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Oscar Fox crashes Lewis Crane’s community meeting in this week’s Mendota Marsh comic strip about life in Madison.

I need a friend.

In this 250th birthday year for our country, I am profoundly grateful to have grown up in this remarkable land. I am also extremely proud of what America represents and what we have accomplished.

Humanity has entered a period of darkness. Most world leaders fear President Donald Trump’s potential reprisals against their countries. They fear economic punishment, causing their people to suffer. Out of fear, they do not stand up and speak against him.

Since 2023, eight of the Universities of Wisconsin’s 13 branch campuses have vacated their facilities, including two this spring.

Wisconsin football added more competition to its running back group after a solid spring from that position.

The Badgers replaced eight departures with eight new additions this offseason, and their coach likes how it looks on paper.

Rookie minicamp in Year 8 under Matt LaFleur looks quite a bit different than it did in his first year as coach. Here's a closer look at this year's approach.

Florida-based Big Dog Ranch Rescue has removed the first few hundred beagles out of the 1,500 it bought from Ridglan Farms.

Between 500 to 3,000 people are expected at the Capitol Square for a “May Day” protest Friday to support immigrant communities and push for more public school funding.

Nentas, a 30-year-old two-toed sloth, recently transferred to the Henry Vilas Zoo from Milwaukee County Zoo, according to a statement from the Henry Vilas Zoo.

Wisconsin will get an additional $80 million in opioid settlement funds as a nationwide agreement becomes effective with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, the state Department of Justice

Jacob E. Niesen, 40, of Madison, was charged Thursday with felony maintaining a drug-trafficking place after police intercepted packages containing MDMA and ketamine.

Brandon Woodruff departed his start in the second inning Thursday after showing significantly diminished velocity.

The Badgers hope they just added another productive player out of a high school program in a Chicago suburb.

Demand has exceeded supply for Badgers volleyball season tickets, and costs are increasing for the 2026 season.

The pair combined to average 39.8 points per game this past season for the Badgers.

WisconsinEye on Friday asked members of the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to approve $50,000 per month in state funds to cover half of the network’s operating costs.

The federal appeals court cited the plaintiff’s delay in bringing forward a lawsuit in the first place only months before the law was set to take place.

Madison home values are nearly double what they were a decade ago. But the rate of increase is slowing.