Dane County hopes to purchase 295 acres adjacent to Indian Lake County Park and expand the total space of the park to nearly 800 acres, making it the largest recreational park in the county.
The nonprofit Free Bikes 4 Kidz Madison is looking to collect at least 500 bicycles on its Nov. 7 donation day.
The Wisconsin 2020 golf season saw a 13% increase in the number of rounds played.
This year’s annual Girls on the Run of South Central Wisconsin’s Fall 5K run will be hosted virtually on Nov. 7, according to a statement from the organization.
Gov. Tony Evers today directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue Emergency Order No. 3 limiting public gatherings to no more than 25% of a room or building’s total occupancy.
Garver Patio at the Garver Feed Mill has canceled most of its remaining live music for the season and capped the rest at 25 people due to a notice from Public Health Madison and Dane County.
Shake Shack, Burn Boot Camp, Glitter Workshop, and Indochino will be opening in Hilldale shopping center this fall.
Overture Center’s Foundation Board of Directors has named five new members to the board and rotated off five existing members.
Overture Center for the Arts will present a three-part virtual concert series, “Live from the West Side: Women of Broadway” featuring Patti LuPone on Oct. 24, Laura Benanti on Nov. 14, and Vanessa Williams on Dec. 5.
In a letter to the Department of Workforce Development, Frank Productions outlined the laying off of 39 employees at five company locations including The Sylvee, the Orpheum, and the Majestic live entertainment venues.
The Madison Capitols junior hockey team is putting a hold on the 2020–21 United States Hockey League season because of public health restrictions in Dane County caused by COVID-19.
After earlier delaying football and other fall sports to the spring of 2021, the Big 10 conference leadership has changed course and will begin the football season on Oct. 23.
The Tommy Bartlett Show in Wisconsin Dells has announced it will permanently close due in most part to financial losses from the canceled 2020 season.
Madison-based North Central Group is partnering with the Milwaukee Bucks to develop a hotel on land the team owns near the Fiserv Forum.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will move to online classes and pause men’s football and hockey teams for two weeks following a spike in positive COVID-19 test results.
The WIAA and the University of Wisconsin have ruled out WIAA tournaments in Dane County this fall.
American Family Insurance has unveiled the new logo identity for the Milwaukee Brewers ballpark to be renamed American Family Field beginning Jan. 1, 2021.
Gov. Tony Evers has launched a $5 million COVID-19 Cultural Organization Grant Program aimed at assisting Wisconsin cultural organizations economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Overture Center for the Arts is asking the community to help sustain the organization during its COVID-19 closure with a goal of raising $1.5 million by the end of the year.
Milwaukee World Festival Inc. announced a new format for Summerfest 2021 with the festival to take place over three consecutive weekends June 24–26, July 1–3, and July 8–10, 2021.
