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Bucks beat Pelicans for their 3rd straight victory and 6th in 7 games

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 9:47pm
Ryan Rollins made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points to help Milwaukee continue to win with Giannis Antetokounmpo sidelined.

McFarland’s TeBeest twins make emphatic mark on Division 2 state meet

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 9:37pm
The Spartans' junior standouts made state history again, combining for four state records to key the program's state runner-up finish.

3 things that stood out in Wisconsin men's hockey's win against No. 2 Michigan

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 9:33pm
The Badgers scored three times in the second period and got 22 saves from Eli Pulver for a massive victory over No. 2 Michigan.

Assembly adjourns without taking up $2 billion in tax cuts, school funding

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 9:15pm
GOP leaders and Gov. Tony Evers have been trying to hammer out a deal that would spend much of the state’s budget surplus on a mix of property tax cuts and increased school funding.

Bill eliminating state income taxes on tips heads to Gov. Tony Evers

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 5:15pm
The bipartisan measure, which passed both chambers by a 2-1 ratio, aligns the state with new federal tax policy that eliminates income taxes on cash tips and goes even further.

Wisconsin men's basketball forward misses another game after illness 'made a nasty return'

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 5:03pm
The sophomore forward has been playing his best basketball of the season of late, but has missed two of the last four games due to the same illness.

Assembly passes bill limiting daily crypto kiosk transactions

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 5:00pm
The bill seeks to regulate crypto kiosks as a way to protect senior citizens from scammers who convince them to turn their life savings into digital currencies.

Madison shooting now a murder-suicide after second teen dies

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 4:35pm
Family members were home at the time of the shooting, a police spokesperson has said, adding that those who witnessed the shooting also were teenagers, and everyone involved knew each other.

Wisconsin men's basketball reserve guard out for 'foreseeable future'

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 4:17pm
The redshirt sophomore guard played 10 minutes in the first half against the Buckeyes before subbing out with 8 minutes, 13 seconds remaining before halftime.

A third constitutional amendment is coming to your ballot in November

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 4:06pm
The amendment limiting the governor’s veto will join two others: One looking to bar discrimination by any government entity, and another limiting a governor’s emergency declarations

2 Downtown streets near Capitol Square closing for reconstruction next week

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 4:04pm
Work will resume 7 a.m. Monday on the the East Main Street and South Hancock Street reconstruction project that started last year.

Obituary index for Sat., Feb. 21

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 3:50pm
TODAY'S OBITUARIES

2-time NL manager of the year Pat Murphy agrees to new deal with Brewers

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 2:53pm
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy will not enter the season with an expiring contract after agreeing to an extension this week. Here's what to know on the new deal.

Who you gonna call? Wisconsin 911 dispatchers discuss fixes to national, statewide shortage

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 2:31pm
At a Wisconsin Watch panel, emergency dispatchers and educators recommended improving pay and working conditions, using therapy and artificial intelligence to reduce burnout, raising the profession’s profile and officially classifying dispatchers as first responders.

Missy Hughes touts private sector experience, economic expertise in run for governor

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 2:30pm
Hughes said she is “the only candidate with significant private sector experience and experience in Wisconsin's top industries, including dairy, agriculture and manufacturing.”

You can see thousands of dogs compete in Madison this weekend

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 2:00pm
3,000 freshly fluffed pageant pooches from more than 200 breeds are competing in 35 rings at the Alliant Energy Center this week for the American Kennel Club’s Renaissance Cluster of Dog Shows. On Sunday, one will emerge as top dog.

Madison man sentenced to 8 years in drunken-driving crash that killed retired nurse

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 2:00pm
The judge said it’s too easy in Wisconsin to see drunken driving as less of a crime. But “this is a homicide,” he said.

150 years after last body removed, Madison's Orton Park no longer classified a cemetery

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 12:51pm
Before it became Madison’s first public park, the space that is now Orton Park on the Near East Side served a very different purpose.

Bill to create sandhill crane season attached to measure regulating wake boats

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 12:37pm
“I've never seen a sandhill crane water ski,” said one Democratic opponent who opposed combining the measures.

Grant County man dies in single-vehicle crash off slippery road early Friday

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 11:05am
The crash happened about 12:15 a.m. on Settlement Road near Settlement Lane in the town of Cassville, the Grant County Sheriff's Office said.

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