The lock, a vital passage on Madison’s Near East Side, had been closed since Tuesday due to problems with the gate system.

The Tenney Park Lock and Dam, a key passage between Lakes Mendota and Monona in Madison, is currently closed due to ...

Recently thawed Lake Mendota has become home to migrating swans, ducks and geese. Their yearly return marks the beginning of the nesting season and provides cultivation benefits to the lake ecosystem, ...

Lake Mendota in Madison shown frozen over this week. Jan. 15, 2024, was the lake's third-latest freeze date since records began being kept over 170 years ago.

The Clean Lakes Alliance kicked off its 14th annual Mendota Freeze Contest Sunday, prompting Wisconsinites to submit guesses on when they believe the lake will fully freeze.. Clean Lakes Alliance ...

Wisconsin archaeologists recently discovered 11 ancient canoes in Lake Mendota, outside Madison. The canoes were found in a cache that may have been an ancient shoreline.

The canoe was buried less than 100 yards away from a 1,200-year-old canoe found in Lake Mendota last year, by the same Wisconsin archaeologist.

More: How a 1,200-year-old canoe found in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota last summer is serving as a bridge for tribal relations. People who lived on the shores are Ho-Chunk predecessors. The people who ...

A just-recovered a 3,000-year-old dugout canoe from Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin will be studied by experts from the state and local Native American tribes.

The canoes were found in Lake Mendota, which is located outside of Madison. The Wisconsin Historical Society explained that two ancient canoes were found in a cache in the lake in 2021 and 2022.

December is officially here, and that means it's time to start watching Lake Mendota to see when it will freeze over. If you've got a bit of clairvoyance for the ice, you might even win a prize.

After an unseasonably warm December, this week's frigid temps allowed Mendota and Madison's other lakes to freeze over much later than in years past.