City of Fitchburg Swan Creek Park Community Garden - Now accepting 2019 gardener applications

Please click on "Additional Info" below or contact the following for further information:

Wade Thompson, City of Fitchburg Community Development Planner

Email: wade.thompson@fitchburgwi.gov

Phone: 608.270.4258

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Healthy Neighborhoods Grant Program Application Period Now Open

All interested non-profit organizations that meet the Program’s eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply. Please see "Additional Info" link below for further detail on the Program, including eligibility requirements and applica...

Construction Resumes Along Verona Road

Construction is anticipated to begin this week for the Verona Road Project. Mobilization of crews and equipment is ongoing with minimal traffic impacts.

On Thursday night, (March 21), northbound Verona Road traffic between Williamsburg Way and Raymond Road...

Fitchburg Earth Month Event

Join us Saturday April 13th on the City of Fitchburg campus for Fitchburg's annual Earth Month event! The event will include confidential paper shredding by Pellitteri Waste Systems, unwanted prescription medicine collection by the Fitchburg Police Depart...

City Receives Special Recognition Award for Demonstrating Solar Excellence

The City of Fitchburg is pleased to announce its recent recognition as a solar-friendly community by SolSmart, a national program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The City has received bronze level designation under the program. Read the press rel...

April 2, 2019 Spring Election Candidate Listing

Small Fire at Fitchburg Apartment Building

At approximately 6:18 pm on Thursday, March 21, Fitchburg Engine 2 was dispatched to 2021 Greenway Cross for an alarm activation. Upon arrival, and with the help of thermal imaging cameras, the crew found a smoldering fire in a basement wall and requested...

City of Fitchburg Healthy Neighborhoods Grant Program - Application period open

All interested non-profit organizations that meet the Program’s eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply. Please see the following link for further detail on the Program, including eligibility requirements and application information:

http://www.fi...

City of Fitchburg Receives Special Recognition Award for Demonstrating Solar Excellence

PRESS RELEASE

City of Fitchburg Receives Special Recognition Award for Demonstrating Solar Excellence  

March 5, 2019

For immediate release 

Fitchburg, WI - The City of Fitchburg is pleased to announce its recent recognition as a solar-frien...

Fitchburg Passes Clean Energy Resolution

Fitchburg Passes Clean Energy Resolution - Fitchburg becomes 4^th city in Wisconsin to seek 100% clean electricity 

Fitchburg, WI – On Tuesday, February 26th, the Fitchburg Common Council formally approved the city’s co...

North Fish Hatchery Road Reconstruction Public Meeting #3

The North Fish Hatchery Road reconstruction project (CTH PD/McKee Road to the Beltline) is now in final design, with construction anticipated to occur from late 2019 through 2021. The reconstruction will replace deteriorating pavement, retaining walls and...

Cafeteria Recycling/Waste Reduction Program at Aldo Leopold Elementary Making an Impact

Students, faculty, custodial staff and parent volunteers at Aldo Leopold Elementary School, Madison’s largest elementary school, have built a sustainable Cafeteria Recycling/Waste Reduction Program that is netting big gains.  In the fir...

Police Department Welcomes Five New Officers

Last month, five new police officers were sworn in to serve and protect the City of Fitchburg.

Please join us in welcoming:

•Officer Ryan Bigalk, originally from Minnesota, previously served the City of Blaine, Minnesota, for two years as a police ...

Property Crime Prevention

Property crimes are the most prevalent, as well the most preventable, crimes we respond to. 

•If a door has a lock, use it. This includes the door from your garage to your residence. Keep exterior doors locked even when you are home.

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Parking Lot Assault on Hardrock Road***Updated info***

***Updated information***

The Fitchburg Police Department is looking to identify the subject in attached sketch. He is the suspect in the stranger attack at the Princeton Club on 03/05/2019. If anyone has any information regarding the suspect, they are ask...

