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West side residents deal with temporary water outage

An unplanned water outage Tuesday evening in the Spring Harbor area was due to a malfunction related to street reconstruction on University Avenue, according to city of Madison officials.

Customers experienced low pressure or no water from about 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The pressure was restored by utility employees working on valves at the well, officials said.

The high number of phone calls from customers to the Water Utility overwhelmed the 24-hour line, officials said.

The city?s Information Technology department is working to identify and resolve the problem with the phone system.

After service was restored Tuesday evening, utility workers flushed the water mains in the Spring Harbor area to clear out any air in the lines.

If customers observe cloudy water at their taps, they should let the cold water run for several minutes until it is clear, officials said.

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Arrest made in connection to far west Madison burglary

Arrest made in connection to far west Madison burglary

Madison police arrested a Madison man Monday afternoon following an investigation into a May 4 burglary report.

Police said a Russett Road couple said that more than $4,000 worth of electronics and jewelry had been stolen from their home.

A officer said that some of the stolen items were pawned at three different area businesses, and that the the man, Anthony Conklin, 26, was the person who pawned the items.

Madison school officials debut new achievement gap plan

Officials with the Madison Metropolitan School District are revealing new recommendations on how to close the achievement gap in city schools.

Superintendent Dan Nerad said the new plan, which includes a focus on improving literacy, the expansion of AVID/TOPS programs to middle schools, a mentor academy to help students find role models in the community and other measures, will cost less.

The original plan cost about $105 million over five years. The revised plan's price tag is $55.6 million over the same time period, administrators said. The lower cost is attributed to several initiatives being pushed back, such as extending the school day.

"If we're going to make a difference, we're going to need to invest," Nerad said. "On the other hand, as we started working through the final plan, we realized that we also need to balance this with the needs of the community going forward, and it needs to be a sustainable plan."

Middleton wins Blackhawk Invitational

Middleton stayed on top of most of the other boys' high school golf teams in the area by winning the Blackhawk Invitational Monday.

Middleton's Eric Hagstrom didn't get in much trouble on his home course Monday, and even when he's in the bunker, he gets out of it and saves par.

Hagstrom has the best score of anyone today-- 72.. And it helped Middleton take the team title by 4 shots over Memorial.

Memorial's Brad O'Laughlin shot a 33 on the back nine enroute to a 75. His score is third best today. His teammate, Peter Webb, is second with 73.



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Fire temporarily closes West Side McDonald's restaurant

A kitchen fire caused a McDonald's restaurant on Madison's far West Side to close for several hours on Sunday morning.

Madison firefighters responded to a report of a fire at the McDonald's at 4687 Verona Road at about 8:45 a.m.

Fire crew said that they saw smoke from the roof of the structure. When they entered the structure, firefighters found a small fire in the deep fryer that had spread into the overhead hood system.

The restaurant manager had contained the fire with an extinguisher, but the smoke had vented from the hood system into the roof, according to a Madison Fire Department news release.

Firefighters worked quickly to clear the smoke and prevent further extension of the damage.

As is customary in restaurant fires, the public health department was notified of the fire, said Lori Wirth, spokeswoman for the Madison Fire Department.

Police: West Side shooting might have second victim

A 27-year-old Madison man showed up at a Janesville hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg that authorities believe was connected to a shooting outside a Madison pool hall early Friday morning, Madison police said.

Police said the man didn't explain how he got the wound, but West District detectives said that they believe he was likely injured during the shooting in the parking lot of Little Manhattan Billiards on the 6700 block of Odana Road on the city's West Side.

According to police, officers responded after shots were fired outside the pool hall. When they arrived, they found one victim with a gunshot wound to her leg, and bullet holes in the outside wall of the pool hall.

Police said investigators found numerous shell casings that were between two parked vehicles in the pool hall's parking lot.

Witness statements indicate one man fired between five and seven shots.

2 arrested in far west Madison disturbance

2 arrested in far west Madison disturbance

Madison police officers were called to a large disturbance on Madison's far west side early Saturday morning.

The incident occurred at about 3:45 a.m. in the 7100 block of Tree Lane.

Officers contacted several people who said there was a fight that broke out following a party.

One witness told police that a man was seen waving a handgun in the air.