The current jail, primarily located above the City-County Building in downtown Madison, was first built in 1953, and contains no medical or mental health beds. Current Dane County Sheriff Kalvin […]
Year in Review: The Uncertain Path of the Dane County Jail
The Dane County Jail, primarily located above the City-County Building in downtown Madison, was first built in 1953, and contains no medical or mental health beds. Instead, jail residents experiencing […]
New Plan for Dane County Jail Released As Jail Residents are Moved to ...
The Dane County Jail began to move residents out of the jail and into other county jails today, the start of a project to close the east-wing aging jail on […]
Dane County Board Approves Funds for Gun Buyback Program
The Dane County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a resolution to fund a voluntary gun buyback program at their meeting last Thursday night. The program will be run by […]
Madison Council votes to sell half of Yahara Hills to county for landf...
Last night, the Madison Common Council voted to approve the sale of part of the Yahara Golf Course to Dane County in order for the county to develop its next […]
Meet the Candidates in Dane County Board of Supervisors District 34
District 34 on the Dane County Board of Supervisors represents McFarland, and some areas around Stoughton and Oregon. The two candidates running for the seat are incumbent Patrick Miles and […]