MGE advances clean energy while maintaining reliability
Section(s): Business
By Madison Gas and Electric
Published: May 23, 2026
By Madison Gas and Electric (MGE)
At MGE, we’re building solar and wind farms, investing in battery storage, and partnering with our customers in innovative ways to achieve a cleaner energy future.
MGE uses renewables first, and we ensure other energy sources are available to keep our communities p...
Turning Back The Pages A look back at 30 years of the Northside News
Section(s): Northside Planning Council
By Rita Lord
Submissions Manager
Published: May 23, 2026
What we were reading about…by Rita Lord
30 years ago, June-July 1996
— The Mendota Hills Neighborhood Association raised funds to replace old wooden playground equipment in Warner Park. The city slated $6,000 for the project, but a multi-purpose play structure would cost $20,000. A new program...
Wisconsin Women's Golf Championship comes to Madison
Section(s): Front Page
By Lindsey Heyntsen
Published: May 23, 2026
Madison continues to strengthen its reputation as a hub for women’s sports and community-driven athletics, and this summer marks an exciting milestone for the region. The inaugural Wisconsin Women’s Championship is coming to the Northside, bringing the state’s first women’s golf professional-amateur...
Oscar Mayer: from food to the future of (fusion) energy?
Section(s): Front Page
By Northside News
Published: May 23, 2026
By Northside News
Recently Realta Fusion co-founder and CEO Kieran Furlong attended the May Sherman Neighborhood Association meeting to introduce himself and the company. Afterward Justin Markofski, Executive Director of the Northside Planning Council, followed up with this written interview with Re...
I’m sure you’ve heard collective nouns like a gaggle of geese or a pride of lions. But how about a prickle of porcupines, a flamboyance of flamingos or a streak of tigers? Okay, some are less well-known than others.
Did you know there is a collective noun for a group of volunteers? It’s called a con...
Section(s): Northside Planning Council | NPC Board
By Helen Osborn-Senatus
Published: May 23, 2026
The Northside in Bloom
Spring sun after the winter gives me the sense of tangible optimism and opportunity. It makes things seem possible, makes days literally and figuratively brighter. It also helps welcome all of us out of hibernation. The cold weather habits of indoor activities and more time at...
Section(s): Northside Planning Council | NPC Executive Director
By Justin Markofski
NPC Executive Director
Published: May 23, 2026
Greetings Northside neighbors.
One of my favorite teachers had the following statement on the whiteboard to begin another semester of learning: “The fine art of living is intentional, not casual.” I do believe this is true. Planning is one type of intentionality that impacts outcomes for individual...
Section(s): Northside Planning Council | NPC Food Systems Director
By Chris Brockel
NPC Food Systems Director
Published: May 23, 2026
The luxury of working for Northside Planning Council is that I get this bi-monthly column in the Northside News. I generally use this gift for updates on the goings-on in one of NPC’s food programs, Feed Kitchens, FEED Bakery and Training, and Healthy Food for All. I have also used the column to wri...
Madison.com Article: Former North Transfer Point near Oscar Mayer could give way to apartments
Section(s): Letter to the EDITOR
By City of Madison
Published: May 23, 2026
Madison.com Article: Former North Transfer Point near Oscar Mayer could give way to apartments
It seems that every open space on the Northside is being slated for building new apartments; when will the municipal and commercial development begin that will surely be needed to service all this anticip...
Hartmeyer-Roth Park Press Release
By Beth Sluys
Hidden in plain sight, there is a parcel of land that sits nestled in behind the old Esquire Club on N Sherman Avenue and adjacent to the new apartments on Huxley Street. Once the Madison Parks Department became the owner of the approximately 15-acres...
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