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Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account. "Everybody else in the room, no. I made it very known I hated it," the former 'Playboy' model said during a recent podcast appearance Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously an entertainment reporter at The Messenger. old guys?) Ross was fifty years into her career at The New Yorker where she’d helped perfect the form of the Talk of the Town piece the Jackson Hole girls let her in on their chatter as they planned their weekend and commiserated over a pop quiz in French class in their honesty and in their straightforwardness,” Ross later wrote “I was deeply touched by the way they accepted me The resulting story, “The Shit-Kickers of Madison Avenue,” appeared in the magazine’s seventieth-anniversary issue It runs sixteen hundred words—long for a Talk piece short for an instant classic—and is filled with gabby had noticed the daily flight path of private-school kids—Nightingale girls Buckley boys—along the west side of Madison (the “cool” side) like a nature documentarian watching a herd of grazing antelopes as they kissed hello and showed off their new lace-up boots “The tenth graders heading up Madison Avenue at 7:30 A.M to the private high schools are freshly liberated from their dental braces and their teeth look pearly and magnificent They are fifteen years old.” When I started writing Talk pieces I read and reread “Shit-Kickers,” trying to absorb its joyful simplicity but very few of them said that it was misrepresentative.” It’s hard to see how anyone could be scandalized “Shit-Kickers” has none of the salaciousness of Larry Clark’s film “Kids,” which came out that summer or later depictions of Upper East Side preppies such as “Cruel Intentions” and “Gossip Girl.” There’s no finger-wagging at their hedonism or their privilege; they’re just kids but with the ersatz sophistication of New York City teens attended one of the schools mentioned in the piece and sometimes went to Jackson Hole for burgers I was in ninth grade when Ross’s subjects were in tenth I saw how the oddity of adolescence in the upscale Manhattan of the Giuliani years—the too-lavish bar mitzvahs shoplifting at Bloomingdale’s—crossed with normal teen-age preoccupations Six months after “Shit-Kickers” was published and kids started planning their weekends on e-mail had inadvertently captured the last gasp of teendom before it went online forever Boosters of the fighter jets have been silent on the loss of federal funds for noise mitigation efforts Rick Soletski: ‘Nobody seems to be taking an interest.’ When F-35 jets fly over his home in the Carpenter-Ridgeway neighborhood Rick Soletski says “you can almost count the rivets on the bottom.” For Soletski and other north- and east-side residents the arrival of these fighter jets in 2023 have confirmed their worst fears: the jets produce thunderous noise and vibrations that shake their homes and frighten their pets hopes for promised noise mitigation efforts are dashed Department of Defense in March rejected a request from the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs for $18 million in noise mitigation funding for 162 homeowners near Truax Soletski says he’s tried to contact the office of U.S And I can’t imagine 500 constituents in any other part of the state where they’d be ignored by [U.S especially when they’re responsible for that part of the noise that we’re underneath.” an unnamed Pentagon official said Wisconsin could submit another application for noise mitigation funding in the spring The official did not respond to a question asking why the state’s first application was denied Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs spokesperson Leslie Westmont says the department is “committed to apply and secure any additional federal funding for noise mitigation through programs such as these.” Other governmental bodies are unlikely to step in says the city likely “wouldn’t have funds” for noise mitigation efforts given its recent budget struggles who represents parts of east and north Madison “who’s to say we’re going to get anything,” Chawla adds “We put our faith in our elected officials to come through when they were making these changes and they utterly failed to deliver,” says Scot Ross former executive director of liberal advocacy organization One Wisconsin Now and another Carpenter-Ridgeway resident I think we’re owed an explanation better than ‘we’re trying,’ which I think is about the only thing that I’ve seen.” according to the Federal Aviation Administration Chawla notes that those facing adverse effects from the jets are disproportionately people of color. According to the 2024 Northeast Area Plan the area has 6.6% more Black residents and 7.2% more Hispanic residents than the city at large During discussions over replacing the Madison Air National Guard’s fleet of aging F-16 fighter jets with F-35s, supporters said the move would invigorate the local economy with thousands of jobs and increase the city’s regional and national profile. The 115th Fighter Wing supports 1,650 in-state jobs, according to the pro-F-35 Badger Air Community Council with an economic impact of $100 million annually Baldwin and Zach Brandon, president of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, were among the most vocal proponents for bringing the jets to Madison, while also frequently mentioning the need and potential for noise mitigation funding “Brandon was cheerleading almost as loudly and as frequently as these jets come back and forth here,” says Ross Tammy Baldwin supported placement of F-35 jets at Truax In March 2023, Baldwin said she was committed to “implementing a plan to mitigate noise for those in the area” when announcing a series of community meetings for noise mitigation planning A Baldwin spokesperson said the senator was unavailable for an interview and did not respond to a set of written questions who did not but pushed for noise mitigation funding also did not respond to interview requests Brandon also did not respond to an interview request A spokesperson later responded on