Isthmus Madison WI via Ruxton Media Group

Isthmus is a free alternative weekly newspaper based in Madison, Wisconsin (US). Founded by Vince O'Hern and Fred Milverstedt in 1976, the paper is published on Thursdays, and has a weekly circulation of 50,000. The newspaper offers local news, opinion, sports and the arts, dining and music scenes.

Smart, original, timely content covering news, politics, arts, music, food, sports, shopping — and more — all integral to life in the capital region. We emphasize journalistic excellence and high quality design, along with a sharply honed instinct for local happenings, and the best events calendar in town.

Isthmus, through both its print edition and its website (Isthmus.com), carries investigative and in-depth articles, offers opinions and commentaries on current events, provides incisive coverage of the arts, and features stories on trends and culture in the Madison area. It has won numerous awards for journalistic excellence over the years, including more than three dozen first-place awards from the Milwaukee Press Club and two Golden Quills, the top honor from the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors. Isthmus is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, a North American trade association of alternative newsweeklies.