Monona News

All former Mayor Joe Sensenbrenner wants is a chance -- a chance to raise a sizable sum of money needed to build what was once a grand plan for a regional Central Park on the near east side of Madison's isthmus.

Barely a week after the Legislature approved a budget that local and state officials said would slash state aid to Madison schools by no more than 10 percent, new estimates show the cuts will actually top 15 percent.

Dane County is scaring people. Its Lakes and Watershed Commission has been developing the Dane County Waterbody Classification Project, which some fear will bring draconian regulations.

Pechmann, 87, founder of Pechmann monuments, and benefactor of uncounted groups and causes, died Sunday.

MADISON - One of Gov. Jim Doyle's budget vetoes combines parts of three sentences to create a new one, which is a violation of a voter-approved constitutional ban on what critics call the "Frankenstein veto." Voters approved the ban in 2008 to limit a governor's veto power.

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

In the wake of a Dane County highway workers death earlier this month, local law enforcement are stepping up efforts to keep workers safe in construction zones.

Monona's first concerts in Winnequah Park will start next week, but residents interested in spending a summer evening listening to orchestral music had better pack more than a blanket and a bottle of wine.

The coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. Tuesday, June 23 The Goodman Community Center is offering a free food and recreation program for children under age 18.

Chef David Scheifel enjoys a 12-week-old cheddar. Not to nibble, but to carve. Cheddar of that age really works best, explains Scheifel, who lives in McFarland and is a culinary specialist at St.

I spent an evening at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center off Femrite Drive in Monona recently and rediscovered what a gem we have in our midst.

Like many highway department employees, James Porter got a kick out of the roadside artifacts he'd find in the course of his work.

Madison Youths ages 10 and above would be allowed to hunt with adult mentors, under a bill passed Tuesday by the state Senate.

A firm contracted by Clean Lakes Associates, Monona, will chemically treat algae and invasive, nuisance aquatic plants in Lakes Monona, Interlake and Waubesa next week, weather permitting, the Department of Natural Resources announced today.

A day after a Dane County highway worker was killed on the job, sheriff's deputies set up a "move over" traffic enforcement operation and nabbed numerous drivers for failing to follow the rules in a construction zone.

You must do better than this. That should be Wisconsin's response to the state budget proposal to go before the Assembly for a vote this week.

While most boaters and anglers are still a few weeks away from having to confront the weeds that frequently choke parts of the Madison lakes, Jim Leverance is already in full combat mode.

The Dane County Coroner's Office identified the victim in the crash as James S. Porter, 61, of Monona.

Some Wisconsin drivers may not have to travel far to renew their licenses after all.

MADISON - Mike Myszewski had settled in with the History Channel on the evening of July 31 when the phone rang.