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Travel and Outdoors
How to turn your Madison yard into a mini wildlife haven
A grassroots effort is helping local properties become part of a nationwide habitat network.
December 10, 2025 12:00 PM
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Morgan O’Neal
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Culture
Keeping up with Madison’s beekeepers
Interested in beekeeping? There are plenty of local resources.
May 7, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
Raptors are making Madison home
Regal birds are roosting in the 608.
May 1, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Development
The UW-Madison’s Badgers football team’s new practice facility is coming along
New renderings were offered at a Joint Campus Area Committee meeting this week.
April 25, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Free concerts return to the Harley-Davidson Museum
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History
Remembering Madison’s Carson Gulley through “Top Chef”
The latest episode highlighted a longtime UW-Madison chef.
April 19, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
Finding sanctuary in Verona
Natural Path Sanctuary offers green burials.
April 19, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
19 local gift ideas to celebrate motherhood
April 16, 2024
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Staff
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Culture
Celebrating Madison’s Hmong culture through food
There is plenty of Hmong cuisine to consume in the 608.
April 15, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
Madisonians, it’s disc golf season
Have a fling at one of the area’s many disc golf courses.
April 11, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
Madisonians, have a stellar time looking up
Madison has plenty of opportunities for stargazers.
April 11, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Madison Public Library celebrates 150 years.
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Where to play pickleball in Madison
Find pickleball courts all around Madison, Wisconsin throughout popular parks, facilities, neighborhoods, and suburbs.
April 14, 2025
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Mitch Hooper
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Events
10 spring and summer concerts you can’t miss in Madison
Round out spring and rock into summer with this lineup of can’t-miss concerts in Madison, Wisconsin from April through July 2025.
April 7, 2025
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Mitch Hooper
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Explained: Why New Glarus beer is only sold in Wisconsin
You can travel far and wide, but you’ll only find New Glarus beer in Wisconsin
April 1, 2025
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Audrey Rotman
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Parks and Recreation
Go green and celebrate with these Madison Earth Day events
Learn about our environment or get your hands a little dirty this weekend.
March 25, 2025
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Jonathan Shipley
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Rev up spring break at the Harley-Davidson Museum
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Real Estate
Three Madison zip codes earn national recognition for rent prices
Rent Cafe ranked the top 100 zip codes in the US that offer high-end rentals that cost less than the city’s average renting price.
March 14, 2025
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Mitch Hooper
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History
Women in Madison that make the 608 great
Celebrate Women’s History Month with us.
March 12, 2025
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Ally Geiger