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After serving more than three decades in the Air Force, I’ve lived in places across the country and around the world. Everywhere I went, I saw how a home team can unify a community.

It will be a good-news and bad-news moment for Wisconsin voters in November. The good: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, will not be on the ballot. The bad: Gov. Tony Evers is not seeking a third term.

The Republican-controlled Legislature again wants to create a sandhill crane hunting season, this time with Assembly Bill 117, supported by Republicans.

Congratulations to the U.S. Olympic team for its success in Italy. Since our president seems to favor the men’s hockey team, let’s look at the women’s accomplishments.

It seems like fans of the Canadian men's hockey team don't know how to respect the game of hockey.

Our childish and narcissistic president had a fit last week when the Supreme Court didn't rule in his favor.

The Madison and WiscNews areas will send several girls wrestlers to the state tournament this week. Here's what to know before they take the mat for competition.

Changes in the rankings that determine seeding for the NCAA Tournament have shaken up how the women's hockey regionals would look if the bracket was set this week.

Madison area girls basketball athletes put up strong performances in the final week of the regular season. Vote for your favorite performance as the Supernova.

Kevin Porter Jr. matched his season high with 32 points and Bobby Portis and Ryan Rollins scored 21 apiece as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Miami Heat on Tuesday.

The injury Logan Hensler suffered in late January is serious enough that the sophomore won't play again this season. He's the second Badgers defenseman to suffer a long-term injury.

On the merits, the Supreme Court’s decision last week to invalidate much of the president’s global tariff regime is to be welcomed. Yet the court’s judgment, sound as it might be on constitutional grounds, can’t by itself undo the damage…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared during Tuesday's State of the Union that “we’re winning so much,” saying he'd sparked a jobs and manufacturing boom at home while imposing a new world order abroad — hoping that offering a long…

The lawsuit asks a judge to compel the state Legislature to create a new school funding system that addresses the “financial crisis” being faced by public school districts across Wisconsin.

BARABOO — Baraboo and Sauk County residents are weighing in on how to redevelop the UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus after it closes this May.

John Zumbrunnen is the second of three finalists doing in-person visits to campus this week as UW-Madison seeks a replacement for Charles Isbell Jr., who left in 2025.

Under Brad Schwartz’s leadership, the institute has collaborated with UW-Madison in emerging research, including connecting more than 400 scientists across campus to advance aging and diabetes research.

Members of the Onalaska Hilltopper Rotary Club, who were in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to distribute water filters, are safe and coming home.

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Tuesday after getting a reminder that the artificial-intelligence boom may also have an upside.

Investigators are asking anyone who may have information or video evidence to call Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014 or go to p3tips.com.