Your Daily Guide

🚨 Madison Food Bank Center Vandalized: The new Second Harvest Food Bank distribution center on Dairy Drive suffered multiple serious acts of vandalism Tuesday night. A refrigerated truck was destroyed by fire, several other vehicles had their windshields smashed, and the building’s windows and doors were shattered.

• Workers say most activities at the center are closed as they clean up but they are still continuing to distribute food. [WPR, Facebook]

📉 UW’s International Enrollment Decreases: Thanks to high school dual enrollment programs and direct admission, the general admission numbers at the Universities of Wisconsin were relatively similar to years past with only a 0.7% drop in enrollment. But international enrollment dropped by 11.3%. [WPR]

💰 Dane County Board Approves 2027 Budget: Housing and shelter are top priorities in the 2027 budget approved by the Dane County Board Wednesday night. The $861.1 million operating budget includes $26.5 million for affordable housing development and $2.1 million for a Salvation Army-run family shelter. The budget now goes to Executive Melissa Agard for her signature. [News 3]

🍜 Thai Basil Owners Plan New Hilldale Spot: The former location of Dumpling Haus at Hilldale will become Thai Nimman, a new venture from the owners of Thai Basil. The restaurant, slated to open sometime in 2027, will serve modern noodles, rice dishes, and Thai comfort food. [Cap Times]

🪨 Everybody Must Get Stone: Need some reclaimed stone for an outdoor garden or other project? The city is giving away some stone slabs dating back to 1956 that were left over from the reconstruction of Unit Well #12. The stones are in a big pile at the city’s central drop off site at 1504 Quann-Olin Pkwy. – help yourself while supplies last! [City of Madison]

🍻 Vintage Gives Brewers Fan Free Beer For a Year: Wearing his favorite Vintage Brewing Company T-shirt to Game 4 of the World Series paid off for McFarland fan Steve Newcomer. Cameras caught Newcomer in the stands at Tropicana Field sporting the shirt, and Vintage owners were so happy by the free publicity they gave him free beer for a year. [WMTV]

🏫 Meet the UW Chancellor Candidates Next Week: The three finalists for UW-Madison Chancellor will visit campus next week for public presentations at Tripp Commons on Nov. 9, 12, and 13.

• Who are they? UW-Madison announced the three finalists for chancellor as Rashid Bashir and John Coleman, both of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Radenka Maric from University of Connecticut. Notably absent from the finalist list is interim Chancellor Eric Wilcots.
• On the City Cast Madison podcast today, executive producer Hayley Sperling talks about the latest on the chancellor search and other campus news. Plus, creative producer Jade Iseri-Ramos gets us caught up on the latest restaurant opening and closings, and I talk about the seeming increase in coyote sightings in Madison. Meep-meep! [🔒 WSJ, UW-Madison, Cap Times, 🎧 City Cast Madison]

Meet Max! As you can see from the photos, he’s an outdoorsy little dog who loves the lakes and dog parks in Madison! Shoutout to Max for not forgetting his lifejacket 🫡