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Lifelong Learner: Shining a light on neurodiversity in higher ed
"Hot jobs" are out there, if you want to be in demand.
Garden calendar | For the week of March 10
Tips for your flowers, plants, trees and shrubs.
OUR VIEW: Fire up your grill. We're going to tailgate the state spelling bee
Tailgating with brats and hotdogs in the Madison College parking lot on Saturday will celebrate state's top spellers with gusto
Madison West boys basketball coach retires
Keith Stewart had been the Regents' boys basketball coach since 2009.
Man pleads not guilty in Elkhorn sports bar killings of bartender, husband
Thomas A. Routt, 57, of Elkhorn, is charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, robbery, attempted first-degree intentional homicide and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Another phase in Madison's BRT development begins this weekend
The Bus Rapid Transit system, a high-frequency, high-capacity, limited-stop service, will launch this fall.
Popularity of World Euchre Championship in New Glarus surprised even its organizers
It began as a marketing trick, but it's now an annual event that returns this May.
Dr. Zorba Paster: Dietary measures can help prevent bowel trouble
A healthy diet is a great place to start.
Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks more volunteers of color and men
"It Takes Little to Be Big," the nonprofit says of mentoring a child.
How this junior guard's return could help Wisconsin men's basketball create more steals
The Badgers had a season-high 14 steals on Thursday. Here's why that defensive pressure could become a more common sight.
Wisconsin men's hockey passes one test but quickly faces another in Game 3 vs. Ohio State
Conditioning will be a big factor when the Badgers and Ohio State play for the third time in three days, with a spot in the Big Ten semifinals at stake.
Foreign aid fails while we ignore our domestic problems -- Nathan Lott
The government spends billions of dollars a year sending aid to foreign countries -- billions of dollars that could be used to help fund struggling communities in our own country.
Republicans lawmakers must stop playing 'kick the can' -- Linda Pils
As a child I played “kick the can.” It was cheap and easy.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is right to try to end war in Ukraine -- Phillip J. Flinchum
Last Sunday's State Journal editorial, "Senator ‘No’ cannot go soon enough," about U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, claimed "Our brave and outgunned ally desperately needs more ammunition in its heroic fight against totalitarian Russia."
Coach Howard Moore's return to Kohl Center was bigger than sports -- Dennis McKinley
Jim Polzin consistently writes good columns, but none better than last Sunday's column, "Moore’s return bigger than basketball," about coach Howard Moore’s return to the Kohl Center.
Give Superintendent Joe Gothard a fair shot to improve our schools -- Ron Biendseil
A couple of decades ago, I had the opportunity to meet and work with Joe Gothard, then a teacher at Lafollette High School in Madison. He was a newly appointed member of the Dane County Youth Commission. I was the…
Motorized bikes don't belong on Madison's bike paths -- Ray Johnson
A bike path user in Madison who is walking or using a manually powered means of transportation is in danger of being run off the path and injured by someone traveling on a motorized means of transportation.
Schools' creative bags brighten Meals on Wheels program -- Bill Walters
I am a Meals on Wheels delivery driver in Fitchburg. We recently started to brighten up the day of our participants with colorful, hand-decorated meal bags. These replace the standard blank bag. But what's of real interest here is the…
Madison's ice harvest history hurt by fast changing climate -- Donald Sanford
Until the invention of artificial ice in the 1920s, Madisonians depended on the Conklin family to keep their iceboxes stocked with ice all year long. In turn, the Conklins depended on Lake Mendota to produce a crop of clean, thick…
Interfaith friendships are the most precious now -- Dr. Arif Ahmad
All friends are precious. I then ask myself who among all the precious would be the most precious.