MADISON —  After nearly four hours of testimony and debate, the Dane County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of an 8,400-square-foot building on Martin Street in the Town of Madison, near the City of Madison’s southwest side, for use as a day shelter and resource center for the homeless by a vote of 26-9.Supervisor […]

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By A. David Dahmer

Summit tackles issues of growth and diversity by A. David Dahmer The first Madison Region’s Economic Development, Diversity and Leadership Summit drew about 400 people to the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center May 9. It was a combined effort of the Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP) and the Urban League of Greater Madison (ULGM) […]

By Madison organizations announce collaborative internship effort by A. David Dahmer In a move to boost job and career opportunities for youth, the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County and an array of partners announced a press conference at the CUNA Mutual Conference Center May 7 that they are sponsoring 160 internships that will […]

By Dane County  MADISON — The county is kicking off a new fund to benefit the Dane County park system this week, “The Friends of the Dane County Parks Endowment,” to help strengthen the county’s parks and enhance all that they offer for generations to come, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced today. “Our county parks […]

MADISON — In recognition of National Women’s Health Week (Week of May 12), the Tobacco Free Columbia Dane County Coalition (TFCDC) is encouraging women who smoke to quit and reminding them that free help is available.According to the 2012 Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, a fifth of women in Wisconsin currently smoke. Further, 9.7% […]

MADISON — The 2014 Jones-Robinson Scholarship application is now available! This scholarship was created to honor the five children that perished in the Sommerset Circle fire of 1990 in Madison, Wisconsin. The children, who were African-American, came from a low-income single parent household. Following this tragedy, The Sable Flames, Inc., (the African-American Firefighters of the […]

 MADISON —  Foster Funeral Home Community Introduction will be held Sunday, May 18, 2 p.m.Bryan Foster, president and CEO of Foster Funeral & Cremation Service, recently realized his lifelong dream as he opened up his own funeral home earlier this year on Madison’s south side. Foster Funeral and Cremation Service is a one-story brick building […]