***UPDATE***Fitchburg Police Dispatch Phone Lines Down

***UPDATE***

The non-emergency phone line for the Fitchburg Police Department has been restored. Citizens can, once again, contact the police department at (608) 270-4300. Thank you for your patience as we worked to restore the phone line outage.

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Stolen Vehicle Recovery & Arrest

Subject: Stolen Vehicle Recovery and Arrest

Incident: FP19-0001914 

Incident Date: 2/10/2019

Date of Media Release: 2/11/2019

By: Sergeant Edward Hartwick

Arrested Subject: Jermaine L. Coleman, 17, of Madison

Charges: Operating vehicle without owner&am...

Stolen Automobile 19-1854

On February 9, 2019, at approximately 1:02 a.m., a Fitchburg police officer observed a stolen automobile in the area of Coho St. and Post Rd.  The vehicle fled the area prior to the officer having a chance to stop it.  Two other Fitchbur...

****UPDATE**** Missing Person Investigation FP19-0001347

****UPDATE****

24 year old Lashay Nicole Mitchell and her 9 month old daughter have been located. They are both safe and the Fitchburg Police Department would like to thank the public for their assistance during this investigation.

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Suspect Arrested in Speedway Armed Robbery

Subject: Suspect Arrested in Speedway Armed Robbery

Incident #: 19-178

Incident Date: 1/4/19

Date of Media Release: 1/5/19

By: Sergeant Edward Hartwick

Arrested: Anthony A. Post, 34, of Madison

Charge(s): Armed robbery and resisting an officer...

Fitchburg Police Arrest Burglary Suspects

On Wednesday, January 30th, 2019, at approximately 11:53 p.m. the Fitchburg Police Department responded to the intersection of Equity Ln and Unity Ln for a report of a burglary in progress of a Habitat for Humanity construction trailer.  The susp...

Fitchburg Police Arrest Driver for 8th Offense OWI

On January 1^st, 2019, at approximately 1:04 a.m., paramedics with Fitch-Rona EMS observed an unconscious driver in his car on the side of the road in the 2900 block of Marketplace Drive. The paramedics were unable to wake the driver from outside the car a...

Fitchburg Police Department Investigate Armed Robbery at Liquor Town on Williamsburg Way

On December 28, 2018 at approximately 5 pm, officers from the Fitchburg Police Department were called to Liquor Town, at 5276 Williamsburg Way, for an armed robbery. The investigation revealed a black male, approximately 170 pounds and 5&rsq...

Intoxicated Driver Almost Strikes Fitchburg Police Officer

On December 24, 2018, at approximately 11:20 p.m., Fitchburg Police Officers were dispatched to the 2900 block of Index Road for a report of an intoxicated female pounding on doors and windows of an apartment building.

As an officer arrived on scene, he ob...

Intoxicated Driver Hits Squad Car, Injures Two

On November 20, 2018, at approximately 9:14 p.m., a Fitchburg Police Officer was assisting with a disabled vehicle on S. Fish Hatchery Road near Brendan Avenue.

The officer was parked behind the disabled vehicle in a lane of travel with its emergency light...

Fitchburg Police Arrest 3 in Stolen Vehicle Crash

On November 17, 2018, at approximately 11:32 p.m., a Fitchburg Police Officer observed a stolen vehicle driving in the Allied Dunn’s Marsh Neighborhood near Jenewein Road. After attempting to conduct a traffic stop, the vehicle immediately fled ...

Fitchburg Police Arrest 4 Suspects in Stolen Vehicle

On Tuesday, September 25^th, 2018 at 12:55am, a Fitchburg Police Officer observed a suspicious vehicle in the 5800 block of Dawley Drive. The officer observed the vehicle parked in the street and saw a male walking back towards the car from the lawn of one...

Armed Robbery in Fitchburg

On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at about 4:29 a.m., Fitchburg officers responded to the parking lot of 3309 Leopold Way for a report of an armed robbery.

The victim was retrieving items from their car in the parking lot when they were approached by two men who...