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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…

Combine art and bicycling on a guided tour of Sid Boyum’s public sculptures in the Schenk-Atwood neighborhood, 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday. Start at Yahara Place Park, 2025 Yahara Place, and travel past a dozen of Boyum’s sculptures, continuing to Next Door…

Small towns, especially those that exist on the other side of our TV screens, tend to have a lot of secrets. And those secrets are often kept by the most unusual of characters.

The University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team will begin the Tony Granato era with a two-game series against Northern Michigan on Oct. 7-8 at the Resch Center in Green Bay, the school announced Thursday.

Baseball

Baseball

Jenna Brandt pitches Cougars to victory, and Sun Prairie knocks Verona out of a share of the title.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force arrested Maurice Graham Jr., 18, Thursday in Chicago.

Dan Jin and Cody Markel take the title at No. 1 doubles, leading a Cardinals sweep of the pairs competition.

Steve Chamberlain and Jordan Kuczynski each had four of the Warhawks’ 18 hits as UW-Whitewater blasted Augustana (Ill.) 15-3 in a Central regional game of the NCAA Division III college baseball tournament on Thursday in Sauget, Illinois.

Pitching is a positive as Milwaukee takes two of three from the Cubs.

The elimination of a board overseeing Dane County's 911 dispatch center has had little effect on Madison's emergency responders, though concerns persist, according to a new report complied by city staff.

WASHINGTON — Among the abundant ironies of this election cycle, there is this: We are now in the eighth year of the most liberal administration since Lyndon Johnson’s.

Thomas helped lead Middleton to the WIAA Division 1 state title last fall.