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Arcia will make his major league debut in San Diego on Tuesday night, starting at short and pushing major league stolen base leader Jonathan Villar to third.

Two major trades completed by the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday brought good news for David Goforth and Manny Pina.

UW Hospital and Clinics is the state’s top hospital for the fifth consecutive year and is among the nation’s top 50 hospitals in nine medical and surgical specialties, one fewer than last year, according to U.S. News and World Report’s…

Westin Wuethrich throws seven shutout innings to earn his first victory.

Ask Jesse Thielke about his goals for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and he’ll give an answer without hesitation. It’s clear, concise and to the point.

LONG POND, Pa. — Chris Buescher sat in his Ford, hoping the fog would stick over Pocono and the cloud over the rookie's middling season would start to lift.

The John K. MacIver Institute argues the investigation's email seizure violated a federal notification requirement.

Retired Madison Police Capt. Joe Balles had the idea of creating the nonprofit as a way to help build stronger ties between police and residents.

Two Democratic candidates are vying to represent an Assembly district that covers parts of Rock and Walworth counties. The winner faces Republican incumbent Amy Loudenbeck in the general election.

Thanks for several articles in Sunday’s paper on Madison’s restorative justice system. The program provides second chances for young people who run afoul of the law. Participants agree to take responsibility for their actions and move toward making amends.

American Players Theater features "Death of a Salesman" this season with Brian Mani as Willy Loman. Mani is extraordinary, as is the entire cast.

After the conventions both campaigns have begun to push supporters saying there are now less than 100 days until the election.

The secretive Koch brothers' donor retreat was held this past weekend in Colorado Springs.

Recent federal court rulings may change the voting landscape again ahead of the fall presidential election.

Franklin Kerr, 40, repeatedly hit his head on the interior of a squad car Saturday afternoon and opened a wound on his forehead, before shaking blood onto three officers, Madison police said.

Walker wants to extend the freeze on in-state tuition at the University of Wisconsin System in his next budget while holding funding for UW and most other state agencies flat.

BARNEVELD -- When Emma Yingling first met Cowboy, the rescued horse with one eye frightened her.

FITCHBURG - Linda L. Knuteson, age 76, of Poynette, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Linda was born on Feb. 12, 1940, in Lancaster, Ohio, the daughter of Alonzo and Mildred (Williams) Perry. She…

MADISON - Marie E. Hale, age 73, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2016. Arrangements are pending.

BARABOO - Audrey Emma (Bazzill) Thomas, age 89, of Baraboo, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016, at St. Clare Hospital with her family by her side. Audrey, the daughter of Harry and Emma (Neis) Bazzill was born Jan. 25,…