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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
Madisonians like biking, even in winter
Celebrate International Winter Bike Day tomorrow.
February 7, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
Love Map
Culture
Our readers’ local love stories
Help us put our city on the map by submitting your love stories.
February 1, 2024
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Jessalin Heins-Nagamoto
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Culture
Come with us to WORT-FM, Madison’s community radio station
Curious about what goes on at our local community radio station? We went to the WORT-FM open house to give you a look inside.
January 31, 2024
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Ally Geiger
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Retail
The best Valentine’s Day gifts for 2024
Shop Valentine’s Day chocolates, couple’s games, cookware, candles, and fuzzy socks to spread the love.
January 24, 2024
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Vagney Hampshire
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Culture
See the winner of our 2023 Picture of the Year contest
Cast your vote on your favorite 2023 photos submitted by readers.
January 22, 2024
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Emily Shea-Owen
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Culture
Celebrate Madison’s museums with a selfie stick
Today is National Museum Selfie Day. Go out and enjoy our local museums.
January 16, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
Wisconsin’s family-owned dairy farmers need our support
The amount of dairy farms in our state are dwindling.
January 12, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
Does being a Madisonian mean we have a different personality than someone, from, say, La Crosse?
There’s a new science out there called geopsychology.
January 10, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
Asked: Your 2024 local predictions for Madison
Peer into the future and use your 608 knowledge to predict what will happen in 2024.
January 8, 2024
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Jessalin Heins-Nagamoto
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Culture
Try this: 608today’s Picture of the Year contest
We’re commemorating 2023 the best way we know how — highlighting local photos through our 608today Picture of the Year contest.
January 3, 2024
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Emily Shea-Owen
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December 5, 2024
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Celebrating Small Business Saturday in Madison
Madison is made up of so many wonderful small businesses, here are a few our readers love in honor of Small Business Saturday.
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