Direct spending increased 15.7% statewide to $14.9 billion with Dane County up a whopping 28.7% to $1.4 billion.

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Travel writer Mary Bergin of Madison has spent decades traversing Wisconsin and offers up her 50 favorite communities and gives a nod to 100 others.
The Madison company had been recycling trophies for years but now has its own dedicated nonprofit and roster of volunteers to disassemble and rebuild trophies for other nonprofits.
The first updated version since 2019 has been released by the state Department of Transportation, which also created an online data base of Wisconsin highway maps dating back to 1918.
Heavy spring rains and warm temperatures have created ideal conditions for the unsightly, toxic algae blooms, as well as weeds.
The former Prairie Valley Resale Store is now Lucky Duck Resale and includes an ice-cream truck out front.
The former Prairie Valley Resale Store has a new owner, look and name.
The co-founder and president of New Glarus Brewing Company will be recognized next month at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference.
Barry Adams commented on Electronic registration means fewer hunting stories at Northwoods registration stations
AB1234: So people who drink beer and eat cheese curds are hicks? Have you not been to any restaurant in Wisconsin? Many of us drink beer and eat cheese curds and most of us are not "hicks." Barry Adams, a born and raised Wisconsinite who lives in Madison, fishes Up North, eats chee…
Barry Adams commented on Madison area's retail landscape continues to expand and evolve
I'd like to respond on the age issue. (I won't respond to the inane scarf comment) I always ask a person's age. It helps to better paint a picture of the person we're interviewing, which is why I ask other questions to learn more about their background. And before some one says "you can…
Barry Adams commented on Verona Road construction: When a half-mile feels like 10
I like ages in a story. It helps paint the picture.
As for the no traffic signals, I stand by the story as 99 percent of through traffic doesn't go through the city, it goes around it rejoining 151 on the East Side or at Verona Road.
Barry Adams, the guy who wrote the story
Barry Adams commented on Power restored after car hits utility pole
River, I wrote the headline.