2 or so years ago I stopped doing the daily round up of local news, but that feature is back!Over the next month or so you will also see other changes around Forwardlookout.com. It will be slow, but I’m returning to blogging and sprucing some things up a bit. There are also some exciting changes coming up with my segment on WORT starting in September.
For now, if you’re not familiar with the Konkel Round Up feature of the blog it’s on the home page and it is a mostly daily summary of news related primarily to the City of Madison and Dane County Government. I do add in things from surrounding municipalities if I see it as well as Education news from the Madison Metropolitan School District and UW- Madison.
Here’s a sample of it, but you can also find this on the home page of the blog right after the 7 latest articles on blog. I started on July 22 and have been maintaining it since then. As always, if you have comments or suggestions for things to add, please let me know! Email is best at forwardlookout@gmail.com.
Monday, August 5, 2024
City of Madison
- Area plans, Mifflin diverters, Cannonball Path extension; Give it a Whirl – Madison Bikes
- This project is trying to reduce floods in Madison with native plants – Cap Times
- Prepare for moving days in downtown Madison – WMTV Channel 15
- Daily collections of carts begin during August Moving Days – WKOW Channel 27
Dane County
Sunday, August 4, 2024
City of Madison
- Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of August 5, 2024– Alder John Duncan
- Public Comment on City Referendum and Meetings and Updates Week of August 5 – Alder Derek Field
- Madison City Council seeks public input on $22 million referendum for operating expenses – State Journal
- Madison City Week Ahead 8/5/24 – Forward Lookout
- Downtown Apartment Move Out Refuse/Recycling News – Alder Mike Verveer
- Public Comment on Referendum at this Tuesday’s Council Meeting – Alder Tag Evers
- Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of August 5, 2024 – Alder Bill Tishler
- Council to hear Referendum Comments and Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of August 5, 2024 – Alder Armani Latimer Burris
- Public Comment on Referendum and Meetings Updates/ Events for Week of August 5 – Alder Nasra Wehelie
Dane County
- Dane County leads in green power – Channel3000.com
- Dane County Week Ahead 8/5/25 – Forward Lookout
Dane County
Saturday, August 3, 2024
City of Madison
- Public Comment on Referendum Resolution Scheduled for Tuesday, August 6, 2024 – Alder John Duncan
- New Rules Baffle Election Officials – WORT 89.9 FM
- ‘Respect us’: Mobile park residents upset over approved development project – WKOW Channel 27
- City of Madison holds public test of election equipment – WKOW Channel 27
Dane County
- Family continues push for fencing around Sun Prairie pond after 2 sons drown – WMTV Channel 15
- Public Health Madison seeking information on Mt. Horeb cat bite – Channel3000.com
Friday, August 2, 2024
City of Madison
- Library budget cuts are the last thing Madison’s arts community needs – Tone Madison
- With or without referendum, Madison has no plan to afford Far East Side ‘Imagination Center’ – Wisconsin State Journal
- August Moving Days: How to Set Out Appliances, Furniture, & Other Large Items – City News
- Please Participate in a Bike Riding in Madison Survey – Alder John Guequirre
- Public Comment on Property Tax Referendum Resolution Scheduled for August 6 – Alder John Guequierre
- District 19 and Madison Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of August 5, 2024 – Alder John Guequirre
- District 12 Updates! Neighborhood Meeting and Community Cookout! – Alder Armani Latimer Burris
- Public Comment on Referendum Resolution Scheduled for August 6 – City News
- Road Closures – Stevens Street Reconstruction – City News
- Absentee ballot drop boxes rewrapped with voting information, artwork – Badger Herald
- What questions do you have about Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit system? – State Journal
- Stevens Street closure begins Monday, August 5 – WMTV Channel 15
- Madison Common Council seeking public input on potential referendum – Channel3000.com
- Construction to begin on a portion of Stevens Street Monday – Channel3000.com
Dane County
- Dane County awards $50K for organizations that support disability inclusion – WMTV Channel 15
- Dane County awards $50K to organizations that help people with developmental disabilities – WKOW Channel 27
- Monona residents support $3M referendum to maintain services, raise city staff pay
– Channel3000.com
- Dane County DHS to promote disability inclusion – Channel3000.com
Education
UW -Madison
- Exploring Parental Leave at UW-Madison – WORT 89.9 FM
- Inside UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee’s Responses to Student Encampment… – WORT 89.9 FM
