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Rain or shine, the block party is ON! Madison365 is partnering with Mendota Elementary School, Door Creek Church and several other local organizations to gather the community for food and fun at the Mendota Back to School Block Party! Join us from 1-5 this afternoon on School Road!
Madison LaFollette assistant freshman football coach Troy Dean is focused on coaching boys into young men.
The University community will spend much of the weekend celebrating the life and legacy of hip-hop artist and First Wave scholar John “Vietnam” Nguyen.
Hip-hop artist and change agent Anthony Ward answered our 12 questions.
La Communidad News is celebrating 25 years of publishing news and information for Madison’s Latino community.
The Latino Chamber of Commerce announced the Latino Art Fair, coming to Overture Center for the Arts in October.
Badgers coach Paul Chryst named senior Bart Houston the starting quarterback for next weekend’s season opener against LSU at Lambeau Field.
Also in Badgerland, the Big Ten released the men’s basketball schedule.
You still have a few days to catch the Umoja Magazine art exhibit at the Madison Pinney Branch Library, 204 Cottage Grove Rd.
Columnist Amanda Hall says proposals to curb stoplight panhandling mean Madison is choosing views over its neighbors.
State Senator Lena Taylor reacted to the revelations that staff at Lincoln Hills School for Boys were instructed in abusive discipline techniques.
In other news …
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump and his association with the “alt-right,” tying him to racism and white nationalism, in a speech in Reno, Nevada.
President Obama offered the services of his personal physician in the care of a Baton Rouge police officer wounded in the July 17 attack that killed three officers.
Prominent black media pioneer George Curry passed away at the age of 69.
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