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An aerial shot of Olbrich, during an 'After Hours' concert, top right, in the summer of 2025. Olbrich Botanical Garden’s visitor center, built in the 1970s, was originally designed to handle 150,000 visitors annually. Today, attendance is double that. Tanya Zastrow, director of the gardens, tells Isthmus the...

MADISON, Wis. — Madison police found 12 shell casings after multiple people reported hearing gunshots on the city's west side early Monday morning. Officers were dispatched to Wexford Ridge Apartments at around 1 a.m. and learned that people allegedly heard an argument before the shots were fired. No injuries...

Authorities say a late-summer gathering at a Wabasha County campground turned tragic, and now a Madison man is facing serious felony charges in connection with a Lakeville woman’s death. Stanley Alan Munstermann, 69, of Madison, was arrested in late February after a Twin Cities woman was found dead inside...

The rich, sweet and slightly savory notes of a Lane’s Bakery kringle are unmistakable. The “smear” inside each one — for example, cherry — combines with a thin layer of icing icing on top to create a surprisingly deep and complex bite. That “smear,” according to Tim Lee, is the secret ingredient and key to Lane’s...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association delivered its first round of dairy donations on Tuesday. Since 2018, the association has worked with Second Harvest Foodbank to donate 46,000 lbs. of dairy products. “Our dairy manufacturers are very excited about making these donations because their...

When the Broadway audience meets teenage Johnny Cade, he’s looking rough. “Johnny Cade enters nervously smoking a cigarette,” read the stage directions for “The Outsiders,” a musical based on the 1983 film, which cast Ralph Macchio in the role. “He is 16, looks young for his age. His face is freshly broken and...

Madison will once again consider building an Amtrak route that would connect Madison to Milwaukee and Minneapolis, but the project remains under the same politicized debates that halted construction progress 15 years ago, according to the Cap Times. A 2023 federal grant allocated $500,000 to studying the feasibility...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Henry Vilas Zoo celebrated the grand re-opening of their Tundra Buggy on Tuesday. The Tundra Buggy was introduced in 1979 to help scientists observe polar bears in their native habitats in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. In 2016, it was brought to Henry Vilas Zoo, where it has been...

When Verona senior Zoe Brattlie didn’t have her new hand grips for the uneven bars in time, she had to adapt. She borrowed the hand grips of a teammate, but they were much smaller. Even with a slip before swinging to get more height for her dismount, she swung to a fourth-place finish on the uneven bars (8.475) to...

Pink Heifer BBQ Saloon is bringing Southwest vibes to State Street with Texas-style brisket, chicken, pork and more. The new restaurant is Pink Heifer’s second location after the original opened in Monticello, Wisconsin, four years ago.