More Nazis on Campus, the Next Dane County Boss, and Madison Restaurants Win
The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Executive producer Molly Stentz and newsletter editor Hayley Sperling are joined by Cap Times food editor Lindsay Christians to talk about the locals who’ve been nominated for James Beard awards and the two women vying to be Dane County Executive. Plus, there were Nazis on the UW-Whitewater campus this week.
Mentioned on the show:
🍫 Locals win big food awards
James Beard honors Mint Mark, CocoVaa and Pasture & Plenty [Cap Times]
The 2024 James Beard Awards Semifinalists [James Beard Foundation]
👩💼 Dane County Executive race
Joe Parisi backs Melissa Agard's bid for Dane County executive [Wisconsin State Journal]
Meet The Guy Who's Been Running Dane County for a Decade [City Cast Madison]
Dane County Executive candidates [Dane County Clerk]
👎 Nazis
Neo-Nazis on campus [UW-W Royal Purple]
UW-Whitewater condemns antisemitic incident on campus [Wisconsin State Journal]
Neo-Nazis marched in Madison on Saturday. Here’s what happened — and what didn’t. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Neo-Nazi group waving swastika flags disrupts Pride event in Watertown [WISN]
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