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The Boys and Girls Club of Dane County is nearing its $700,000 goal for tomorrow’s Gladys Knight and All White Party fundraisers.
The eighth annual Urban League of Greater Madison Unity Picnic is moving from the South Side to the West Side.
The Madison community has rallied around Thony “Mango Man” Clarke, the Cafe Costa Rica owner who lost his vehicle and much of his livelihood in a car accident.
The Latino Academy of Workforce Development will celebrate its largest-ever graduation this weekend.
Forward Madison FC has partnered with Special Olympics Wisconsin to sign 17 players to a Unified Team, set to take on Union Omaha’s Unified Team in a two-game series.
Briarpatch Youth Services announced that its CEO, Gloria Reyes, will step down to pursue other opportunities later this month.
James Adams has been named co-head-coach of Madison College’s women’s basketball team.
The Beyond Beautiful Girls Empowerment Summer Camp was “an afternoon of pure joy,” its organizer said.
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and will no longer take the presidency at Northwestern.
Forward Madison obtained Tampa Bay Rowdies goalkeeper Raiko Arozerena on a season-long loan, sending Phil Breno to Tampa.
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