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Location of Sun Prairie in Dane County, Wisconsin. / 43.1836028°N 89.2323361°W / 43.1836028; -89.2323361. Sun Prairie is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of Madison, it is part of the Madison metropolitan area. The city's population was 35,967 at the 2020 census, the second-most populous in Dane County.
FIPS code. 55-78625 [2] GNIS feature ID. 1584256 [1] The Town [3] of Sun Prairie is located in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,326 at the 2010 census. The City of Sun Prairie is located partially within the town. The unincorporated communities of Pierceville and Schey Acres are also located in the town.
John McCaffary. Kenosha. July 23, 1850. Convicted of drowning his wife in a cistern, his execution was botched, leading to the abolition of capital punishment in Wisconsin. Little Lord Fauntleroy. Waukesha. 1921. Unsolved murder of young boy found floating in a pond. Arthur "Buddy" Schumacher.
On December 3, 1998, Mark Jensen, an American man, murdered his wife, Julie Carol ( née Griffin) Jensen in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, by poisoning her with antifreeze. The case is notable for the eventual admission into evidence of a letter written by the deceased prior to her death expressing suspicion of her husband's intentions.
This list of museums in Wisconsin encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing ...
Judith Faulkner (born 1943), formerly of New Jersey; billionaire; CEO and founder of Epic Systems, a healthcare software company located in Wisconsin. Bob Galvin (1922–2011), chief executive officer of Motorola ( Marshfield) Chris Gardner (born 1954), entrepreneur, subject of movie The Pursuit of Happyness (Milwaukee)
History. I-94 was the first section of the Interstate Highway System completed within the state of Wisconsin. This one-mile (1.6 km) section, near Johnson Creek in Jefferson County, was built in 1958. [2] The route was added segment-by-segment over the years and was completed to its current alignment on November 4, 1969. [2]
Landy Scott, Christmas 2006. Landis George Scott (June 21, 1919 – November 3, 2014) was an American midget car racing champion. He also served as the President of Badger Midget Auto Racing Association from 1951 to 1959.