By Rachel Strauch-Nelson  MADISON —Seven schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District will now offer free healthy school breakfasts and lunches to all students on regular school days, as part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Program. The program will begin at the start of the upcoming school year. “We […]

MADISON —  Dane County Executive Joe Parisi has named Tamara Grigsby to serve as the new community relations director in the office of the county executive.  Grigsby will work with community organizations, public officials, and the private sector to advance the county executive’s initiatives to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in employment, education, and the […]

  Interview with 100 Black men of America Chairman Curley Dossman    “Four For The Future”   by A. David Dahmer    The 100 Black Men of Madison got a special treat at their breakfast on Aug. 12 when Curley Dossman, Jr., the chairman of the board of directors for the 100 Black Men of […]

  5th annual Simpson Street Neighborhood Reunion Bringing people together for family fun   by A. David Dahmer   Nobody is more excited about the 5th annual Simpson Street Neighborhood/Finest Family Reunion than long-time resident and reunion organizer Diane Small. “We are trying to get as many people as we can out to this reunion. […]

Interview with Pedro Albiter LUCES Banquet to benefit local students   by A. David Dahmer   Latinos United for College Education Scholarships (LUCES) will host its fourth annual scholarship banquet at the Madison Concourse Hotel on Friday, Aug. 15. LUCES is a nonprofit organization that works to ensure bright futures for young Latinos in Wisconsin […]

MADISON — For the entire summer, five AVID/TOPS college students have been completing a full time (40 hours per week) professional internship at CUNA Mutual Group, joining about 80 other college students to learn about the inner workings of a national mutual insurance company. Julian Walters will begin his first year at North Dakota State […]

By Dane County Executive Dane County’s growing fleet of lake weed cutters has removed thousands of tons of weeds and 1500 hundred pounds of phosphorus from local waters this summer, County Executive Joe Parisi announced recently.Parisi made the announcement along Monona Bay, with a team of weed cutters and new lake weed removal equipment the […]

MADISON — Asset Builders, with many sponsors and community partners, will present the 14th annual Madison Money Conference on Saturday, Aug. 16 at Wright Middle School (Fish Hatchery Road in Madison).  Registration and breakfast begins at 8 a.m., with the program lasting from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.The Conference is a nonprofit event for the […]

MADISON — The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families and the Race to Equity Project are pleased to announce the availability of two “Race to Equity” scholarships. One $1000 scholarship and one $500 scholarship will be awarded to two students graduating from a Dane County high school in the spring of 2015 who plan to […]