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Together: Organization doesn't have to be beautiful
This week continues my comparisons of basic, simply organized areas with ultra-organized areas.
Garden calendar | For the week of Feb. 15
Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.
New home requires partnership between builder, buyer, with eye toward resale
People who choose to build a new home often can't find what they need in the tight existing home market.
Executive Q&A: Christine Fessler helps Easter Seals Wisconsin evolve to serve many more people
A move back to Madison started a longtime career with Easter Seals Wisconsin for Christine Fessler.
On Wisconsin: Making progress on the 1385
The restoration of a historic but worn locomotive takes time, patience, diligence, precision and funding.
Just Read It | Melissa Falcon Field
Just Read It is a regular feature in which the State Journal seeks recommendations from authors, literary enthusiasts and experts, focused on the contributor’s particular genre of expertise.
Ward-Brodt Music Co. to move to Fitchburg
Founded in 1927, the store has been a fixture on the Beltline for 33 years.
In the Spirit: Sikhs who worship in Middleton hope to change survey findings
Most Americans know little to nothing about Sikhism and sometimes confuse Sikhs with Muslims.
Madison Style: Shoe store growing at Hilldale
Since the 1970s, Cornblooms has been a locally-owned destination for shoe shoppers. The store was first opened by Arnie and Shari Ruben at 505 State St. and the couple later opened a second lo…
Health Sense: UW project to address obesity epidemic in Wisconsin
More than a third of Wisconsin adults are overweight, and another 39 percent are obese, according to UW-Madison researchers. A quarter of high school students in the state and nearly a third o…
With 527 group, Scott Walker joins long list of candidates pushing limits of federal law
The Wisconsin governor is mulling a presidential bid, but a spokeswoman says he isn't in "pre-candidacy phase."
Mayoral candidates make final primary push
So far, the five-way Madison mayoral primary has been mostly about leadership and issues with some accusations of misinformation or inaccurate attacks, and conventional wisdom making it Mayor …
Research results from Madison schools suggest compassion, kindness can be taught
Students exposed to a 'kindness curriculum' showed less selfish behavior — and earned higher academic marks — than their peers in a control group.
Grant benefits young readers
Just a little over six months after Joanne Berg’s bookstore, Mystery to Me, won a grant from James Patterson, Berg unveiled a remodeled kids’ section at her Monroe Street store. True to her vi…
Chris Rickert: UW needs more 'troubling' ideas and students-first administrators
As a mere civilian, I thought the UW-Eau Claire chancellor’s ideas had merit. And after spending 25 minutes talking to him on the phone, I thought the System would do well to hire more people …
Save land conservation from budget ax
The argument for suspending the state’s land preservation program goes like this:
Doug Moe: The man who finds lost rings
Dan Roekle, with help from his kids and a metal detector, is the man to see if you lose a ring.
Dr. Keith Meyer: Refusing measles svaccination should be illegal
Almost 30 years ago, two formerly healthy, young adult patients with rapidly developing respiratory failure were admitted on the same day to my intensive care unit at University Hospital in Madison.
Ramesh Ponnuru: 6 questions as Scott Walker eyes 2016 campaign
WASHINGTON — Gov. Scott Walker is leading some presidential primary polls in Iowa and New Hampshire. The Republican governor was elected in 2010 and quickly drew national attention when he sig…
The new frontier is land passed over -- State Journal editorial from history
This State Journal editorial ran on Feb. 16, 1915:
