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 […]

MADISON — The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness, a Madison-based non-profit organization committed to eliminating health disparities and other barriers impacting African American women and girls, announces the 6 Day (BWWDAY). The day-long health summit will be hosted on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.This year’s event will […]

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By Betty Banks

Interview with Mayoral Candidate Scott Resnick A new vision for Madison      by A. David Dahmer The city of Madison mayoral race got a little more interesting last week when Madison District 8 Alder Scott Resnick took to the steps of the Madison Municipal Building for a press conference announcing that he was throwing […]

By The Madison Times Staff MADISON — Madison College has received a $5 million grant to train nearly 1,000 workers in high-demand professions such as machine tooling, certified nursing assistants, welding, industrial maintenance, and metal processes and repair.The award is part of $28 million in statewide grants that Governor Scott Walker recently announced as part […]