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The City of Madison Engineering Division is proud to take part in Wisconsin Salt Week, Jan. 26-30, 2026, and invites the community to join in on the community educational opportunities to learn how to responsibly use salt and minimize salt use. 

The City of Madison believes that all forms of voting — including absentee voting — should be encouraged, promoted and protected. That commitment to Madison voters and absentee voters in particular has been longstanding and will continue.

The Madison Arts Commission (MAC) invites individual artists and non-profit organizations to apply for its annual grant program.

A sanitary sewer is back in working order after City crews quickly cleaned up an overflow on the City’s south side.

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Ald. Sean O’Brien, and representatives from the Madison Area Community Land Trust celebrated the completion of new affordable homes in the Owl Creek neighborhood.

As temperatures drop, take steps to stay warm.

The Streets Division drop-off sites will be closed on Friday, January 23, 2026, due to the extreme cold weather forecast.We apologize for the inconvenience. The drop-off sites will reopen on Monday, January 26, 2026, for their normal posted…

Frigid temperatures are a good reminder for home and business owners to make sure their water pipes are protected from freezing or bursting.

The City of Madison Food Policy Council is opening the 2026 SEED Grants cycle to address food access issues in our community.

Citywide snowplowing will begin at midnight, 12:00am January 17, 2026. The initial plowing pass takes approximately 12 to 14 hours to complete.Additional details about the plowing operation is available on the Snow Plowing Update for this…

The City of Madison has raised its green building requirements for all City-owned facilities.

MADISON, Wis. – The Madison Police Department has requested a formal review of its response to the deadly shooting at Abundant Life Christian School.  The request comes with the utmost respect for the victims, survivors, their families and all…

From Friday, January 16, to Sunday, January 18, N Bassett Street will close, between W Johnson Street and W Dayton Street, by Findorff to dismantle a tower crane for a private development project. 

Madison Parks, in partnership with Dane County Parks, is offering a permit-free weekend on Saturday and Sunday, January 17 and 18, 2026. Activities typically requiring a permit are free to use this weekend! Dogs in Parks In addition to the…

There will be no trash, recycling, large item pickup by the Streets Division on Monday, January 19, 2026, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr holiday.The drop-off sites and Streets Division offices will also be closed.

A cancer-causing element known as radon can be found at high levels in roughly half of the homes tested over the past five years in Dane County.

The "Common Council in Focus" newsletter, a new initiative from the Office of the Common Council, will launch on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. This publication aims to keep you informed about topics being considered by the Common Council,…

Due to the holiday, Metro will operate Saturday schedules on Monday, January 19.

Dane County Executive Melissa Agard and City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway proudly announced this year’s recipients of the City-County Humanitarian Awards honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

From Monday, January 12 to Friday, January 16, N Lake Street will close between University Avenue and State Street by Mortenson Construction to dismantle a tower crane.