As the pandemic ravaged the food industry over the past year, ordering takeout has seemingly become the new normal, and third party delivery s…
In a typical year, school cafeterias are bustling with activity from September to June. This year, the seats are empty and the room is silent.
Forward Pharmacy is now administering COVID-19 vaccines to those that qualify.
Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell gave a presentation to the county’s redistricting commission last week, examining the 2011 redistricting proc…
More information has been released regarding options for a virtual alternative to in-person learning at the McFarland School District (MSD).
Public Health Madison & Dane County has issued an emergency order set to go into effect on Jan. 13, replacing the previous COVID-19 emerge…
A proposed construction project on U.S. Highway 51 could have significant impacts on some residents of McFarland and Stoughton.
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Late last week, Gov. Tony Evers announced that nearly 55,000 small businesses in the state had received almost $240 million in grants through …
When the novel coronavirus began its global invasion last year, an economic ripple effect rocked the nation, with small local businesses being…
Local food pantries might get some reprieve from a tough year of increased need after a recent announcement from Dane County Executive Joe Par…
Results are in for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign of the 2020 holiday season.
Stoughton Health employees have received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Two long-time McFarland School Board members will not be running for re-election this spring.
After a heart-breaking loss in the 2019 McFarland village president election, McFarland Village Trustee Carolyn Clow is looking at a less stre…
A 64-year-old woman died in a three-car crash on US Highway 51 on Monday.
With a global health crisis, job losses and an economic downturn reminiscent of the great recession, 2020 left a tangible mark on communities …
Thirty McFarland High School students have come together to speak out against a recent school board decision.
Cottage Grove Cares, Monona Cares and McFarland RADAR Coalition, along with four other Dane County Coalitions, are offering a virtual presenta…
It is winter in Wisconsin, so it’s perhaps not unexpected to see regular snowfall this time of year, but it can cause some headaches for polic…
Snowmobile trails in the northwest, southwest and southeast regions of Dane County opened Wednesday at noon.
A Sauk County man was arrested on Christmas Eve for allegedly driving the wrong way on the ramp from I-39/90 eastbound to Highway 12/18 westbound.
One of the year’s most popular travel days was a snowy one this year for some holiday travelers.
It’s been a while since the college news were published in the Herald-Independent and McFarland Thistle.
For the last two weeks, life for the Morris family in McFarland has been a whirlwind of eat, sleep, bake, repeat. Unlike most households at th…
The McFarland Equity Project (MEP) has launched its new website, https://www.mcfarlandequityproject.org/.
After several hours of deliberation, the McFarland School Board has approved middle and high school students to return to in-person learning b…
McFarland High School Senior Payton Jarrett was named the McFarland Optimist Club Senior of the Month for December.
Santa Claus was in town Saturday to take a tour of Monona with the Monona Fire Department and Monona Police Department.
