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Agreement is a good first step toward possibly securing a country torn apart by violence and political dysfunction

Elijah Washington, who was shot to death last week outside a town of Madison gas station, was also armed with a handgun as he tried to run from Kortney Moore, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday that charged Moore…

Tom Perez is considered a possible vice presidential choice.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week.

On the surface, ramps are a lovely harbinger of spring, wild leeks that are unable to be cultivated, hence part of their mystique (think truffles).

A short stretch of Highway 14 in Middleton that's been deteriorating will be revitalized beginning Thursday night, state highway officials said.

A woman and her daughter were accosted, then allegedly attacked, by a man on the city's East Side Thursday, police reported.

Eleven people have applied for an appointment to the Supreme Court to replace Justice David Prosser, who is leaving his seat in July.

A 14-year-old girl who didn't want to go to a certain class at Monroe High School admitted to police she sent a threatening email to the school district so school could be disrupted.

The Lakeland Times sought records related to a prosecutor.

In March, the U.S. Census Bureau released a report on world population trends. Which of the following does the Census predict will occur for the first time in human history by the end of the decade?

A 16-year-old female student was arrested Thursday for allegedly using pepper spray in a fight with another student at Janesville Craig High School, police said.

A 48-year-old Pewaukee man was killed early Friday morning when his SUV crashed in the town of Montrose, officials said.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have passed 128 measures since 2011 restricting the authority of local government.

When buying salmon, I always look for the thickest piece or pieces or ask for the center cut. And my local fishmonger happily tends to my request. The main reason for the center cut is it cooks evenly — especially…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The new owner of AnchorBank is cutting 140 employees, nearly all of them at Madison locations.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The new owner of AnchorBank is cutting 140 employees, nearly all of them at Madison locations.

Kitschy animal figurines, of porcelain, bone china or plastic, gather dust on the shelves of many homes. Cassie Marie Edwards renders them in a new aspect in her latest exhibit of oil paintings, “Inanimate.”

Dementia. Memory loss. Can’t think like we used to. You know the drill. It seems like every time you read something about aging, the “A” word pops up: Alzheimer’s.

A pair of annual community parties this weekend promise plenty of fun, with family-friendly activities, carnival rides, food and drink, and lots of live music. In addition, a new event will reach more neighborhoods with food, drink and other samples…