Emilie Heidemann

American Family Insurance Group will raise its minimum wage to $25 per hour starting next year, the company announced Thursday.

American Family Insurance Group will raise its minimum wage to $25 per hour starting next year, the company announced Thursday.

Expect the leaves to really start showing off their radiant yellow, orange and red hues in mid-October, says an expert at UW-Madison.

Waunakee's only board game store opened its doors earlier this month. Game Haven, at 229 S. Century Ave., is owner Kevin Thornberg's childhood come to life.

Kathryn Gallagher, Aldo Leopold Nature Center adult summer camp participant, talks about her takeaways from the Saturday event.

Alexis Turner, who works for Madison’s transportation department, has a suggestion for purchasing a Metro Fast Fare card.

Madison's first big test of the new Bus Rapid Transit system kicked off Monday, a day after a soft launch on Sunday that was intended to work out some kinks in the system before a high-traffic, weekday rush.

A pair of Metro Transit BRT buses, headed in opposite directions, arrive for passengers at a stop along East Washington Avenue Monday. The high-frequency east-west bus service, operating mostly on dedicated lanes, largely passed its first major test Monday, riders and Metro officials said. The new all-electric buses are cleaner and quieter. "It's not like how the old buses — that steamy, engine sound," one rider said. Metro Transit employee Alexis Turner helps Fletcher Robbins, 24, navigate the new Bus Rapid Transit system routes and schedules Monday morning. Dozens of city employees are serving as BRT "launch ambassadors" this week. A pair of newly delivered Metro Transit BRT buses are readied for future service at the system's South Ingersoll Street garage in Madison on Monday. Metro Transit workers track routes and schedule drivers at the system's operations center along East Washington Avenue Monday. So far the whole operation has gone mostly as planned, officials said. Metro Transit customer service representative Jacqueline Wilson fields a question from a rider at the system's call center in Madison Monday. Riders disembark from a Bus Rapid Transit bus on University Avenue near UW Hospital Monday morning. A rider waits for a bus at a station on University Avenue near UW Hospital. On the new electric buses on the BRT, bikes are stored inside instead of on a rack on the front of the bus.

Before Madison launched its Bus Rapid Transit system last Sunday, the Wisconsin State Journal wanted to see how a typical commute under the old bus system might change with the move to BRT.

Martha Kauppi thinks that all therapists, no matter the modality they use to treat their clients, should be well versed in all types of human relationships — even unconventional ones like polyamory — as well as physical intimacy.