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Photos: State Journal photographers' favorite images from June
Vernon “Junior” Duckert shears one of approximately 90 half-century old arborvitae trees that share the grounds of Lutheran Moravian Cemetery off Kroghville Road in the town of Lake Mills, Wis. Friday, June 14, 2024. Every two years, several board members of the cemetery undertake the several day task, shaping the upper growths of the conifers into distinctive rounded forms. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Linebacker Aaron Witt participates in Squatfest at the Student-Athlete Performance Center in Madison, Wis., Friday, June 28, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Alysabeth Lantz finds the wooden cross made by her great-grandfather in the debris the morning after Apple Grove Lutheran Church was leveled by a tornado, in Argyle, Wis., Sunday, June 23, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Members of the DanzTrad traditional Mexican dance company perform during the opening day of a two day International Festival at the Overture Center in Madison, Wis. Saturday, June 29, 2024. More than 30 cultures are represented in the free event, which celebrates the cultural heritage and diversity of the region through music and dance performances, traditional cuisine vendors and arts and crafts from around the world. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
UW-Madison alumni Muhamed Gueye, left, and Aaron Anderson watch the City of Madison cut down trees to make way for a four-story brick apartment building transport on West Dayton Street in Madison, Wis., Thursday, June 20, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
Beth Fransen, who has been the organist at Apple Grove Lutheran Church for over 40 years, receives a hug from Ashton Edler as the congregation gathers for a service on the property the morning after the church was leveled by a tornado, in Argyle, Wis., Sunday, June 23, 2024. “It’s like losing a family member,” said Fransen. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
A kiteboarder skims the surface of Lake Mendota near the Tenney Park pier in Madison, Wis. Thursday, June 6, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Spectators watch as the four-story apartment building moves at the intersection of West Dayton Street and North Bassett Street in Madison, Wis., Friday, June 21, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Simone Carol Levy, from Herrliberg, Switzerland, carves a sculpture out of red oak during the Harry Whitehorse International Wood Sculpture Festival where artists gather for a week-long residency at San Damiano Park on Lake Monona in Monona, Wis., Thursday, June 20, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Victoria Wickersheim, a youth community outreach officer with the Madison Police Department, shares a conversation with Akira Summerville, 7, a resident of the Harmony at Grandview Commons Apartments community, during regular visit to the neighborhood on the Far East Side Madison, Wis. Friday, May 31, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
A Madison West student dances as she walks into the arena for the 2024 commencement ceremony at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis., Saturday, June 8, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
Jackie Yaun, member of Apple Grove Lutheran Church, kneels at the altar found in the debris the morning after the church was leveled by a tornado, in Argyle, Wis., Sunday, June 23, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Maverick Marcott, an 11-year-old from Waterloo, Wis. who is currently taking flying lessons, explores the nose of a B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft at Wisconsin Aviation in Madison, Wis. Friday, June 28, 2024. The vintage plane, as well as a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor aircraft will be available for rides to the public through the weekend before appearing at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s upcoming convention in Oshkosh. The flights, which are offered for a fee are part of a locally co-sponsored program by EAA Chapter 93 and Wisconsin Aviation. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Middleton's James Gosspietsch (34) shoots the ball in the second half of the WIAA lacrosse state championship game at Ashley Field in Sun Prairie , Wis., Saturday, June 8, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
Mia Bapzorig, left, of Oregon, and her daughter, Michelle, 10, pick strawberries at Carandale Fruit Farm in Oregon, Wis., Friday, June 21, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
As a $1.4 million restoration of the Royal Thai Pavilion at Olbrich Botanical Gardens progresses, Clara Delgado prepares to apply a four inch square patch of 23.75 karat gold leaf to the interior of the structure in Madison, Wis. Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Delgado is an artisan with Kalam, a company that specializes in the rehabilitation, restoration and preservation of historic buildings around the world. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Middleton's Alex Moreau (10) teases James Gosspietsch (34) on the spot Gosspietsch chose to cut the net after defeating Neenah in the first ever WIAA lacrosse state championship game at Ashley Field in Sun Prairie, Wis., Saturday, June 8, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
Queen Turner walks in the rain to attend a Juneteenth celebration at Wetmore Park in Sun Prairie, Wis., Wednesday, June 19, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Scout member Owen Craig joins hikers on a trail through Cherokee Marsh in Madison, Wis. Thursday, June 13, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Emma Katz, props designer adds the final details to a prop for the play “Dido, Queen of Carthage” by Christopher Marlowe produced by Madison Shakespeare Company at Madison Children’s Museum’s Wonderground playground in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, June 26, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Mark Rudd, with Mr. Rudd’s Barbershop, works on Makell Stokes’ hair during a Juneteenth celebration at Wetmore Park in Sun Prairie, Wis., Wednesday, June 19, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
With the incentive of a few bread crumbs, Ella Lui, 4, and her sister, Elizabeth, 6, attempt to draw the attention of birds congregating near the Lake Mendota shoreline during a visit to the UW-Madison Terrace in Madison, Wis. Thursday, June 13, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Jane Bernatovich and Tim Budke of Madison watch the Midwest Log Rolling Championships at Wingra Park in Madison, Wis., Saturday, June 29, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR, STATE JOURNAL
Graduating seniors from Madison West High School look at an old yearbook during a visit to their former elementary school, in the library at Thoreau Elementary School in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Welcoming the coming summer season, Marcelo Sarmiento-Sims, 4, foreground, and his brother, Galeano, 7, frolic in the waters of the Goodman Pool during an opening day visit to the facility in Madison, Wis. Friday, June 7, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Fans celebrate after a bunt brought in three runs during the first ever home opener for the Madison Nigh Mares at Warner Park in Madison, Wis., Sunday, June 16, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
Concert goer Kaoru Izushi, right, gets a chance to use the drum with members of Beni Daiko, a Japanese taiko drumming group, from left, Tammy Thorson and Kyoko Rohde, during a performance for Make Music Madison at Willy Street Park on Williamson Street in Madison, Wis., Friday, June 21, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
A periodical cicada alights from a leave in a tree at Elm Park in Lake Geneva, Wis. Wednesday, June 5, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Co-representatives of the Madison chapter of The Saber Legion, Zach Bell, left, and Elizabeth Braatz spar with light sabers at Vilas Park in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, June 18, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
Alberto Kanost, known as “Bear In the Forest,” performs outside of Mother Fool’s Coffee House on Williamson Street during Make Music Madison in Madison, Wis., Friday, June 21, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

