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Wisconsin's IRIS program changes contractor. Will care workers face payment delays?

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 10:43am
A coming change to a Wisconsin long-term care program is raising concerns among enrolled people with disabilities, who worry it will make it harder to hire and pay their care workers.

Lake Michigan’s hidden dangers | Theodore J. Karamanski

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 10:25am
Singer-songwriter Lee Murdock released a song in 2014 that asked the question: “What about the water?” The song is about the pollution in Lake Erie in the 1960s and ’70s. At that time, headlines that Erie was dying helped energize…

Alliant Energy’s Q4 earnings top analysts’ expectations

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 8:20am
The Madison-based utility company said its fourth-quarter earnings totaled $142 million, or $0.55 per share, on revenue of $1,06 billion.

Madison dodging worst of powerful storm dumping heavy snow to north and west

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 7:40am
Through noon Friday, there is a winter storm warning for Sauk and Iowa counties, and a winter weather advisory for Dane, Green, Lafayette, Columbia, Marquette, and Green Lake counties.

5 Madison area high school boys sports stars of the week: Feb. 20 edition

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 7:37am
A pair of pool records and more fast times in the pool highlighted last week's boys sports action. Vote for the most impressive performance.

5 questions with Madison Edgewood boys swimming’s Jack Prahl

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 7:03am
The Crusaders senior standout stays busy outside of the pool but feels the water is where he best represents his school. Get to know Madison Edgewood standout Jack Prahl.

Second annual Fringe Festival expands access, variety

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 7:00am
The Overture Center is bringing back its Fringe Festival, with some additions.

Taking a cold plunge with the Foxie Dippers

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 5:55am
The Foxie Dippers women’s group meets every Sunday at the Yahara River to take a cold plunge — for their health, for the challenge, for the camaraderie.

'I thought I was done for': How a 5th-year Wisconsin player willed herself back after injury

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 5:37am
Badgers forward Marianne Picard thought she suffered a third torn ACL. When it was "only" a partial MCL tear, she aimed to finish her final season and returned in style.

Packers' misses in past free agencies could cause upcoming issues

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 5:35am
Green Bay did not see much production from it's free agent signings from last season, leaving issues with making improvement in the upcoming free agency.

Donald Trump is the real loser, not Olympic athletes | Gene Lillge

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 5:00am
President Donald Trump, the thin-skinned, narcissistic bully in the White House, called an Olympic freestyle skier Hunter Hess a "loser” because Hess doesn’t think America is the paradise Trump proclaims it to be.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is wrong to deflect blame for ICE tactics | Lisa Sperling

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 5:00am
In a recent Senate hearing, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, outrageously accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of deploying thousands of trained activists and blamed him for the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of U.S.…

3 things that stood out in Wisconsin women's basketball's road loss to Southern Cal

Fri, 02/20/2026 - 4:30am
The Badgers ran out of time to execute a comeback after slow first half against the Trojans.

'Very stressful on my heart': How Madison reacted to US comeback for women's hockey gold

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 4:53pm
Six current or former Badgers players defeated a team with five Wisconsin alums for the women's hockey Olympic gold, and a crowd gathered to watch in Madison.

Highlights from Speaker Robin Vos’ tenure in the Assembly

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 3:56pm
Recent years have been especially taxing for the Speaker, as he faced multiple recall attempts and accusations of not caring about election fraud from the President.

Robin Vos, state’s longest serving Assembly speaker, will not seek re-election

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 3:45pm
Vos, 57, is the longest-serving Assembly Speaker in state history, having led the chamber since 2013.

Assembly approves giving UW Athletics millions in taxpayer money, codifying NIL language

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 3:40pm
The bill sped through the Assembly, having been introduced just nine days ago and passing the Assembly’s state affairs committee two days later.

US wins 3rd Olympic gold in women's hockey, tops Canada on Megan Keller's OT goal

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 3:35pm
A game-winning goal from Megan Keller sealed a 2-1 victory for the United States against Canada in the gold medal game Thursday. Here's how the U.S. made it happen.

Online sports betting bill clears Wisconsin Assembly

Thu, 02/19/2026 - 3:19pm
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, said in December he wasn’t sure the bill had enough support among Republicans, who hold a narrow 18-15 majority in the state Senate.

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