Local Topics

  1. Officials develop strategies to eliminate illegal sexual activity at Olin-Turville Park Officials develop strategies to eliminate illegal sexual activity at Olin-Turville Park
    By CHRIS RICKERT | crickert@madison.com | 608-252-6198

    For years, Olin-Turville Park on Madison's South Side has been known as the place to go for men looking for a quick, anonymous, sexual encounter, city officials and residents say.

    But now the police department and the city parks division are developing strategies they hope will eli…

    Updated: Nov 23, 2009 | 4:49 pm
  2. Many pay price to go organic for Thanksgiving feast Many pay price to go organic for Thanksgiving feast
    By GENA KITTNER | gkittner@madison.com | 608-252-6139
    Strong sales of free-range and organic turkeys and fixin’s suggest the economy isn’t ruffling the feathers of some local Thanksgiving cooks.
    Nov 22, 2009 | 8:15 pm | Loading…
  3. Students help spruce up forest trail in Evansville Students help spruce up forest trail in Evansville
    By PAMELA COTANT | For the State Journal | wsjcity@madison.com
    A fledgling school forest got a little thicker when science clubs in the Evansville School District planted trees and shrubs.
    Nov 22, 2009 | 6:15 pm | Loading…

Politics and Government

At Issue: Should bartenders be allowed to drink on the job?
In a nutshell In a city flush with bars, including a lot of Downtown establishments serving college students, Ald. Michael Schumacher and Mayor Dave Cieslewicz are proposing to ban owners or employees from drinking alcohol while at work. The proposal would make it illegal for an owner, immed…
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Crime and courts

Officials develop strategies to eliminate illegal sexual activity at Olin-Turville Park
Officials develop strategies to eliminate illegal sexual activity at Olin-Turville Park
For years, Olin-Turville Park on Madison's South Side has been known as the place to go for men looking for a quick, anonymous, sexual encounter, city officials and residents say. But now the police department and the city parks division are developing strategies they hope will eliminate the…

Health and Medicine

Clean Air Action Day alert extended through Wednesday
A Clean Air Action Day alert announced last weekend has been extended through Wednesday due to light winds and high relative humidity, the Dane County Clean Air Coalition announced Monday. Last weekend's weather conditions, which are forecast to continue, are ideal for trapping fine particle…

Science and Nature

‘Wolf or wolf hybrid’ captured on Madison's West Side
Animal control officers captured an animal that looked like a "wolf or wolf hybrid" on Madison's West Side this morning. "Did it look like a wolf or wolf mix? Yes," Patrick Comfert, lead animal control officer for the Madison Dane County Health Department, said of the animal picked up in the…

Around the region

E-mails show tension between vets board, Scocos
Tension between the Wisconsin Veterans Affairs Board and Department Secretary John Scocos is rising just as the board considers whether to replace him, according to e-mail messages released Monday. Board Vice Chair Marcia Anderson scolded Scocos last week for waiting too long to notify the b…

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SOS: Condo association tells resident to take flag down
SOS: Condo association tells resident to take flag down
Some might consider it less than neighborly to order your patriotic neighbor to take down her American flag — especially if she has a son in the Air Force. But that, among other things, is what the board at Janet Pond’s North Side condominium development is telling her.

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