1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (125+ words) Already received your absentee ballot but don’t want to take a chance with mailing it and having it not arrive in time? Madison has 14 secure absentee ballot drop boxes scattered around the city. Mitchell Schmidt covers state government and politics…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (467+ words) John Nolen wasn’t from Madison. He never even lived in Wisconsin. A nationally influential landscape architect from Philadelphia, Nolen made his mark on Madison in the early 1900s as a contractor hired to plan the city’s parks. In “Madison: A Model…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (207+ words) The average Madison homeowner’s bill rose by 11%, but depending on where you live that increase could range from 5% to more than 21%. Javascript is required to use this website. At $8979 for a $481,300 home assessed at 100% of its fair market value,…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1405+ words) You deserve a sticker. Your guide to summer in Madison is here. Nothing beats moving from lake to biergarten to museum to nightlife in just one day. And you can fit even more than that in one weekend. Our vibe…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (245+ words) Wisconsin State Journal city editor Phil Brinkman, the newspaper's FAA-certified drone pilot, spent a year chronicling the change of seasons at Turville Point Conservation Park in Madison, from November 2022 to November 2023. We seem to have caught at least a bit…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (189+ words) The following candidates have filed to be on the ballot in the April 7 election. The filing deadline was 5 p.m. Tuesday. Where necessary, a primary will be held Feb. 17. (I) denotes incumbent. Javascript is required to use this website. The following candidates have…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (163+ words) Cranes are a common sight in the Madison area as new developments pop up across the region. Here are the most-read development stories on Madison.com. An aging Near West Side building, originally a YMCA, is being demolished to make…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago   (231+ words) A record 202.9 million Americans shopped from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, driven by a hunt for deep discounts during a time of economic uncertainty. For some, the snow has already lost its charm, offering less winter magic and more manual labor…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (176+ words) Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Library Director Tana Elias and the Forward Marching Band led an energetic crowd to the Central Library to celebrate 150 years of Madison Public Libraries on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in Madison, Wi. Attendees of the free celebration were…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (124+ words) Shelby Ellison, assistant professor in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at UW-Madison, talks about research being done on hemp plants grown in a greenhouse on campus. UW-Madison is seeking to break its computer school out into a separate…...