2019 year in review: Highs and lows in the Madison area in the last year of the decade

2019 was a year of farewells, as several prominent Madison figures stepped away from public life, including a mayor, police chief, school superintendent and one very eccentric marching band director.

But the departures weren`t limited to people.

"Nails` Tales" was lifted out of the Madison landscape — at least for now — temporarily ending the debate over what people saw in the statue meant to project power and strength. Is it a stack of footballs, an ear of corn, male anatomy?...