Maple Bluff News

The governor's mansion in Maple Bluff will be open to the public seven days in December for holiday tours.

The governor's mansion in Maple Bluff will be open to the public seven days in December for holiday tours.

Oct. 30, 2009 9:02 a.m. Another report shows the instability of the economic recovery in the Milwaukee area.

One of the most striking changes is that, rather than continuing Wisconsin Avenue horizontally from the crest of the hill, the street will maintain its current drop, to a proposed public plaza built in tiers, offering a more expansive lake view.

Bill Dyke was the mayor from April 1969-1973. In 1976 he was the vice presidential candidate for Lester Maddox when they ran under the banner of the American Independent party.

Solar panels are being placed on the Wisconsin State Capitol as well as the governor's mansion as demonstration projects, state officials said.

The bridle party on the UW-Madison campus Monday morning was also a coming-out affair.

One of Madison's many nicknames was "Mound City" because early archaeologists and preservationists said it had the greatest density of Indian mounds in the world.

POSTED: Saturday, July 11, 2009 --- 3:00 p.m. On a gorgeous day like today lakes in and around Madison are packed with boaters.

MAPLE BLUFF - Gov. Jim Doyle says he "fully expects" to finish out his current term in office which runs through the end of next year.

Author Jonathan Kozol often writes about his conversations with affluent friends and associates who question whether money makes a difference when it comes to educating and rearing children.

Thief River Falls resident Jon Kays has made many deliveries on his bike while working for Scram! Couriers in Madison, Wis.

Those curious about the governor's home get can a look inside the mansion every Thursday afternoon through August.

The state Supreme Court has ruled police lawfully arrested a man for drunken driving in Maple Bluff.

Starting July 1, a full year before the statewide smoking ban goes into effect, one local club is choosing to go smoke-free voluntarily.

You can probably name the prominent players on Madison's arts scene. But they'd be the first to say that the local culture doesn't begin and end with them.

I am, and have always been, a fan of The Edgewater Hotel. Never mind that the Faulkners are a good clan, that David Martineau was a beloved host and that I bartended there thirty pounds ago.

When our family moved to Wisconsin in the mid 1960s, Dad found us a little two-story Cape Cod in the village of Maple Bluff.