Friday, Oct. 7
Project Bubbles, a laundry service for the homeless, does its final load after five years. The service was struggling to keep up with demand and had exhausted city funds.
David Michael Miller
Monday, Oct. 10
A developer proposes a boutique hotel for the 100 block of State Street. The 120-room hotel, which downtown leaders say would provide much-needed lodging in the area, is expected to open in 2018.
For the first time in program history, the Wisconsin Badgers women’s volleyball team is ranked No. 1 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 Coaches’ poll.
The man who was shot Sept. 28 on Madison’s south side dies at a local hospital, turning the case into a homicide. Police are looking for a suspect, 27-year-old Brandon Crockett, who is considered armed and dangerous.
Tuesday, Oct. 11
A pedestrian walking along the shoreline of Lake Mendota on John Nolen Drive spots a body in the water. Authorities recover a man identified as 68-year-old Larnal Friend, a fisherman from Milwaukee who had been missing since Friday. Cause of death is believed to be accidental drowning.
Wednesday, Oct. 12
State Sen. Rick Gudex (R-Fond du Lac) dies of a self-inflected gunshot would to the chest. The 48-year-old legislator took office in 2013 and was not seeking reelection in 2016. Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris and Fond du Lac County GOP chairman Dan Feyen are running to replace him.
Hillary Clinton’s lead in Wisconsin increases — thanks, no doubt, to leaked audio of Donald Trump making disturbing sexual comments. The latest Marquette Law School Poll, conducted Oct. 6-9, has Clinton ahead of Trump by 44 to 37 percent among likely Wisconsin voters.
Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race is tightening up. Democrat Russ Feingold leads incumbent Republican Ron Johnson 46 to 44 percent. Last month, Feingold’s lead was 44 to 39 percent.
