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Green Bay Packers receiver Jordy Nelson, who is starting training camp on the physically unable to perform list, says he had a minor issue with his left knee this offseason.

The Big 12 has made its expansion intentions clear in recent weeks, and BYU, a University of Wisconsin opponent in 2017 and 2018, is in the center of that conversation.

A Madison woman was arrested Monday for allegedly selling her own prescription drugs on the street.

A transgender researcher at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has filed a complaint against the medical school, the state and an insurance company for denying her coverage of gender confirmation surgery.

Heavy rains and excessive heat might have caused problems for Wisconsin residents last week but it was just what the state's crops needed, officials said.

Deteriorating pavement on South Stoughton Road near the Beltline has prompted repair work and lane closures, beginning Tuesday night.

The Madison company reported its second-quarter financial results on Tuesday.

The Shelley Glover Foundation has partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County to help underprivileged kids.

Baldwin said young people are more likely to aspire to careers in politics if they see officials elected who are like them.

A driver needing a potty break broke from the ranks of traffic in Monroe County on Friday, pushing his car to almost 120 miles per hour before a flying trooper radioed to land units to stop the driver.

The Badgers open their season Sept. 3 against LSU at Lambeau Field.

PHILADELPHIA -- In a preview of what may follow his presidential campaign, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that his political revolution is coming to a local race near you.

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation will be providing about $5 million for 14 research and infrastructure projects at UW-Madison, the university announced on Tuesday.

Jeng’s Asian Kitchen on Monona Drive is closing Friday, with owner Jeng Tong Vue saying that people voted with their feet.

An ongoing feud between two gangs is the likely cause of shots being fired Monday night on Madison's Southwest Side, with nobody hurt in the incident.

A 17-year-old Madison girl was assaulted on the East Side Monday night after getting off a Metro Transit bus, with the girl breaking away from the attacker and the attacker running from the scene.

Five people were injured Monday morning in a crash involving a pickup truck and a semi-trailer truck in Dodge County.

A fire believed to have started because of an electrical issue destroyed a barn in the town of Medina Monday night, but 80 head of cattle housed in the barn were saved.

Air conditioners will still be getting a workout in Madison on Tuesday, but forecasters say cooler days are coming.