his behalf with a statement attributed to the Chamber which called it “beyond disappointing” that Madison wasn’t included in this selection process as our organization and our federal delegation have advocated strongly for federal funds for noise mitigation,” the statement read adding that Chamber leadership would be in Washington Constituents like Ross and Soletski feel they have nobody to turn to Ross wonders why those pushing the jets’ arrival never raised the possibility that “you may not get” the noise mitigation funding so frequently mentioned is in turmoil after President Donald Trump’s election and Wisconsin’s congressional delegation has other issues to worry about “seems not just unrealistic but also damaging to low-income residents and our community.” Soletski suggests Madison’s deep-blue politics may make elected officials less fearful of constituent backlash “One of the problems we have in Madison with being such a one-party city is constituent service is almost non-existent,” Soletski says But Soletski plans to keep making some noise and he has a simple request: “Just let us know what’s going on.” [Editor's Note: This article was corrected to reflect that Rep Mark Pocan did not support placement of F-35 jets at Truax.] I cannot imagine anyone wanting to move into new housing in the Truax area please send an email with the following information to calendar@isthmus.com Here's the information we need to include your event in our calendar: * event date; RSVP/ticket deadline if there is one email or website we can publish (REQUIRED) Optional info:* bios/press releases for posting with the online listing A well-known bowler from the Madison area was killed and his wife was seriously injured in a traffic crash in Illinois on Friday a Madison Area USBC Hall of Fame member who was inducted in 1999 when their vehicle was hit by a semi-tractor trailer late Friday morning on Interstate 39 according to a report by WIFR-TV in Rockford said the crash happened in the northbound lanes just south of Rockford near Baxter Road in Cherry Valley Images from the scene showed the heavily damaged van resting on its roof in a ditch with the nearby semi-tractor on the roadway but with damage to the front of the vehicle Other vehicles could also be seen with damage but police have not shared whether those vehicles were involved or if they were damaged in separate incidents WIFR reported that traffic backed up for miles with lanes reopening more than three hours after the crash was reported Mark and Cherise Henry are seen here in 2019 The Madison couple was on their way home from a bowling tournament in Louisiana on Friday when the van they were in was hit by a semi-tractor trailer in Illinois killed Mark and left Cherise in critical condition had bowled earlier in the week at the USBC Open Championships in Baton Rouge and he and Cherise were returning to their home in Cottage Grove when the crash occurred “We are heartbroken by this sudden and devastating loss,” the family said in a Facebook post “We ask for your prayers for Cherise’s recovery and for strength as we navigate this incredibly difficult time.” Mark Henry was best known for founding and running the “Henry Hitter 3-Man Classic,” a bowling tournament he started in 1989 and that marked its 35th year in December He started the event at the original Bowl-A-Vard Lanes on East Washington Avenue moved to Prairie Lanes in Sun Prairie after fire destroyed Bowl-A-Vard and grew to 12 more teams before moving to the new Bowl-A-Vard facility near East Towne Mall in 1994 but a fun tournament that keeps drawing more people to it It is a tournament for the bowlers,” Henry told the Wisconsin State Journal in 2013 “I have no idea why it is so popular except that maybe it is the friendships and the camaraderie that comes from being a bowlers’ tournament That is how I want this to be remembered when the run is over if it ever ends: ‘A Tournament for the Bowlers.’” The population in the Dane County village has ballooned but is absent a staple most communities take for granted Henry also met World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame member who was making a promotional appearance at a Madison Mallards game at Warner Park had two championship belts made that celebrated their Hall of Fame memberships and posed with the wrestler “My wife and I waited in the hot sun for over an hour to get 3 minutes to quickly present his award,” Mark Henry a website that covers the bowling industry “He was quite stunned when I plopped down the two impressive belts and told him one of them was his When I said I was in a bowling hall of fame he perked up and said The 11th Frame is owned and produced by Wisconsin State Journal reporter Jeff Richgels a longtime professional bowler who lives in Oregon Richgels has been friends with Henry for years has bowled in his tournament and is also a former league teammate Richgels bowled a few days after Henry bowled in the Louisiana tournament last week and learned of Henry’s death just prior to beginning his drive back to Wisconsin on Saturday “I am still struggling just to process that Mark is gone All we can do is hope Cherise can pull through.” Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter Email notifications are only sent once a day Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The reality star also opened up about why she turned down an offer to appear on the first season of "The Traitors." Question: When will we have our last spring frost Answer: The latest frost in spring is important to gardeners as we seek to protect our garden plants from freezing temperatures based on temperature observations between 1940 and 2024 and the earliest final frost occurred on April 7 So the last frost date can vary by more than two months from year to year It best to estimate the last frost date by using statistics over a given time period The median date for the last frost in Madison is May 5 But that median date of last frost means that there is still a 50% chance that a frost will occur after this date An analysis of Madison’s last frost date from 1940 to 2024 shows a trend consistent with the