Lake Mendota typically freezes over a week after Lake Monona, which covers a third less surface area. But Monona was ...

Treading on Wisconsin’s frozen lakes has gotten more dangerous, creating cost for taxpayers and business owners and calling into question the future of an important state pastime.

Sixteen 5,200-year-old canoes have been discovered under Lake Mendota in the U.S., making most of them older than the ...

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Fourth-graders at Riverside Elementary School met experts who discovered 16 ancient dugout canoes in Lake Mendota, some ...

A cluster of prehistoric dugout canoes resting beneath Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, has been dated to as early as around 3000 BC, meaning at least one is older than Egypt’s Great Pyramid of ...

MADISON, Wis. — What a perfect way to start 2026 by learning that the Wisconsin State Climatology Office confirmed Lake Mendota achieved "ice-on" status on the first day of the new year. Dane County's ...

W. Jerome Frautschi, one of Wisconsin's most prominent philanthropists, has died at the age of 94. Perhaps best known for ...

Discover the magic of winter in Wisconsin as snow and ice transform the state into a wonderland of exploration. From iconic ...

Archaeologists have uncovered 16 ancient canoes beneath Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota, some older than the Great Pyramid of Giza, rewriting the history of early North American boatbuilding.

Packing up an entire house is arguably the worst activity known to mankind. You tape the bottom of a box, fill it with heavy ...

As 2025 drew to a close, we invited DPReview readers to share their best photos from the past year in our "Best photo of 2025" challenge. The response was fantastic, with submissions ranging from ...