Higher winds, temperature changes lead to later Lake Mendota freeze date
Lake Mendota officially froze over New Year’s Day, a later date than usual, which researchers attribute to fluctuating temperatures and high winds in December.
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Lake Mendota officially froze over New Year’s Day, a later date than usual, which researchers attribute to fluctuating temperatures and high winds in December.
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Local entrepreneurs Mike Trigg and Max Schauff imparted insights into their careers, starting businesses and making it in the entrepreneurial world to over 50 eager entrepreneurial, business and technology students at the Founder Stories Fireside Chat on Oct.10 at Morgridge Hall.
Richard Van Domelen, the lead veterinarian at research beagle breeding facility Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds, WI, had his license suspended by the Wisconsin Veterinary Examining Board (VEB) on Sept. 30.
As the weather cools in Madison, monarch butterflies have started to make their way to the warmer Oyamel Fir forests of central Mexico. Unable to survive the cold, northern winters, monarchs fly up to 3,000 miles south to reach their overwintering site in a unique, long-distance migration.
Community members and scientists protested Oct. 1 in Madison after a contested a legal case that will decide the fate of a Canadian oil company’s pipeline through Wisconsin.
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