scientific expectations of global warming — that the last frost date now occurs earlier in the spring Our nighttime minimum temperatures have been getting warmer and that too is consistent with the last frost arriving earlier there are some observations you can make to aid in predicting the formation of frost in your yard If at sunset the temperature is close to freezing then there is a better chance for the formation of frost overnight Clouds are good emitters of infrared energy so they reduce the energy losses at the ground during the night A rule of thumb: If the dew point is above 45 degrees Fahrenheit at sunset you will probably see a frost if the other weather conditions are aligned Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, are guests on WHA radio (970 AM) at 11:45 a.m. the last Monday of each month. Send them your questions at stevea@ssec.wisc.edu or jemarti1@wisc.edu Get the daily forecast and severe weather alerts in your inbox The National Weather Service issued a report at 3:10 a.m on Tuesday for strong thunderstorms until 3:45 a.m Severe thunderstorms with large hail caused damage in southern Wisconsin on Friday morning including car windows that were shattered in Evansville The required conditions for a thunderstorm to produce a tornado are warm humid air near the surface with cold dry air above along with dew point and relative humidity is one of many ways to express the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere 2025 12:17 PM EDTFormer Playboy Playmate and Girls Next Door star Holly Madison opened up about the “disgusting” expectation of group sex while she was living at the Playboy Mansion something she “hated” participating in Madison made the remarks to Owen Thiele on the May 2 episode of his podcast after the host pressed his guest on the various bedroom activities which took place during her time at the Playboy Mansion it’s a very different story between when we were just by ourselves than with everybody else in the room," Madison said but she insists that didn’t affect their sex life it was a lot more normal than you would think," Madison said After Thiele expressed doubt that any encounter with Hefner could be “normal,” Madison replied lightheartedly: "There was a time when I couldn't post anything [on social media] without some dumba-- in the comments [being] like old balls.' Maybe some people's balls do get old and nasty but I've never seen such a thing.” Madison did specify that Hefner would often leave the lights off while the two consorted so she couldn’t speak directly to his physique there's a saying: 'All cats are gray in the dark,'" she cracked You can check out Madison's full interview below For Madison McFerrin to deliver the proper experience of her live show at the Tiny Desk she wanted to be sure she had the freedom to use the instruments that helped identify her The LA-based singer has become well-known for looping vocals over and over again; thus McFerrin brings a Chicago-based band led by Kameron Lowe and featuring The Lovely Lowe Sisters on background vocals Given her family history, McFerrin's dive into the music business was a foregone conclusion. She and her brothers Taylor and Jevon chose entertainment as a career, taking after their father, Bobby McFerrin who famously recorded the groundbreaking hit "Don't Worry Be Happy" in 1988 "I Don't," she mentions them all while serving up some "McFerrin tea." "My mother is seemingly the only one with any sense because she's the only one out of the five of us who hasn't been engaged more than once." Become an NPR sponsor Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway speaks at a news conference Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s office announced City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl’s resignation on Monday said Witzel-Behl submitted her resignation on Thursday but the mayor had to wait to announce it because Witzel-Behl’s contract granted her several days to change her mind The mayor suspended her in March and launched an internal investigation saying that the move was necessary to maintain public confidence in the clerk’s office Brogan said that investigation has ended and a report could be released as soon as the end of April The elections commission is scheduled to discuss its investigation at a meeting Thursday City Attorney Mike Haas has been serving as interim city clerk since she was suspended The April 1 spring election appears to have gone off smoothly under his supervision (This story has been updated with new information.) A federal judge barred the government from taking any action against a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student from India, delivering a temporary blow to the Trump administration's sweeping campaign to revoke international student visas The April 15 order prevents the Department of Homeland Security from revoking the student visa or detaining Krish Lal Isserdasani who was expected to graduate with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering in early May The request for a temporary restraining order was brought by Madison attorney Shabnam Lotfi after Isserdasani's record was terminated in the government's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVIS) database More: How many international students at Wisconsin universities have had visas revoked? no opportunity to explain or defend himself and no chance to correct any potential misunderstanding before his F-1 student visa record was terminated in SEVIS," the order said Judge William Conley of the Western District of Wisconsin handed down the order saying Isserdasani was not convicted of a crime and his claim of wrongful visa termination had a "reasonable likelihood of success" in the courts He set a preliminary injunction hearing for April 28 The order is believed to be one of the first victories nationally for international student visa holders whose records were terminated, Lotfi said. About 1,300 students nationwide have seen their SEVIS records terminated abruptly "We're grateful that the rule of law and justice have prevailed," Lotfi's colleague "The government has not provided any legal authority for these unlawful terminations of innocent international students' statuses and we are pleased that the Court saw that." Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ruling on suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct after he and his friends got into an argument with another group of people after leaving a bar Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne declined to charge Isserdasani in the case Isserdasani "believed the matter was completely resolved with no possible immigration consequences," the order said and he had no other interactions with law enforcement UW-Madison International Student Services staff informed Isserdasani by email that his record had been terminated The reason listed was: "Individual identified in criminal records check and/or has had their VISA revoked The termination would prevent Isserdasani from completing his degree and applying for a program that would allow him to work while remaining on his student visa Isserdasani and his family have spent about $240,000 on his education in the U.S. and he stands to lose $17,500 in tuition for this semester The termination of the students' records in the SEVIS database means they have lost their legal status in the U.S and they must either leave the country immediately or take legal action to try to stay Conley's order that the government cannot revoke Isserdasani's student visa refers to the travel document that allows entry into the U.S He did not rule on Isserdasani's legal status Isserdasani "reports being afraid to leave his apartment for fear of being apprehended at any moment," the order said The order also weighed in on the visa termination of Hamidreza Khademi He graduated with a master’s degree in architecture from Iowa State University in 2023 and had been working on an employment extension of his student visa overseeing infrastructure projects at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Khademi was arrested in February 2024 after an officer tried to pull him over saying Khademi didn’t use his turn signal while changing lanes Khademi said he did not know the officer wanted him to stop The Texas Department of Public Safety determined there was no violation Khademi had no other other interactions with law enforcement An email from Iowa State on April 10 informed him of the visa termination It cited the same reason as Isserdasani’s and said his employment permit ended immediately The loss of his salary has created a “catastrophic financial hardship” for his family Conley questioned whether Khademi’s claim was filed in the right court because he seemed to have no ties to the court’s jurisdiction of western Wisconsin He declined to rule on the motion for a temporary restraining order for Khademi asking both parties to file additional briefs by April 16 both Khademi and Isserdasani declined to comment The visa terminations are among at least 57 at Wisconsin colleges and universities as of April 15 The terminations include current students as well as alumni who were legally working on their student visas after graduation through a program called Optional Practical Training The State Department has offered little insight into how and why specific students were selected for visa termination Officials at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee said they did not believe the terminations at their schools were related to free speech or protests Some other students nationally have been targeted for their participation in pro-Palestinian protests last year UW-Madison enrolls about 8,000 international students Iowa State University has about 2,900 international students "We don’t go into the rationale for what happens with individual visas," State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said April 8 at a news conference. "What we can tell you is that the department revokes visas every day in order to secure our borders and to keep our community safe a number of student visas have been terminated for no apparent reason or for minor violations that previously would not warrant such a serious consequence according to lawsuits filed by students in other states The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration which represents more than 570 public and private colleges and universities across the country said recent revocations appeared to lack cause and raised concerns about fairness and due process Contact Kelly Meyerhofer at kmeyerhofer@gannett.com or 414-223-5168. Follow her on X (Twitter) at @KellyMeyerhofer Sophie Carson is a general assignment reporter who reports on religion and faith, immigrants and refugees and more. Contact her at scarson@gannett.com or 920-323-5758 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has lost at least $12.6 million in anticipated research dollars after President Donald Trump's administration recently canceled four of its research grants part of a national crackdown on funding for transgender issues The details, tucked into a lawsuit filed late last week shed more light on how cuts at the National Institutes of Health a federal agency that awards billions of dollars annually to universities one of the nation's top research institutions UW-Madison officials have previously spoken broadly about possible cuts and the potential for harmful effects on lifesaving research but rejected public records requests seeking copies of stop-work orders on specific research projects The latest legal filings provide an accounting of projects that have been halted and the dollar amounts tied to them "UW-Madison has never experienced this volume of unexplained delays or procedural breakdowns including under both Democratic and Republican administrations," said Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska vice chancellor for research at UW-Madison UW-Madison expects to lose employees involved in research in the coming months as uncertainty from the NIH delays and cancelations disrupts budget planning She did not say how many employees might be lost The number of admission offers the university has made to doctoral students also has declined by about 25% for programs that