corrections. WSJ: Beaver Dam Daily Citizen 2008-05-13T22:27-06:00