MADISON — The 118th annual Madison Old Home Week will indeed take place this year, with officials offering an abbreviated schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s Madison extravaganza is slated to run Aug. 1-9.
Another yearly tradition in the town of Freedom, officials there pulled the plug on the 121st Freedom Old Home Week, but next year's is scheduled for July 30-Aug. 8, 2021.
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