have reported admission offers for the fall the HHS said it does not comment on pending litigation One of the canceled UW-Madison grants was funding a major research program on the impact of social media on young people's brain development and overall health a loss of about $4 million the university had expected to receive The study was meant to fill information gaps that make it hard for parents and others to know when social media use becomes dangerous to young people’s health The researchers leading the project had recruited more than 300 adolescents from around Wisconsin to take part in the study They were about halfway through the five-year project when the grant was canceled last month citing part of the study's focus on "gender identity" as the reason "Research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific have little identifiable return on investment and do nothing to enhance the health of many Americans," the NIH's notice of cancellation said The lead researcher on the grant disputed the NIH's reason saying social media’s impact of LGBTQ youth was not the main focus of the study and was part of only one of three projects supported by the grant The university was not given a chance to respond to any concerns with the projects' scope the lead researcher and a UW-Madison professor in pediatrics She said the goals of the grant align with the administration's, pointing to a "Fox & Friends" interview where U.S Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F said "social media use on the cellphone has been directly connected with depression The cancellation would disrupt the studies of dozens of students working under the grant to fulfill research requirements needed to complete their degrees or pursue higher ones The grant also supports 10 university staff who would face layoffs it would squander taxpayer dollars invested in the projects thus far," she said Another of the canceled grants was used to establish the Center for Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine Development at UW-Madison focused on developing new vaccines to protect against multiple kinds of coronaviruses UW-Milwaukee has had at least two of its grants canceled including a study into the relationship between social media use and suicidality among transgender and non-binary adolescents Some UW-Madison faculty and students have said university leaders need to speak out more forcefully against the Trump administration's actions university leaders and researchers are becoming more vocal science” that could set back research by decades government have built up the nation’s research enterprise making it the envy of the world,” the letter said the Trump administration is destabilizing this enterprise by gutting funding for research removing public access to scientific data and pressuring researchers to alter or abandon their work on ideological grounds.” More: UW-Madison young scientists' careers in upheaval as Trump slows research funding The flurry of federal actions have prompted UW-Madison to tighten its belt asking department heads to create plans for next year that include 5% and 10% budget cuts the second largest research institution in the state after UW-Madison did not file declarations as part of last week's lawsuit But at least a few of the Medical College's grants have been canceled, including a training grant on HIV prevention and a grant to examine breast cancer risk among transgender people Andrew O'Neil, a MCW student who has dedicated the last decade of his studies to HIV prevention, was told March 18 that the NIH grant supporting his Ph.D. dissertation was canceled He had spent the last year laying the groundwork for the project on how to increase the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis among people at risk of HIV exposure in rural states the NIH said the project was "antithetical to the scientific inquiry," that it provided "low returns on investment" and ultimately did "not enhance health and inclusion (“DEI”) studies are often used to support unlawful discrimination," it went on The same or similar language has been used in cancellations of grants related to DEI nationwide "It was a punch to the stomach," O'Neil said Forced to abandon the research project he had already sunk years into he had to adjust his dissertation and is using data collected by others Other grants and programs focused on HIV prevention have been cut by the Trump administration "It’s going to halt our progress," he said "It could lead to higher HIV infection rates." Contact Sarah Volpenhein at svolpenhei@gannett.com or 414-607-2159 The number of international students studying at Wisconsin universities who have had their visas terminated by the Trump administration is growing The termination of the students' records in the government's Student and Exchange Visitor Program database means they have lost their legal status in the U.S UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone said there was no reason to believe the 10 canceled visas at UWM had anything to do with protest activity; some other students nationally have been targeted for their participation in pro-Palestinian protests last year Some student visas were revoked for no apparent reason or for minor violations "We don’t go into the rationale for what happens with individual visas," State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said at a Tuesday press conference. "What we can tell you is that the department revokes visas every day in order to secure our borders and to keep our community safe (This story was updated to add new information.) Matt Frederick was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth him and his family have relied on Medicaid to ensure fullp-time care and wellbeing House of Representatives recently passed a broad budget outline that calls for $880 billion … Tom Ludwig wasn’t looking to get sent to collections for unpaid medical bills — and presumably his health care provider wanted to be compensated for services rendered So the 66-year-old McFarland man was mystified and not little frustrated that SSM Health wasn’t submitting two of his bills to