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The Raptor Education Group near Antigo has been nursing sick and injured eagles and other birds back to health since 1990.

Madison writer Bridget Birdsall sums up her latest young adult novel, which tackles the complex subject of intersexuality, in a way that she hopes will resonate regardless of age or orientation.

Just Read It is a regular feature in which the State Journal seeks recommendations from authors, literary enthusiasts and experts, focused on the contributor’s particular genre of expertise.

Educators, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, inventors and product developers are among Tormach's customers. 

As gas prices have gone down, savings have piled up for individuals, businesses and government entities that rely on fuel to operate.

Burlington, 30 miles south of Milwaukee, still reeks of the same humility and small-town kindness it always has.

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, which almost closed two years ago, functions as a critical community center for a neighborhood with many needs.

The political cartooning family is a small one. As best as we can count, fewer than 100 editorial cartoonists are working in the United States.

The largest importer of tar sands crude oil from western Canada plans to triple capacity of one of its pipelines through Wisconsin.

In an area where politicians aren’t given to thanking God for their successes and the most-depended-upon “higher power” is frequently government, one mayoral candidate suggests Madison might n…

Retiring after a decade as hospital president, Frank Byrne looks back — and ahead 

Here come still more Epic Systems employees to change the face of Downtown Madison.

This State Journal editorial ran on Jan. 16, 1915:

UW-Madison research helps show the process for assigning lawmakers to committees much change

The Madison School District proposes 21 summer school sites, with four schools open just to their own students.

A monotype is a singular thing. While the goal of printmaking — whether intaglio, relief, silkscreen, or lithograph — is to create a number of identical impressions, a monotype creates a singl…

Gas prices freeze in this week’s contest

One of my 2015 New Year’s resolutions is to make the people in charge of public places understand, accept, and accommodate their customers/patients/visitors with disabilities. There is a lot t…

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