Samara Kalk Derby is a reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal, focusing on local restaurant news and reviews in the Madison area. She has a passion for exploring the culinary scene and sharing her experiences with readers. Her work has also appeared in the Kenosha News and La Crosse Tribune.
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Samara Kalk Derby's coverage primarily focuses on local events, restaurant reviews, and entertainment news in Wisconsin, particularly Madison. She frequently covers the openings of new restaurants, event cancellations, and live performances.
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After making some tough cuts, here are the places State Journal food writer Samara Kalk Derby enjoyed the most.
The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending
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The child was abandoned on the side of the road, still in the car seat.
By: Samara Kalk Derby
Co-owner Terry Leung is ready to retire and he said Madison is an expensive place to run a restaurant.
By: Samara Kalk Derby
"It is like a family because it's church and a lot of us met each other at church," Dana Pellebon said.
By: Anna Hansen, Samara Kalk Derby
School families and friends filled the church that shares a campus with Abundant Life Christian School and other Madison residents gathered on Capitol Square, to grieve and remember.
By: Anna Hansen, Samara Kalk Derby
Madison mourned and remembered its dead Tuesday night with a pair of vigils, one day after a 15-year-old student killed a teacher and a student before taking her own life.
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Even though students and teachers at Abundant Life Christian School had been trained with active shooter drills, metal detectors could have helped, Masood Akhtar said.
A leader in Madison’s Muslim community is investigating school security systems and offering to pay to have one installed at Abundant Life Christian School on Madison’s Far East Side, the scene of a deadly school shooting Monday.
By: Samara Kalk, Samara Kalk Derby
Erin West was "super generous, just authentic," said Rob Warren, founding pastor of Doxa Church on Madison's South Side.
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