his insurance provider Ludwig’s billing imbroglio dates back to Sept he explained in a March 31 letter to SSM that he shared with SOS That was when his coverage with a private insurer lapsed and he signed up for Medicare Part B Ludwig had already been covered by Medicare Part A but for some reason Ludwig is not privy to the addition of Part B never fully registered with Medicare This he said he discovered when SSM Health billed Medicare for two office visits and three procedures in October and November Ludwig got his Part B coverage straightened out in a phone call to Medicare on Nov when the federal agency backdated his coverage to Sept and SSM has since submitted three of the five bills — which were paid “I have been actively trying to resolve the issue — having called their billing office in St 2024 — but am seeing no results,” he told SOS He said he’d also submitted a message through the SSM website and after getting a bill for about $1,000 from SSM in mid-March a formal dispute letter to the SSM billing office “It has been two weeks since I sent the letter “I am not asking them to drop or reduce charges I am simply asking them to resubmit a bill to Medicare.” SOS shared this simple request with Tanya Craft a supervisor in SSM Health’s Patient Financial Experience Escalations’ Department an SSM Health senior communications consultant Ludwig said he’d “just received a message from SSM that said they have resubmitted the outstanding charges to Medicare.” “They added that it might take a few weeks for this to be fully processed,” he said “You can bet I’ll keep an eye on this to be sure it happens!” Ludwig emailed SOS on Thursday to say that he checked his Medicare account that morning “and it shows the charges in question have been processed.” His SSM account was also showing a $0 balance So what kept SSM Health from submitting those final two bills SOS has helped save Wisconsin State Journal readers more than $267,893.99 and solved hundreds of problems You can send an SOS using any of these methods: Email: sos@madison.com Online form: http://go.madison.com/sendSOS Paying for health care in the United States can be complicated and frustrating for readers "We have nothing but billing problems with this health care provider," Mike Bubrick said so were the 30-plus other cruisers who'd been with her on shore and were also each treated to a free margarita then I will go ahead with the procedure,'" Chris Harsy said "After going around in circles for a while Clare turns me over to a collection agency," Holzman said because I didn't want to be confronted with collections coming after me," he said him and his family have relied on Medicaid to ensure fullp-time care… "I have called Amazon six times and tried to use their online service," he said The people in this gallery were booked into and/or released from the Madison County Jail between 12 a.m Their inclusion only indicates they were booked into the jail and does not indicate guilt One man is dead and another hospitalized with serious injures after a two vehicle crash Sunday night in southern Dane County The Dane County Sheriff's Office said a sports utility vehicle going north on Highway 51 crossed the center line near Highway B in the town of Dunn just north of Stoughton and collided at about 8:20 p.m The 69-year-old driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene while the 47-year-old driver of the pickup truck was taken to a hospital with serious injuries The cause of the crash near the west shore of Lake Kegonsa has not yet been determined and it was not known if alcohol or speed played a factor The identities of those involved have not yet been released Traffic was rerouted for several hours to allow crash investigators to reconstruct the crash The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the identity of the deceased after notifying the family Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email The SUV that ran into Mother Fools Friday evening sits in the wreckage Caution tape surrounds the front entrance of Mother Fools coffeehouse on Williamson Street after a Friday night crash A driver crashed into a beloved Williamson Street coffee shop late Friday afternoon and left the business with a metaphorical broken arm a driver crashed into Mother Fools Coffeehouse a locally owned favorite among caffeine-seeking Madisonians but the vehicle took out an outside column and entryway which contractors are examining for structural problems Madison Fire’s Heavy Urban Rescue Team was dispatched to the crash and was unsure about the circumstances surrounding it and whether speed or intoxication were factors The team shored up the overhanging corner of Mother Fools with temporary columns Hain said drivers who ignore the rules of the of the road have long been a problem Sometimes it goes yellow to red and five more cars go through,” he said It’s not the first time a vehicle has crashed into Mother Fools and Hain is looking into city options for extra protection perhaps barriers between the sidewalk and the shop we should qualify for extra protection,” he said A vehicle crashed into Mother Fools late Friday afternoon taking out a column at the building's entrance The Williamson Street coffeehouse remains open but a 2016 crash into the building closed the business for a month Mother Fools typically closes around 5 p.m. but on Friday it was open later for an open mic event Hain and another employee were in the shop A 2016 crash into the building that closed the shop for a month was so loud that neighbors believed a bomb had gone off “I kind of surprised myself with how calm I was,” he said but I also knew since this column came out that there was a potential structural concern ‘Time to go outside; we’re done here,’” he said Hain isn’t alone. In May 2018, Ha Long Bay, a Vietnamese and Thai restaurant was struck by an SUV at the corner of Williamson and Dickinson streets “It’s a lot easier to go through a tough event when you know you have so many people who have your back,” Hain said one such supporter sipped black coffee with friends A customer walks out of the side door of Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse