Hi cwgrlcatter
dh & I used to live in Wisconsin - we lived there for a year and LOVED it - but were too far away from our families (MT & ND) as we are ready to start our family!
We lived in Sun Prairie the first few months we were there & loved the "small" town feeling -we then moved to Middleton which it on the opposite side of Madison! we loved it - althought we were BASICALLY in Madison -
I worked in Verona which is a small town south of Madison - also seems to have the small town feel
just a little personal experience for you -
Hope you like it there