🎉 UW-Madison makes top 5 party school list

👶 ‘Miracle Baby’ Leaves Madison Hospital: A baby who weighed less than a can of soda upon birth has left the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at American Family Children’s Hospital after 375 days. Raelynn Kubiske weighed 12.5 ounces when she was born in July 2025, making her the smallest surviving baby in the NICU’s history. [WMTV]

👷 West Side IKEA Will Displace Three Stores: The IKEA under construction on Madison’s far west side may be small by IKEA standards, but it’s still big enough to displace three businesses. Bed, Bath & Beyond, Party City, and an eye clinic have all moved out to make room for the 35,000-square-foot store, scheduled to open later this year. [🔒WSJ]

🚧 Walter Street Closed For Utility Work: Walter Street at Milwaukee Street will be closed today through Wednesday for construction crews to install utility work for a nearby private development. [City of Madison]

🏥 Epic Unveils New AI System: At its Users Group Meeting last week that drew 74,000 people to its Verona campus, Epic Systems announced Ergo, a new AI tool that will integrate systems to provide personalized health care information for customers. [Cap Times]

🖼️ Chazen Says Goodbye to Major Benefactor: As the Chazen Museum of Art prepares to open its renovated gallery space next month, the museum is saying farewell to one of its most generous benefactors. Rosemary Ho Chen died Aug. 12 at the age of 97. She and her late husband Simon K. Chen donated their Chinese art collection to the museum. [Cap Times, Chazen Museum of Art]

🎧 Daily Pod Plug: Today on the City Cast Madison podcast, the team talks about two pretty different but both very important topics. District 2 Ald. Will Ochowicz joins the conversation to discuss traffic safety and the Downtown Area Plan, and later in the show Period Products Pantry Founder and Executive Director Carol Aspinwall shares her organization's vision and efforts to address period poverty.

It’s been a while since we’ve had a news quiz in the newsletter, and a lot has happened. So test your knowledge of what’s happened in Madison lately!

1.What was the name of the company that released a fake poll in the Wisconsin gubernatorial Democratic primary?

1. Median Strategies
2. Poll Position
3. Political Testing
4. Phony Baloney Consultating