on Saturday “Everyone here seems to be chipper about it,” Greg Mizak said “I think it’s actually drawing more people.” investigators are looking into the factors surrounding the crash and Mother Fools’ owners are considering future safety options And while customers were using the side door the aroma of beans and pastries remains alluring Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse co-owner Stephanie Rearick hands a drink to a customer on Saturday An owl peeks out from a mural on the side of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse features graffiti artwork by a rotating group of artists The murals are typically featured for about a month until they are painted over with something new Mother Fool's has hosted graffiti on its outside wall since 2001 A crescent moon decorates the corner of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse A charming owl is a highlight of the latest mural on the side of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse with multiple artists lending their creative talents to the wall Around 41,000 people were killed in car accidents in the US last year drawing attention to the increasing number of car crashes across the country Mike Gleason of Merrimac is this week’s You Toon winner His caption about the NFL Draft in Green Bay beat out more than 60 entries Gleason wins publication of today’s finished cartoon and will receive a signed print by artist Phil Hands Runners-up and their suggested captions include: We’ll play again next Sunday with a fresh cartoon and empty caption letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly The arrest by the FBI of Judge Hannah Dugan in Milwaukee carries odd echoes from another dust-up between federal law and local sensibilities n… Talented international students have been vital to UW-Madison since its founding Holly Madison reflected on her sex life with ex-boyfriend and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner Holly Madison is looking back at her life in the Playboy mansion The Girls Next Door alum recently reflected on her seven-year romance with the late Hugh Hefner including how she wasn’t a fan of sharing him in the bedroom “Well, it’s a very different story between when we were just by ourselves than with everybody else in the room,” Holly, 45, explained in the May 2 episode of Owen Thiele’s In Your Dreams podcast And while she despised having group sex with the Playboy founder with ex-husband Pasquale Rotella—noted their intimacy thrived when they were alone it was a lot more normal than you would think.” Holly then playfully denounced the myth that their 53-year age gap changed the tone of their relationship. Indeed, the former couple’s age jump has raised eyebrows over the years, as she was 22 and Hugh—who died in 2017 at age 91—was 75 when their relationship started in 2001 “Everybody has this horror story of how gross an old man’s body must be,” she continued “I feel like there was a time when I couldn’t post anything without some dumbass in the comments like Maybe some people’s balls do get old and nasty The Playboy Murders star also reflected on their 2007 breakup when Hugh left a print-out of his will on her side of the bed as she packed her bags to leave the mansion “I had already broken off with him and he was trying to get me to stay It was kind of a low-key bribe,” she reflected on that moment “But it was also sad because he [couldn’t] sit me down and talk to me about it.”  This isn’t the first time Holly has detailed her complicated romance with Hugh as she revealed their split forced her to recognize that he wasn’t the perfect partner “It was odd because after I left the relationship, I was so shell shocked because I realized that this vision I’d had of him the whole time as this amazing person was just kind of something I had wished for and kind of made up in my own head," she told E! News in January 2023 “I realized the person I was looking at was really a stranger.”  Keep reading to see more celebrity confessions… Jason Kelce Doesn't Regularly Wash His Feet "What kind of weirdo washes their feet…." Jason Kelce tweeted in June 2024 after a fan noted the athlete "looks like he doesn't wash his legs or feet." The retired Philadelphia Eagles player later doubled down on his comments "What kind of psychopath washes your feet?" he deadpanned on an episode of his and brother Travis Kelce's New Heights podcast "If there's visible dirt on them Robert Pattinson Did Not Watch a Clown Die at the Circus Over a decade after the Twilight star revealed that he saw a clown die in a car explosion during his first visit to the circus as a child, he admitted that wasn't true "There was absolutely no hesitation at all [in my voice]," Robert recalled to The New York Times Style Magazine in a December 2024 interview As for what he said during the 2011 Today interview promoting his film Water for Elephants "One of the clowns died," he explained at the time 'My grandma told me that you really live life when you have sex in front of the fireplace we had sex in front of the fireplace in honor of you." "How creepy to think about your grandma before you have sex?" Kim said The love shared in Mila Kunis and husband Ashton Kutcher's tight-knit family—which includes 8-year-old daughter Wyatt and 6-year-old son Dimitri—knows no boundaries "That includes the bathroom," she told E as a family and the kids have all kind of embodied bodily function as a very standard norm." Mila said she arrived at the decision after her family kept knocking on the door and asking to come in which prompted her to oblige: "I was like she might not have imagined she'd flush that particular boundary away "I'd never thought that I would be the person that was able to go to the bathroom with the door open." Fortunately for her, co-host Joy Behar had an answer "I've had sex with a few ghosts and never got pregnant." "I'm just gonna let that ride," Whoopi Goldberg said in response "I don't know how many of you just heard what Joy just said "We both had to change before the show and we were like 'Oh we have to go back into the changing room,'" Hoda said