Ruthie Hauge

1 week ago | captimes.com | Ruthie Hauge |Erin McGroarty

UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital brought in outside workers on Tuesday as more than 500 nurses kicked off a five-day strike, seeking higher pay and safer working conditions. While Meriter has recognized the nurses union since 1978, this is the first time the Madison hospital’s nurses have gone on strike, according to the Service Employees International Union Wisconsin, which represents the nurses.

1 month ago | captimes.com | Ruthie Hauge |Beck Henreckson

Orchard, an airy new cider-driven restaurant from the owners of The Cider Farm, opened Friday at 881 W. Verona Ave. in Verona. John Biondi, who owns the restaurant with wife Deirdre Birmingham, said the team is "easing into" things for now and planning a grand opening in May when the patio opens. Biondi and Birmingham own The Cider Farm, an orchard and farm near Mineral Point which produces cider and apple brandy.

2 months ago | captimes.com | Ruthie Hauge

Ruthie Hauge, a Chicagoland native, is photo director at the Cap Times. She received a bachelor's in fine arts from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and was a photographer for Sun-Times Media in the Chicago area before joining the Cap Times in 2020. Support Ruthie's documentary photography by becoming a Cap Times member. To comment on this gallery, submit a letter to the editor.

Feb 25, 2025 | notiulti.com | Ruthie Hauge

Si estudiar alfalfa no es su idea de un trabajo soñado, fue para Christina Arther. Arther trabajó durante dos años y medio en el Centro de Investigación de Forrajes Dairy del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos, buscando formas de mejorar el cultivo de cobertura que alimentaba a las vacas que consolidaban el estado de Wisconsin como el lácteo de Estados Unidos.

Feb 20, 2025 | dailygazette.com | Scott Bauer |Ali Swenson |Ruthie Hauge

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in a race that will determine the political direction of the highest court in one of the country's most important presidential battleground states. The group Building America’s Future is spending $1.6 million on television ads in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race that started airing Thursday and will run for two weeks in the state's five largest media markets.