Ashley Rodriguez

Halloween festivities started Sunday at Garver Feed Mill, as dozens of costumed kids and their famlies gathered to carve pumpkins and make crafts.

Civic Media, the nascent radio empire built by tech entrepreneur Sage Weil and veteran radio host Mike Crute, now covers nearly half the state, from WBZH in northwestern Wisconsin to WRJN in the southeast.

Fresh Cup has been around for nearly three decades, and throughout the publication’s lifespan, we’ve continually evolved our storytelling to best serve our readers. Sometimes, that means taking a risk on a topic or idea that compels us—but often, that means listening to our writers, and trusting that the topics and people they find interesting will also appeal to our readers.

If you’re making a list—and checking it twice—of people to get gifts for this holiday season, it’s likely you’ll be shopping for at least one coffee lover. But what do you buy for the coffee aficionado who already has everything they could possibly need to stay caffeinated?

Food has always been a passion for Glenda Edwards. Her catering business, Woo’s Food To The Soul, is catching people’s attention.

I love this time of year at Fresh Cup. Being the editor of a publication with a frequent posting cadence (we publish three to four stories per week, all of which I read, hear pitches for, and post directly on the site) means we must move quickly. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget just how extraordinary our writers’ work is—or the fact that they manage to regularly put together some of the industry’s most insightful and carefully considered coffee stories.

Jamie and Chuckie Brown-Soukaseume of Ahan in Madison are semifinalists for a 2025 Best Chef: Midwest award.

Sarah Christiansen's tranquil new album under the name Sun Swept uses wind instruments and synthesizers to evoke Colorado's outdoors.

Mother and son duo Isbelis and Ivo Diaz brought a team from Williamsburg to serve ambitious six- and four-course menus at Seven Acre Dairy in Paoli.

Michelle A. Kaebisch now leads Madison’s Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra, which opened a new building on East Washington Avenue in 2024.