during a November 2022 episode of Today with Hoda and Jenna no underwear might just be more convenient to her "I think it makes a more pretty silhouette," she said "I also think you don't have to pack as much Looks like someone hasn't been keeping up Reposting a humorous March video of Pete—who was then dating Kim Kardashian—and Kourtney Kardashian's ex Scott enjoying a "boyz night," to her Instagram Britney said the two of them had her cracking up "Sorry had to repost this," Britney wrote in the since-deleted post "no idea who these people in the video are but it made me laugh so hard !!!!" It happened more than a decade ago, the singer revealed on her Whine Down with Jana Kramer podcast in November and though she can't remember "how many dates it was," she does recall their last encounter said Chris invited her over to his house while he had friends in town from Boston "The last interaction that I remember is him going into the bathroom after I just went with asparagus pee," Jana remembered referencing the veggie's tendency to give urine a very distinct scent He stayed up late with his friends and then [in] the morning I did the asparagus walk of shame out of his house." "I told a lie when I was 34 years old and it was the biggest mistake of my life. It just got bigger and bigger and bigger and got buried deeper and deeper inside me," Elisabeth told The Ankler newsletter Dec "I've never had any form of cancer." who was placed on administrative leave from the ABC medical drama before eventually resigning Beauty is pain, but Kim Kardashian might be able to stomach it Telling The New York Times the lengths she would go to for a more youthful appearance, the reality star cracked that she was willing to try just about anything "If you told me that I literally had to eat poop every single day and I would look younger In a July 2022 interview with Allure, Kim said she was "kind of joking" about the comment, though the idea didn't seem too terrible "But now that I think about it," Kim added "I would probably eat s--t if someone told me ‘If you eat this bowl of poop every single day "Maybe just a bite," she told the outlet "I don't think I can do a whole bowl." Jelly Roll Admits He Once Pooped His Pants Onstage Jelly Roll could’ve used some saving from himself The “Save Me” singer was asked about his most embarrassing moment during an April 2025 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show—and he definitely didn’t hold anything back Jelly Roll (real name Jason Bradley DeFord) didn’t expect to deal such a lethal blow “I was confident it was all air,” he insisted I watched this crowd go from loving me to just being completely out.” 2023 MLB insight: Milwaukee Brewers' depth could surpass rivals proving crucial as injuries affect other teams MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Craig Yoho was sent to the minor leagues Saturday two days after he walked four batters and allowed five runs in an inning of relief The Brewers sent Yoho to Triple-A Nashville and called up right-hander Elvin Rodríguez before their Saturday night game with the Chicago Cubs “Yoho is a big part of our future,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said I think we have something there that’s pretty special It’s a good time for him to go down and get that command where he wants it.” possesses an outstanding changeup that had enabled him to dominate in the minor leagues He struck out nine batters and allowed only one unearned run over 9 ⅔ innings at Nashville earlier this season he recorded 101 strikeouts over 57 ⅔ innings and posted an 0.94 ERA with three minor league teams But he wasn’t able to carry over that success to the big leagues after getting called up April 21. He had a 9.53 ERA in five relief appearances, an ERA that was inflated when he gave up five runs while recording only three outs in an 8-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday “He can’t just rely on a changeup for a strike,” Murphy said And the changeup comes into play a lot better.” Brewers pitcher Craig Yoho stands on the mound during his major league debut against the San Francisco Giants on April 21 The right-hander was sent down to Triple-A Nashville on Saturday Murphy remains confident Yoho will make those adjustments and become a successful major league pitcher I really think he’ll respond,” Murphy said returns to the majors after going 0-2 with a 7.53 ERA in four appearances with Milwaukee earlier this season He also has posted a 4.82 ERA in three games with Nashville Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich runs to score on an RBI single by Sal Frelick during the first inning of a baseball game against the St Milwaukee Brewers' Rhys Hoskins hits an RBI single during the first inning of a baseball game against the St Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jose Quintana throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St Milwaukee Brewers' Caleb Durbin hits an RBI single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich watches his two-RBI single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz hits a double during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz (3) catches a fly ball hit by St Louis Cardinals' Nolan Arenado while Isaac Collins looks on during the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Bryan Hudson throws during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St Collection of photos from the Brewers' three-game series against the Cubs Milwaukee dropped Games 1 and 2 but battled back for a Game 3 victory Milwaukee started slow and fell hard in the closer game of a three-game series in Chicago Milwaukee pitcher Jose Quintana gave up back-to-back homers in the fourth inning as the Brewers dropped their third straight overall Back-to-back home losses to Chicago dropped the Brewers five games behind the first-place Cubs in the NL Central standings Freddy Peralta tossed six scoreless innings and a four-run sixth provided more than enough run support to help Milwaukee prevail with a serie… who received an early hook in his last start picked up his first win of the season after a strong outing