More city and county funding means expansion of Madison’s CARES program
Behavioral health emergency assistance may soon be a 911 call away for more residents of Madison and Dane County. Earlier this month, the Dane County
Madison reinvents itself, again
UW–Madison senior Rhia Dhingra is one of the many Madison residents currently living in a building that won’t be here this time next year. Like
Protecting Madison minds: Tackling youth athlete concussions
Teenage athletes are often thought to be temperamental, snippy or moody. But after working in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit at UW Health, nurse Kelsey
Shelter and housing plans bring hope to Dane County’s homeless population
In February 2017, Torrie Kopp Mueller visited Grace Episcopal Church in downtown Madison — well, at least the basement of it. Mueller had just been
Common Ground with… Karen Oberhauser
Managing, monitoring and connecting community members to over 1,200 acres of woodlands, savannas, prairies and wetlands could seem unimaginable for some. For Karen Oberhauser, director
The NHL’s pride tape ban brings to light why having a gay hockey league is so important in the first place
When the NHL banned Pride Tape, a sports tape brand that aims to “promote diversity, equality and inclusion through sport,” on Oct. 10, the national
Metro Transit redesign leads to increased ridership, mixed feedback
Des, 17, relies on Metro Transit to get to Operation Fresh Start, a nonprofit on Milwaukee Street where he builds houses and does garden work
The future of floods in Dane County
In August 2018, Steve Schmitt lost between $50,000 and $70,000 in inventory when The Shoe Box, the store he owns in Black Earth, was flooded.
Common Ground with…Lizzie Oswalt
Lizzie Oswalt is a library and information science graduate student at UW–Madison. Currently, she is completing her practicum as an intern at the Arts +
Pandemic-era changes to the service industry are working for Madison’s restaurants
In the early pandemic months, Lucille, Madison’s pizza and craft cocktail hot spot, converted to takeout and delivery only. All of a sudden, workers at