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What to do in Madison this weekend: MadCabaret, Blooming Butterflies and more Isthmus Picks
Blooming Butterflies is an annual summer event at Olbrich Gardens. Blooming Butterflies is an annual summer event at Olbrich Gardens. Blooming Butterflies, July 18-Aug. 11, Olbrich Gardens, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: While the outdoor gardens are the place to be in the summer, there’s good reason to head into the Bolz Conservancy as well. It is magical to see butterflies — up to 19 species — inhabiting the tropical dome. Sharp-eyed visitors may even witness a butterfly emerge from its chrysalis. The theme continues in the outdoor gardens with a kids pollinator scavenger hunt. Butterfly Action Day (10 a.m.-2 p.m., Aug. 2) will present booths highlighting ways to help threatened butterfly populations. More info at olbrich.org.
Downtown Middleton welcomes back annual Shop & Stroll event
MIDDLETON, Wis. (WMTV) - The annual Summer Shop & Stroll event in Downtown Middleton starting today!. July 18th through July 20th! There is so much for everyone. Sidewalk sales, demonstrations, trunk shows, food & drink specials, live music and more. Cloth & Metal Boutique small business owner, Lisa McGuire, says...
Former Wisconsin starting quarterback selected in 2024 UFL college draft
Former Wisconsin quarterback Tanner Mordecai was selected by the D.C. Defenders in the ninth round of the 2024 UFL college draft on Wednesday. After going undrafted in the 2024 NFL Draft, Mordecai signed with the San Francisco 49ers as a free agent on April 27. Due to his status as an undrafted prospect, the Waco, Texas native was eligible for this year’s UFL draft.
Swimming: Hunter Franke targets with Hawks Landing, VAST swim teams
Verona senior Hunter Franke, who swims for the Hawks Landing Swim Team in the summer, has big expectations for improving his times to earn an opportunity to swim in college. Franke won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 58.82 seconds, only 0.32 of a second ahead of Ridgewood’s Evan Lederer and a teammate on the Verona boys swimming team. He also won the 200 individual medley in a time of 2 minutes, 10.01 seconds.
Viterbo to honor famed UW coach Dick Bennett and son, UVA national championship winning coach Tony Bennett
Two famed coaches will be honored by Viterbo next month. Dick Bennett put the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team back on the map in the mid-1990s, leading the Badgers to four NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance. His son, Tony Bennett, currently coaches at the University of...
Open Jim: What grade would you give the Wisconsin football offseason?
Today’s featured Open Jim mailbag question comes from Anthony Mostek on Facebook. How would you rate the Badger's football team's off-season, including transfer portal and all signings? On paper, are they better than last year? What positions are better and which are not as strong?. As with any recruiting...
Reporting from the RNC, Chevron and Wisconsin, Women BBQ brawlers
A WPR reporter catches us up on several news threads from this week’s GOP convention in Milwaukee. Then we talk about how last month’s SCOTUS decision overturning so-called Chevron deference might or might not influence state agencies’ power. And a pair of Wisconsin pitmasters talk about their experiences competing on a popular Food Network show.
Public record for July 18, 2024
Rock County Felony arrests All of those listed below have since their arrest been formally charged with a felony (or felonies). ABBIGAIL BILLUPS, 30, of Evansville, third OWI with a passenger under 16 years of age, June 2, 600 block West Madison Avenue, Milton. MICHAEL PEARSON, 36, of Beloit, possession of narcotic drugs, June 15, 200 block East Hwy 14, Janesville. ETHAN PAWLUK, 18, of Janesville, possession with intent to deliver THC, June 16, North Palm Street and Laurel Avenue, Janesville.
In reversal from 2016, GOP projects unity while Democrats scramble
MILWAUKEE — Republicans find themselves in a somewhat unusual position: fully in sync, while Democrats hash out a major internal disagreement in public. It’s been a remarkable split screen playing out this week. Republicans are gathered in Wisconsin, unified and energized behind former President Trump’s candidacy, while Democrats are in open disagreement over whether President […]
Three Wisconsin Residents Report Strange Object In The Sky
Things sure are getting spooky out there! Over the past few years, talk of UFO sightings has amped up. No one gets a strange look anymore when they mention they may have seen one floating about in the sky. In fact, in Minnesota last year alone, there were nearly fifty...
In reversal from 2016, GOP projects unity while Democrats scramble
MILWAUKEE — Republicans find themselves in a somewhat unusual position: fully in sync, while Democrats hash out a major internal disagreement in public. It’s been a remarkable split screen playing out this week. Republicans are gathered in Wisconsin, unified and energized behind former President Trump’s candidacy, while Democrats are in open disagreement over whether President […]
Biden has poured billions into Rust Belt economies. His ‘Blue Wall' is crumbling anyway.
President Joe Biden and his party have delivered billions of dollars in funding for manufacturing and green industry across the upper Midwest. Even voters who have directly benefited are still iffy on the economy.
From MAGA hats to ear bandages, the Wisconsin Historical Society is collecting RNC items
Among the delegates, protestors, vendors and media at the Republican National Convention this week have been three staff members of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Their job? To collect items that reflect the significance of 2024 in this moment in the nation's political history. “National elections shape the course of American and Wisconsin history, influencing...
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