Southwest

Local groups address veteran homelessness in Madison

by Alex Yant | 03/18/2013 - 2:21pm

A look at the struggles of and services for homeless veterans in the area

Tags: East, City Life, Housing, Far West, People, Isthmus, Near East, Near West, North, South Central, Southwest, West

School district working to address student mental health

by Alison Dirr | 03/15/2013 - 8:07am

MMSD task force considers mental health concerns among students and ways to offer support

Tags: East, Education, Diversity, Far West, People, Youth, Isthmus, Near East, Near West, North, South Central, Southwest, West

A year of gains and losses: How the 2012 drought affected Wisconsin agriculture

by Yilang Peng | 03/12/2013 - 10:13am

Last-year's drought affected production on farms, but only made a dent in total revenue

Tags: East, Food, Environment, Far West, Isthmus, Near East, Near West, North, South Central, Southwest, West

New task force will organize efforts to clean lakes

by Susan Endres | 03/09/2013 - 1:22pm

A county resolution will coordinate efforts to address phosporus polution, diminish algae overgrowth

Tags: East, Environment, Far West, Parks & Recreation, Isthmus, Near East, Near West, North, South Central, Southwest, West

Madison School Board debates keeping Dual Language Immersion at Chavez Elementary

by Alison Dirr | 03/07/2013 - 8:23am

UPDATE: On March 18 the MMSD School Board voted to end the DLI program at Chavez Elementary.

Parents still had questions as they filed out of the March 4 Madison School Board committee meeting held in the Doyle Administration Building’s McDaniels Auditorium.

The topic before the Student Achievement and Performance Monitoring Committee was whether to continue the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program at Chavez Elementary School. One of the committee’s concerns was the program’s lack of native Spanish-speaking students.

Tags: Country Grove, Maple-Prairie, Education, Stone Meadows, Westhaven Trails, Development, Diversity, Youth, Southwest

Backyard Heroes: March profiles

by Community Shares | 03/01/2013 - 10:59am

March heroes include volunteers from the Sierra Club and the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Tags: East, Madison Faces, Development, Far West, Local Business, People, Isthmus, Near East, Near West, North, South Central, Southwest, West

Demeter Foundation offers a new gardening class for formerly incarcerated women

by Hakyung Chung | 02/27/2013 - 6:36pm

Gardening classes allow formerly incarcerated women to learn hard and soft skills

Tags: East, City Life, Development, Far West, Services, Isthmus, Near East, Near West, North, South Central, Southwest, West

City’s organics collection pilot program to expand, turn organic waste into energy

by Xin Wang | 02/25/2013 - 10:40pm

Madison's organic collection pilot program expands with plans for future digestor

Tags: East, Environment, City, Far West, Services, Isthmus, Near East, Near West, North, South Central, Southwest, West

Urban League helps recruit diverse staff for MMSD

by Jessica Levine | 02/21/2013 - 12:18pm

Diversity among staff has become a priority for the Madison Metropolitan School District to meet the needs of their diverse student body. The Urban League of Greater Madison hosted a recruitment event for Madison Metropolitan School District Feb. 19 to help fill open faculty positions and promote diversity within the district.