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Dylan Brogan
Your history
Hand-painted bomber jackets from WWII, a vintage SubZero refrigerator made in Madison, cabinets full of taxidermy animals…and a wax cast of Col. Hans Christian Heg’s head. All can be found in the State Archive Preservation Facility. Read more
Zeeyolq Photography/CC BY 2.0
Remembering 9/11
Over the years we have paused to commemorate 9/11 in the pages of Isthmus and on our website. Here’s a look back. Read more
Sep 11, 2021
Fear itself
Two months after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, staff writer Tom Laskin examined how the events of that day affected residents of Madison. Nerves were on edge — but maybe not for the reasons we remember today. Read more
Sep 10, 2021
The exterminator
“I’m here for the cockroaches,” he said, shifting his weight from one sturdy black shoe to the other, holding a heavy-looking metal canister with an attached hose. Read more
Sep 6, 2021
Dylan Brogan
Garage versus ramp
Madison parking officials want you to refer to parking structures as garages. But the local colloquialism “parking ramps” stubbornly persists. Read more
Sep 6, 2021
Hedi Rudd
Portrait of a neighborhood
Bayview Portraits tells the stories of residents in one of Madison’s most diverse neighborhoods, which is starting a $50 million redevelopment project. Read more
Sep 4, 2021
Courtesy of Ron Smith
A nun named Sister Ann and Harold Washington
'As journalists, we have to figure out how we can make a dent, and get our news to people who maybe don’t know us, don’t trust us, or both.' Read more
Sep 3, 2021
Amy Stocklein
Pushing the envelope
This quarter-century of correspondence harks back to a very different media landscape, when the city had two staff-packed dailies and two campus dailies to boot. Read more
Sep 3, 2021
9:00 AM
Dylan Brogan
'I want to know my kid is safe'
One parent says the Madison school district’s independent investigation into former East teacher David Kruchten contains “disturbing logic.” Read more
Sep 2, 2021
12:15 PM
A game-changer for local news?
Some still fear government-funded media and see it as a threat to editorial independence and a free society. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act makes a counter-argument. Read more
Sep 2, 2021
9:00 AM
Friends of Blue Mound State Park allege intimidation by DNR officials
“Mr. Schmelzer...informed the Friends group representatives that if the Friends group does not drop its lawsuit by Aug. 17, 2021… then the WDNR will terminate its agreement with the Friends group.” Read more
Aug 19, 2021
4:20 PM
Carolyn Fath Ashby
The internal investigation the Madison school district didn’t want the public to see
Parent says the Madison school district’s independent investigation into former East teacher David Kruchten contains “disturbing logic.” Read more
Aug 18, 2021
2:37 PM
Hedi Rudd
A healing hub
“Every student that comes to us, I ask them for a 90-day interruption of their life. Let me interrupt everything you thought you knew for 90 days and just heal. They all get a circle of support.” Read more
Aug 12, 2021
12:00 PM
Favorite reads
In his name
A year after a summer of protests in Madison, Isthmus reporter Dylan Brogan tells the rest of the story of the man who found himself at the center of it. Read more
In the groove
“Most bands start with jamming with your friends in a basement,” says Glenn Widdicombe. “This has been about making a format with musicians who are already experienced playing live.” Read more
Round and round
Bus Rapid Transit in Madison appears to have wide support. But will routing the new buses down three blocks of State Street be its undoing? Read more
A new world
Get up to speed on what’s new in Madison dining. What opened during the pandemic? Maybe more restaurants than you think. Read more
