Adjustments proposed for Sheboygan Avenue, Allied Drive   

Around 30 people attended a public hearing Wednesday evening to weigh in on possible changes to Madison bus routes.

The City of Madison Transit and Parking Commission listened to the comments and concerns of about 20 Madison residents. Most attendees focused on the proposed changes to bus routes 14 and 15 at Sheboygan Avenue on the west side, but others had suggestions for routes 9, 10 and 18, among others.

In the end, "30 percent will like [what's changed]; 30 percent will hate it; 30 percent won't care; 10 percent won't realize there was a change," said Transit Schedule Planner Colin Conn. "That’s just standard."

The Madison Metropolitan School District assistant superintendent?s next role will take him north this summer.

Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education at MMSD since 2011 Joe Gothard will leave Madison for Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 to be its next superintendent, according to a news release at the Minnesota school's website.

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district officials said Gothard?s employment is anticipated to begin July 1.

The Town of Madison Police Department and state Department of Justice believe someone has valuable information the agencies need to solve a 1986 cold case, and officials are hoping a $5,000 reward will help.

The reward was offered by Open Pantry Food Marts of Wisconsin at a news conference Wednesday.

Andrew M. Nehmer was stabbed to death while working at the Open Pantry Food Mart at 2201 S. Park St. His body was found April 22, 1986.

Twenty-seven years later, a lot on the law enforcement side has changed: DNA technology, investigators working the case and the business where the killing took place; the Open Pantry Food Mart is now a 7-Eleven and gas station.