Wisconsin State Journal Local News

madison.com - RSS Results
searched for #wsj
only for asset type(s) of article
Updated: 42 min 32 sec ago
Garden calendar | For the week of Feb. 4
Tips for your flowers, plants, trees and shrubs.
OUR VIEW: Madison badly needs more condos, which have ground to a virtual halt
Post-recession restrictions are too tight for today's housing shortage
Here's what to know about the 3 Madison School District superintendent finalists, as interviews begin
In-person interviews with Yvonne Stokes, Mohammed Choudhury and Joe Gothard on Tuesday will be livestreamed and open to the public. The district also welcomes public feedback.
Air sampling in Dane County schools tracks flu, COVID-19
In a study in the Oregon School District, air monitors measured flu and COVID activity as reliably as student absences and tests, a UW study found.
Hands on Wisconsin: Childish doodles are more mature than partisan district maps
Now that the state Supreme Court has tossed out Wisconsin's old gerrymandered legislative maps, both Democrats and Republicans are proposing new maps to benefit their own political party.
How controversial calls impacted Wisconsin men's hockey's shootout win over Minnesota
Minnesota had two goals waved off for goalie interference in a tie with the Badgers men's hockey team before Wisconsin won a shootout.
Dr. Zorba Paster: Strategies aplenty to fight the common cold
How do you treat a cold? I get this question all the time. I could never keep straight the advice from the ’50s — was it “feed a cold and starve a fever” or the other way around? But it…
How the Packers are shifting from not focusing on 2023 results to title expectations next season
Green Bay's general manager and coach saw the team start out 2-5 and stage a turnaround leading to an unlikely playoff spot this season.
Bald Eagle Watching Days returning to Prairie du Sac on Feb. 10
Bald Eagle Watching Days, hosted by the Ferry Bluff Eagle Council, returns for the 38th time throughout the day Saturday.
At 106, Waupun woman cans dilly beans, cooks and bakes for son, 84
Ruby Westhuis, of Waupun, has not let age slow her down. The 106-year-old gets up early every morning and bakes and cooks for herself and her baby Jim, now 84.
Shooting deaths of bartender, husband at Elkhorn sports bar shock community
The shootings around 12:10 a.m. Thursday killed 37-year-old Gina Weingart and 33-year-old Emerson Weingart, the Elkhorn Police Department said.
Report of forced pregnancies is gut punch -- Karen Lund
The Jan. 25 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association -- Internal Medicine includes a gut punch of a report. It says that in the 14 states with total abortion bans, about 65,000 pregnancies were forced -- 26,000 in…
Why are Madison plows trucks out in warm weather? -- Kim Wright
I've been seeing plow trucks out moving snow recently. I’d like to know the financial and carbon costs of the excessive moving of snow in 40 degree temperatures.
Abraham Lincoln would advise against voting for Donald Trump -- Tom Neuser
The Jan. 18 letter to the editor "Rise as one to defeat Trump at the ballot box" recalled the words of Thomas Paine during the American Revolutionary War, calling for unity in repulsing British oppression.
Donald Trump may be a dictator, but won't be benevolent -- Tim Haering
I understand former President Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal. An iron-forearmed roofer I used to bowl with, back when you had to swing a hammer to be a roofer, once told me, “I’d take a benevolent king over a president any…
3 observations after Caroline Harvey's overtime goal lifts Wisconsin women's hockey
The Badgers women's hockey team won its 10th straight game, with Caroline Harvey providing the winner against St. Cloud State in overtime.
Jordan Love watches Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce add to Super Bowl hype in You Toon caption contest
Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.
2 arrested after stabbing, intentional crash in Fitchburg
The unruly scene featured two damaged vehicles, two people stabbed and one other injured after being a passenger in one of the crashed vehicles.
What to know about Wisconsin men's basketball's opponent, Purdue
What to know about the Boilermakers ahead of the Badgers' biggest game of the season Sunday.
Play at Madison College imagines conversation between Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
A play coming to Madison College details a fictional meeting between Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.