Cops Find Pot, Dogs Flee Hurricane Top Local News

Members of the Board of Education heard proposals from the police on methods to increase student pedestrian safety outside Madison schools, including making Glenwild Avenue one way during drop-off and pickup.

Madison's Local Emergency Planning Committee is getting ready for hurricane season, and this year officials will be better prepared than ever after bracing for and cleaning up after Hurricane Irene a year ago, Office of Emergency Management coordinator Bob Landrigan said.

More than a pound of marijuana, packaging materials, and $1,600 in cash was seized from a Madison man's residence, police said.

With Hurricane Isaac approaching New Orleans, the Louisiana SPCA went into hurricane preparation mode.

It so happened that a shipment of 35 of its dogs already was scheduled to leave for St. Hubert's Madison shelter from the path of the storm, which badly flooded areas surrounding New Orleans and took out power to parts of the city.

The Madison Water Department distributed notices saying some water test samples taken in August showed the presence of coliform bacteria. The situation was not an emergency and has been corrected, but those with weakened immune systems in particular should take note, the notices say.