The Wingra Dam

Wisconsin State Journal reporter Ron Seely takes a look at the construction work involved in the building of the Wingra Dam.Click here to read the story.

  • Looking for Waterloo
    Looking for Waterloo
    An Iowa wanderer, lost for 14 hours, takes wrong turn to get to the right place.
  • A Wisconsin Soldier's Story
    A Wisconsin Soldier's Story
    Army Spec. Grant Moxon came back to Wisconsin Friday with a bullet lodged in his left thigh after the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5 that claimed the lives of 13 people. Click here to read the story.
  • Wisconsin inmate gets grenade
    Wisconsin inmate gets grenade
    The Department of Corrections released a video showing a guard tossing a non-lethal grenade designed for outdoor crowd control into an inmate Raynard Jackson's cell. The Associated Press filed a lawsuit last month seeking a copy under the state's open records law. Click here to read the story.
  • A passion for history
    A passion for history
    About 14 years ago, a DeForest man built a barn to house his collection of 2,000 objects, photos and documents from Wisconsin soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Rodney Dary's museum, which is open to the public by appointment, is still up and running today and his collection is still goin…
  • 115th Fighter Wing group comes home
    115th Fighter Wing group comes home
    About 200 Wisconsin National Guard airmen came home Thursday to Truax Field after a two-month deployment to Iraq, providing ground forces with close air support, among other combat duties. Gov. Jim Doyle greeted them.
  • An important start now for your spring gardening
    An important start now for your spring gardening
    Samantha Peckham, a horticulturalist at Olbrich Gardens, shows us how to plant bulbs, something you should do now in your garden.
  • Ooh, Cheesehead
    Ooh, Cheesehead
    Once Barack Obama signed Mansfield Neblett's cheesehead hat during the presidential visit to Madison Nov. 4, Neblett knew he had something valuable. Neblett decided to give the iconic topper to a grateful Wisconsin Historical Society on Wednesday. Click here to read the story.
  • Late November: Dane County, Wisconsin - A video poem
    Late November: Dane County, Wisconsin - A video poem
    Wisconsin Poet Laureate Marilyn L. Taylor's reading of her poem "Late November: Dane County, Wisconsin." This is the first of four seasonal poems Ms. Taylor will be contributing.
  • Logrolling at the YMCA
    Logrolling at the YMCA
    Logrolling classes at Madison's West YMCA are a great introduction to the sport and are taught by Shana Martin, a world-champion logroller. You'll get wet, but you won't stop having fun!
  • The Day After Obama
    The Day After Obama
    Eighth-grade teachers Lori Nelson and Rebecca Peterson help students at Wright Middle School talk about what they felt and learned from President Barack Obama's visit Wednesday.
  • UW men's cross country coach talks about NCAA meet
    UW men's cross country coach talks about NCAA meet
    Coach Mick Byrne and Wisconsin runners talk about the Badgers' seventh-place finish at the NCAA cross country meet Monday in Seelyville, Ind.
  • UW's Comfort reacts to NCAA cross country
    UW's Comfort reacts to NCAA cross country
    Wisconsin sophomore Caitlin Comfort, the Badgers' lone women's qualifier for the NCAA cross country meet Monday in Seelyville, Ind., talks about her 70th-place finish.
  • UW's Ryan on Badgers in Hawaii
    UW's Ryan on Badgers in Hawaii
    Wisconsin men's basketball coach Bo Ryan talks about his excitement for the Maui Invitational at a news conference in Hawaii.
  • Waunakee dethrones Kimberly in Division 2
    Waunakee dethrones Kimberly in Division 2
    Highlights and reaction from Waunakee's 34-21 victory over two-time defending champion Kimberly in the WIAA Division 2 football state title game Friday at Camp Randall Stadium.
  • Reedsburg celebrates its WIAA football title
    Reedsburg celebrates its WIAA football title
    The sights and sounds from Camp Randall Stadium as Reedsburg celebrates its WIAA Division 3 state football championship after a 34-27 victory over West De Pere.
  • WIAA football video: Walworth Big Foot-Kewaunee
    WIAA football video: Walworth Big Foot-Kewaunee
    Highlights and reaction from Walworth Big Foot's dominating 42-13 victory over Kewaunee in the WIAA Division 4 state football championship game at Camp Randall Stadium.
  • Better Know a Badger: Jon Rzepka
    Better Know a Badger: Jon Rzepka
    Jon Rzepka is a player on UW's men's soccer team, and when he's not on the field, he might be practicing or performing with the band he's in.
  • WIAA football state championship preview
    WIAA football state championship preview
    Rob Hernandez and Dennis Semrau are on location at Camp Randall Stadium, site of this week's WIAA football state championship games, to break down the matchups involving area teams.
  • WIAA football video: Reedsburg-Catholic Memorial
    WIAA football video: Reedsburg-Catholic Memorial
    Highlights and reaction from Reedsburg's thrilling, last-second victory over Waukesha Catholic Memorial in a WIAA Division 3 state semifinal game.
  • Postgame reaction from UW's victory
    Postgame reaction from UW's victory
    Reaction from Wisconsin players and coach Bret Bielema after a 45-24 victory over Michigan on Senior Day at Camp Randall Stadium.
  • JustUs: Sweet harmonies give respite from the law
    JustUs: Sweet harmonies give respite from the law
    JustUs, a singing group made up mostly of lawyers, has been together for more than 15 years singing Broadway and love songs. Along the way they've skewered judges, attorneys and the legal profession and earned a standing ovation. Click here to read the story.
  • How to carve a turkey
    How to carve a turkey
    Culinary instructor Paul Short of MATC explains turkey carving 101
  • Measuring a workout in miles & ounces
    Measuring a workout in miles & ounces
    The Hash House Harriers give new meaning to the words 'beer run' by sprinkling its courses with watering holes. Click here to read the story.
  • Falling for dance
    Falling for dance
    Kanopy dance member and choreographer Kerry Parker talks about her life as a dancer, and her experiences working on "Autumn Heart," a program that presents multiple artistic visions, each with an individual theme.
  • Late November: Dane County, Wisconsin - A video poem
    Late November: Dane County, Wisconsin - A video poem
    Wisconsin Poet Laureate Marilyn L. Taylor's reading of her poem "Late November: Dane County, Wisconsin." This is the first of four seasonal poems Ms. Taylor will be contributing.

  • "Gleaning" the fruits of Madison
    UW student S. Brewster was one of several graduate students who made short films about environmental issues in Madison that will premiere at the Tales From Planet Earth festival. Her film looks at local "gleaners" who find fruit hanging from trees in public and untended areas around town.
  • Make-up tips for Halloween
    Make-up tips for Halloween
    Karen Brown-Larimore from Mallatt Pharmacy in Madison offers make-up tips for Halloween as she works on Matt Kenyon and Kate Boomsma, two actors from Broom Street Theatre.
  • How to make a Halloween Witch Cake
    How to make a Halloween Witch Cake
    Wisconsin State Journal reporter Chris Martell demonstrates how to make a scary Halloween Witch Cake. Click here to read the story.
  • Gallagher at the Majestic
    Gallagher at the Majestic
    Gallagher brought his high energy act to the Majestic Theatre, and bibs and raincoats are considered mandatory attire when he takes the stage. See why.
  • Michael Jackson´s This Is It
    Michael Jackson´s This Is It
    Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from…