Maple Bluff News

MAPLE BLUFF - Gov. Jim Doyle says he "fully expects" to finish out his current term in office which runs through the end of next year.

Author Jonathan Kozol often writes about his conversations with affluent friends and associates who question whether money makes a difference when it comes to educating and rearing children.

Thief River Falls resident Jon Kays has made many deliveries on his bike while working for Scram! Couriers in Madison, Wis.

Those curious about the governor's home get can a look inside the mansion every Thursday afternoon through August.

The state Supreme Court has ruled police lawfully arrested a man for drunken driving in Maple Bluff.

Starting July 1, a full year before the statewide smoking ban goes into effect, one local club is choosing to go smoke-free voluntarily.

You can probably name the prominent players on Madison's arts scene. But they'd be the first to say that the local culture doesn't begin and end with them.

I am, and have always been, a fan of The Edgewater Hotel. Never mind that the Faulkners are a good clan, that David Martineau was a beloved host and that I bartended there thirty pounds ago.

When our family moved to Wisconsin in the mid 1960s, Dad found us a little two-story Cape Cod in the village of Maple Bluff.

When our family moved to Wisconsin in the mid 1960s, Dad found us a little two-story Cape Cod in the village of Maple Bluff.

The Town of Madison Fire Department and the Maple Bluff Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire at the 1900 block of Sherman Ave.

Madison police are investigating a bomb scare that prompted the evacuation of a convenience store Tuesday night.

"Loaded All Day" by The Von Ehrics has one of those melodies that would work just as well in a '60s protest-folk setting as a punk-flavored country tune.

The votes have been counted, the bar tabs are all paid and the hangovers have been nursed.

Several hundred Madison musicians and fans braved Old Man Winter's last gasp on Saturday night to celebrate the announcement of the 2009 Madison Area Music Awards nominees at the Brink Lounge.

Tours of the Wisconsin governor's mansion are set to resume next month. Free tours of Wisconsin's Executive Residence are offered every year from April to August.

When the Overture Center needed a flyer for its program to offer students and teachers $10 tickets to selected performances, it knew just where to turn.

An African-American kid on Allied Drive gets caught smoking pot. So begins a criminal history that will follow him throughout his life.

Three lawyers competing to get past Tuesday's primary election for Dane County circuit judge tout their experience as being key to their decision to run for the post.

Don Sanford, a captain on the Betty Lou Cruise Line, which serves up dinners and sightseeing on Lakes Mendota and Monona, shares anecdotes about our lakes with members of the Yahara Lakes Association through ...