Chris Rickert

Buffers go up between students, outside world Work streamlines, tightens entrances MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS| 'SAFE AND SECURE' You'll need the school secretary to buzz you into John Muir Elementary School on Madison's West Side. Once inside the recently upd... See more

FALL SPLENDOR Where will autumn leaves be the brightest? WISCONSIN | ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN With fall's arrival comes multiple opportunities to enjoy the changing colors of the state's trees — depending on where you are and what the weather's like. To make it ... See more

(Tribune News Service) — A man from Wisconsin was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine Tuesday for shipping scientific equipment to Russia in defiance of sanctions imposed against the country after its 2022 inv... See more

UW study: Wisconsin school districts abandoning performance pay for teachers A new UW-Madison study suggests Wisconsin school districts — including some in Dane County — have moved away from compensation systems that at least partly paid teachers for perf... See more