Art of the Everyday: A recap of April in photos from Wisconsin State Journal photographers

UW-Madison chancellor finalist Ann Cudd is troubled by the statistics that show a large swath of the public believe leading research universities are headed in the wrong direction.

The five-year kickback scheme with a marketing firm netted more than $3.1 million. 

A highly contagious bird flu is continuing to spread to poultry throughout Wisconsin. More than 3 million captive birds across the state have been euthanized. 

The Wisconsin Humane Society shared a message with an owner who abandoned their dog in Green Bay: "We are so sorry you had to part with your best friend." 

The ruling could delay completion or drive up the cost of the $492 million Cardinal-Hickory Creek line.

Six temperature records fell over the past three days during Madison’s earliest ever three-day stretch of 90-degree days.

The ceremony's keynote speaker, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, urged graduates to understand "that adversity, discomfort, hardship, make you braver, smarter and stronger."

A joint venture of Renew Wisconsin and a group of solar developers and installers, the SolarShare cooperative allows regular people — regardless of wealth — to invest in small-scale solar farms by pooling their money.

The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the Mount Horeb man who was shot in a residential area in Blue Mounds on Sunday morning as Marshall L Iverson, 18.

Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost said utility regulators followed the law when they approved the Namadji Trail Energy Center.

The commission rejected arguments from consumer advocates who said the deal lacked provisions that could return some $285 million to customers of Alliant Energy and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.

Other industry experts say the situation is not as dire as it seems and note that Wisconsin, along with Minnesota and Iowa, have capacity to spare.

The utilities, which have so far spent about $277 million on the project, say the price of steel has essentially doubled in the four years since construction costs were estimated, while the aluminum and steel wires have gone up 68%.

In September 2020, a Dane County Circuit Court judge temporarily suspended portions of the Madison School District’s guidance on gender identity that a group of unnamed parents and a conservative law firm sued to overturn last winter.

The town of Christiana is asking the courts to reverse the Public Service Commission’s approval of the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center, which would produce enough electricity to power about a third of the county’s homes.

No decision has been reached yet about whether state agents will face charges for the shooting.

A group of quality assurance testers at Raven Software, a division of Activision Blizzard, voted to form a union, according to votes counted Monday.

While parents scramble to find baby formula amid a nationwide shortage, Madison-area experts suggest mothers of infants try generic versions, seek help in shopping around, avoid homespun recipes, look for donor breast milk and consider breastfeeding if possible.

"Branzino," a noun that means the mild flavored flesh of a European sea bass with no language of origin in the dictionary, tripped Maya up in the fifth round after she correctly spelled "pterergate" as her first word Wednesday.