Madtown Shakedown

A photo blog from Madison, Wisconsin.

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Calling the effort a long overdue attempt to address the city’s checkered history, Milwaukee officials announced Friday that they had removed the iconic riverfront Fonzie statue amid an ongoing reckoning with the town’s greaser past. “In the year 2025, no one should be celebrating the dark era in this city when motorcycles, leather jackets, and necking dominated our streets,” said Mayor Cavalier Johnson, who held a press conference at the former site of the controversial statue known as the Bronze Fonz, telling Milwaukeeans it was also time to consider renaming Pinky Tuscadero Park.

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Uncredited cover art for After the Rain, by John Bowen, 1965

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Featured Birthday of the Day:

On this day on May 31, 1908, Dominic "Don" Ameche, American actor [Moon Over Miami (1941), Slightly French (1949), Trading Places (1983), Cocoon (1985)], was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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Summer Days, 1936, Georgia O'Keeffe

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Gena Rowlands

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Gena Rowlands, 1999 by Ludovic Carème

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Lake Superior agates

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The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead But she has lots of pretty rocks for you!

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Prosecutors: Woman stabbed boyfriend to death for bringing dinner home instead of taking her out

A 27-year-old woman is facing charges in the stabbing death of her longtime boyfriend.

“This complaint indicates that this young lady got into an argument because he brought home chicken to eat instead of taking her out,” said Waukesha County Circuit Court Commissioner David Herring at the court hearing. “She admits, saying, ‘I stabbed him. If you have to take me to jail, OK.’”

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FBI, Secret Service probe Wisconsin brewery owner over free beer offer after alleged Trump killing attempt: The FBI and Secret Service confirm they are investigating a Wisconsin brewery that advertised free beer upon Trump's death after an alleged assassination attempt. #FBI #SecretService #Trump #Wisconsin #Brewery

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Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin.

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